LONDON : Australia captain Pat Cummins and his England counterpart Ben Stokes appeared keen to move on swiftly on Sunday from a stumping incident in the second Ashes test that led to long and loud booing from the Lord's faithful.With England on 193-5 and chasing a mammoth target of 371, Australian wicketk
LONDON : Australia captain Pat Cummins and his England counterpart Ben Stokes appeared keen to move on swiftly on Sunday from a stumping incident in the second Ashes test that led to long and loud booing from the Lord's faithful.
The controversy - and the booing, and later even some abuse in the usually-staid Lord's Long Room - was all around whether the dismissal was firstly legal and secondly within the spirit of the game. "It's a really common thing for keepers to do if they see a batter keep leaving their crease. Cares , full credit to him, he saw the opportunity, rolled it at the stumps, Jonny left his crease. You leave the rest to the umpires."
Stokes was similarly unimpressed by the fuss over the incident, although he added that he wouldn't want to win in such a fashion at the end of an over, which is routinely called by the umpires."If I was the fielding captain I would have put a lot more pressure on the umpires to ask them what their decision was around the over and around the spirit of the game and would I want to potentially win a game with something like that happening - and it would be no.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Fired-up Stokes gives England hope of unlikely victoryLONDON : Ben Stokes launched a blistering attack after the controversial dismissal of Jonny Bairstow as England moved on to 243-6 at lunch on day five of the second Ashes test against Australia at Lord's on Sunday.Stokes, angered when Bairstow was given out stumped by Alex Carey, struck three sixes in an
Read more »
Fired-up Stokes gives England hope of unlikely victoryLONDON : Ben Stokes launched a blistering attack after the controversial dismissal of Jonny Bairstow as England moved on to 243-6 at lunch on day five of the second Ashes test against Australia at Lord's on Sunday.Stokes, angered when Bairstow was given out stumped by Alex Carey, struck three sixes in an
Read more »
Australia stifle Stokes heroics at Lord's to take 2-0 Ashes leadLONDON : Australia won an action-packed second Ashes test at Lord's on Sunday by 43 runs to take a 2-0 lead in the five-test series, despite a superb rearguard innings of 155 from England captain Ben Stokes.Stokes appeared fired up after the controversial stumping of team mate Jonny Bairstow and began to
Read more »
England's Loftus-Cheek signs for AC Milan from ChelseaMILAN: Ruben Loftus-Cheek has signed for AC Milan from Chelsea, the Serie A club announced on Friday (Jun 30). Midfielder Loftus-Cheek arrives at Milan for a reported fee of around 21 million euros (US$22.8 million) after spending his entire career as a Chelsea player, apart from two loan spells at Crystal
Read more »
England's Moeen winning fitness battle for third testLONDON : England off-spinner Moeen Ali should be fit to face Australia in the third test at Headingley with his finger injury healing well, according to bowling coach Jeetan Patel.Moeen, recalled to the test squad after a back injury to Jack Leach, suffered a cut finger in the opening test at Edgbaston an
Read more »
England hit back but Australia take lead past 300LONDON : England fought back in thrilling fashion against Australia with three wickets before lunch on day four to keep alive their slim hopes of turning around the second Ashes test at Lord's on Saturday.Stuart Broad struck twice for the hosts while Josh Tongue removed England's bogeyman Steve Smith to r
Read more »