Day 5 of the 2nd Ashes ended with full of controversies when England’s batsman Jonny Bairstow was given a run-out in an unusual way against Australia at Lord’s. Baristow ducked a bouncer from Cameron Green he instantly got up & marked his guard and walked towards Ben Stokes at the other end to which Alex Carey, the wicketkeeper of Australia, realising that the Englishman had left his crease in a hurry threw the ball and stumps down him to which Baritow got stunned he was later given out by the third umpire.
Australian Skipper Pat Cummins Said:
“I think (Alex) Carey saw it happen a few balls previous,” Cummins said in the post-match presentation.
“There was no pause. Catch it, straight away, and have a throw at the stumps. I thought it was totally fair play. That’s how the rule is. I know some people might disagree. Just like the catch yesterday, the rule is there. That’s how I saw it.”
England Skipper Ben Stokes Said:
“I am not disputing the fact it is out because it is out,” Stokes said.
“If the shoe was on the other foot I would have put more pressure on the umpires and asked whether they had called over and had a deep think about the whole spirit of the game and would I want to do something like that.”
“For Australia, it was the match-winning moment. Would I want to win a game in that manner?
“The answer for me is no,” Stokes stated.
England Head Coach Brendon McCullum Said:
“When you become older and more mature, you realise the game and the spirit of it is something you need to protect”.
“You have to make decisions at the moment, and they can have effects on games and people’s characters”.
“By the letter of the law, he is out. Jonny was not trying to take a run. It is one of those difficult ones to swallow and if you look at the small margins, it is incredibly disappointing”.
“But lots of people will have their opinion on both sides of the fence. The most disappointing thing is that it will be the most talked about event of a great Test match.”
Ravi Chandran Ashwin Tweeted:
“We must get one fact loud and clear. The keeper would never have a dip at the stumps from that far out in a test match unless he or his team have noticed a pattern of the batter leaving his crease after leaving a ball like Bairstow did. We must applaud the game smarts of the individual rather than skewing it towards unfair play or spirit of the game,”.