By India Today Sports Desk: England went 0-2 down in opposition to Australia within the Ashes 2023 after shedding the Test match at Lord’s. An entertaining remaining day got here to an finish with Australia clinching the victory by 43 runs after a sensational Ben Stokes century.
Emotions flew excessive within the remaining day after England wicket-keeper batter Jonny Bairstow was run-out by Alex Carey. Bairstow, after ducking the ultimate ball of the over marked his creased and walked off to the opposite finish was caught exterior of the road by Alex Carey’s throw into the stumps. Upon evaluate by the third umpire, Bairstow was discovered to be run out which didn’t sit proper with loads of England gamers and followers.
England coach Brendon McCullum echoed the sentiment and stated that his staff was not going to fraternise with the Australian staff anytime quickly.
“I can’t imagine we’ll be having a beer with them any time soon,” McCullum informed the BBC.
“We have three tests to land some blows and try to win the Ashes. That is where our focus will be,” he additional added.
The former New Zealand keeper invoked “the spirit of the game” and known as it very important.
“In the end you’ve got to live with the decisions you make, and that’s life,” he stated.
“But I feel from our point of view, if we were in the same situation, we might’ve made a different decision,” McCullum pressured after the sport.
The former New Zealand cricketer attracted heavy criticism from the Australian media quickly after who identified that McCullum had run out Paul Collingwood in the identical method throughout 2009 Champions Trophy. However, the then New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori had known as again the English batter.
England captain Ben Stokes was requested in regards to the incident after the match. He performed down the incident and stated that the appropriate name was made in the course of the sport.
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