Jonny Bairstow‘s dismissal in the second innings of Lord’s Test continues to be the speaking level in the ongoing Ashes. No surprise, England are nonetheless not completely satisfied about it and Bairstow himself has nonetheless not bought over the incident. On the different hand, Australia captain Pat Cummins, in the lead up to third Test, clearly said that they might do it once more as the dismissal is effectively below the legal guidelines and there’s no query of spirit of cricket.
Meanwhile, Australia cricketers had been left in splits after Bairstow was intentionally being additional cautious in phrases of staying inside the crease throughout the closing levels of Day 1 in third Test at Headingley. He got here out bat with round half-hour left for the finish of day’s play and confronted 19 balls. Interestingly, for the total length, Bairstow was staying in his crease and never strolling down the floor quickly after the ball was bowled.
Looking at his actions, Australia’s close-in fielders Steve Smith, Alex Carey and others had been seen having fun over his actions as effectively. The video of the identical has gone viral on social media and netizens are additionally having enjoyable.
Here’s the video:
As far as the match is anxious, Bairstow remained unbeaten on 1 off 19 deliveries as England ended Day 1 at 68/3 in response to Australia’s 263 in the first innings. Joe Root can also be not out on 19 runs and might be key for the house aspect on the second day. As for Australia, Mitchell Marsh was the star for them scoring a shocking century enjoying his first Test since 2019.Â
He smashed 118 runs off as many deliveries with 17 fours and 4 sixes to his identify however his dismissal simply earlier than Tea triggered a collapse. Australia had been effectively positioned at 240/4 at one stage however misplaced their remaining wickets for simply 23 runs courtesy of a superb spell of bowling from Mark Wood who was additionally making a comeback. Wood picked up a 5-wicket haul to finish with the figures of 5/34.
