Chasing a frightening 371 to win, England have been bowled out for 327 after a preventing century by skipper Ben Stokes (155).But tempers flared earlier than that, when Carey dismissed Bairstow stumped.
The incident occurred when Bairstow ducked the final ball of a Cameron Green over. Presuming the ball was lifeless, Bairstow left his crease to speak with non-striker Ben Stokes. But after accumulating the ball, Carey threw down the stumps, with Bairstow out of his crease.
The dismissal led to a ‘spirit of cricket’ debate. However, India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin felt it was sensible cricket by Carey.
Quoting a fan’s tweet, who talked about how Ashwin was criticized for dismissing Jos Buttler within the IPL by eradicating the stumps whereas bowling, Ashwin wrote: “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,” Ashwin’s tweet additional learn.
The third Test will start on July 6 at Headingley.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com