‘Pehle 2019 World Cup final ki baat karte hain’ – Fans react as Stuart Broad slams senior Australian players over Jonny Bairstow’s controversial dismissal in 2nd Ashes Test

England pacer Stuart Broad slammed Alex Carey and the Australian team over Jonny Bairstow’s controversial dismissal on Day 5 of the second Ashes Test at Lords. Bairstow, who was England’s one of last recognised batters on the day, got out after scoring just 10 runs in a bizarre manner. When he stepped out of the crease after ducking on a bouncer by Cameron Green, Australia’s wicketkeeper Alex Carey threw the ball onto the stumps to get him out stumped.

Bairstow thought he had secured his ground initially secured crease by marking his guard but was given out by the umpire. After that, the decision was referred to the third umpire Marais Erasmus who ruled that Bairstwo has been stumped. England were reduced to 193 for 6 chasing a target of 371 runs.

Bairstow slowly trudged off incredulously and Broad wasted no time in letting the Australian ‘keeper know what he thought of his actions, with the conversation picked up by the stump mic. ‘You’ll forever be remembered for that,’ he told Carey after joining Ben Stokes at the crease, as the crowd at Lord’s loudly booed.

In his latest interview, Broad revealed that he was shocked that none of the Australian players came to ask what they have done. He said that Bairstow wasn’t going to take any run and Australia should have canceled that appeal.

“What amazed me and what I could not believe was that not one senior player among Australia questioned what they had done. Not one of them thought Bairstow gaining no advantage. He’s not trying to get a run. We should cancel that appeal’” Broad told Daily Mail.

‘When is it justified that the umpires have called over?’ Ben Stokes

Earlier, England skipper Ben Stokes also that insisted he would not have wanted to win a game of cricket with that kind of dismissal. Stokes said if he was on the side, wouldn’t have wanted to win the game in that manner.

“When is it justified that the umpires have called over? Is the onfield umpires making movement, is that enough to call over? I’m not sure. Jonny was in his crease then out of his crease. I am not disputing the fact it is out because it is out,” Stokes told BBC.

“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 a match-winning moment. Would I want to win a game in that manner? The answer for me is no,” he further added.