‘Do I want to win in that manner? No’ – Ben Stokes questions the spirit of Bairstow stumping
Ben Stokes has questioned whether Alex Carey’s controversial stumping of Jonny Bairstow on day five of the Lord’s Ashes Test was within the spirit of the game, saying he would not want to win the match in that manner.
After Australia took the final wicket of the match to go 2-0 up, Stokes was interviewed on BBC Test Match Special and said: “My thoughts around it is, when is it justified that umpires have called ‘over’? Does the square leg umpire making some movement justify that? Jonny Bairstow was in his crease and then came out to have a chat in the middle. I’m not disputing if it was out, it was.
“If the shoe was on the other foot, I would’ve had a think about the whole spirit o
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