Ben Stokes wants to ‘move on’ from Jonny Bairstow dismissal controversy | Cricket News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: As England and Australia gear up for the third Ashes Test in Headingly, starting Thursday, England skipper Ben Stokes on the eve of the match insisted everyone to ‘move on’ from Jonny Bairstow’s controversial dismissal in the second Ashes Test at Lord’s.
Skipper Stokes’ on-field heroics were overshadowed by the Bairstow stumping incident on the final day of the second Test, which Australia won by 43 runs to go 2-0 up in the five-match series
The furore was caused after Bairstow was given out stumped by opposing wicketkeeper Alex Carey during what the England batsman thought was a break in play.
The incident even led to British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese trading verbal bouncers over the issue.
Bairstow’s dismissal sparked a chorus of boos at a normally sedate Lord’s and led to three MCC members being suspended for allegedly abusing visiting players in the pavilion.
Stokes indicated he would have withdrawn the appeal had he been the fielding captain at the time, while England coach Brendon McCullum suggested the incident could galvanise his side as they look to become just the second team in Test history to win a series from 2-0 down.
“I don’t think we can galvanise as a group any more than we are to be honest,” Stokes told reporters.
“There’s been obviously a lot of noise around the incident last week at Lord’s but, from me as a captain and from the England team, I think the best thing that everyone needs to do is just move on from it.”
Reaction to the incident in England and Australia has tended to split on patriotic lines, but former England captain Mike Atherton said rather than world Test champions Australia abusing the ‘Spirit of Cricket’, Bairstow had been guilty of “dozy cricket”.
(With inputs from AFP)
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Skipper Stokes’ on-field heroics were overshadowed by the Bairstow stumping incident on the final day of the second Test, which Australia won by 43 runs to go 2-0 up in the five-match series
The furore was caused after Bairstow was given out stumped by opposing wicketkeeper Alex Carey during what the England batsman thought was a break in play.
The incident even led to British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese trading verbal bouncers over the issue.
Bairstow’s dismissal sparked a chorus of boos at a normally sedate Lord’s and led to three MCC members being suspended for allegedly abusing visiting players in the pavilion.
Stokes indicated he would have withdrawn the appeal had he been the fielding captain at the time, while England coach Brendon McCullum suggested the incident could galvanise his side as they look to become just the second team in Test history to win a series from 2-0 down.
“I don’t think we can galvanise as a group any more than we are to be honest,” Stokes told reporters.
“There’s been obviously a lot of noise around the incident last week at Lord’s but, from me as a captain and from the England team, I think the best thing that everyone needs to do is just move on from it.”
Reaction to the incident in England and Australia has tended to split on patriotic lines, but former England captain Mike Atherton said rather than world Test champions Australia abusing the ‘Spirit of Cricket’, Bairstow had been guilty of “dozy cricket”.
(With inputs from AFP)
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