Australia Test skipper Pat Cummins faced the media after his side won the second Ashes 2023 Test. He faced the ire of the media as the center of the debate was Jonny Bairstow’s runout. For the unversed, the England wicketkeeper got run out as he was found outside of his crease by Alex Carey. He thought that the over was called and he left the crease. However, the umpires hadn’t called the over, and Bairstow was caught napping.
After the game, England skipper Ben Stokes said that if he was the fielding team captain, he would have wanted to win the game like this. He raised questions about when the umpire calls the over.
“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 to think about the whole spirit of the game. But it has happened, it was out. We have to move on… Do I want to win in that manner? No.”
Alex Carey did nothing wrong: Pat Cummins
On the other hand, Cummins backed his wicketkeeper batter. The latter said that Carey did nothing as he saw Bairstow moving out of the crease early.
“I think Carey saw it happen a few balls previously, three or four balls previously, and there’s no pause, catch it, straightaway and throw at the stumps. I thought it was totally fair play. That’s how the rule is. Some people might disagree. That’s how I saw it,” Cummins told Sky TV during the post-match presentation.
Talking about the Ashes 2023, Australia is leading by 2-0. For the first time since 2001, Australia is leading the Ashes series in England by 2-0. In that series, the Aussies won by 4-1.
This is how Twitter reacted
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— msd_stan (@bdrijalab) July 3, 2023
No wonder he has a black eye ?
— The Cuntributor (@TheCuntributor) July 3, 2023
Three more flat pitches in this series and Anderson will be done with test cricket.
— Gollgappaaa (@gollgappaaa) July 3, 2023
Ankho me stokes ne 2-4 ball mar di keya ? pic.twitter.com/vhs3i0JDXj
— ?????? (@148atFaisalabad) July 3, 2023
Pat Cummins is becoming a PC phenomenon day by day which is quite enjoyable ?
— Salfee (@Salfee12) July 3, 2023
what happened to his eyes ?
— ?????? (@a_gaurav19) July 3, 2023
Cummins is quite good at giving it back to these English media and cricket experts along with that smile. ?
— Aditya Saha (@Adityakrsaha) July 3, 2023
Stuart broad dint walk as there was an clear edge 10 years ago. But he's crying now pic.twitter.com/NeHkLmDDJr
— Pssdj (@Pssdj3) July 3, 2023
Either make non striksr runouts illegal or quit crying about it,these guys never learn,always imposing their moral standards on others.
— Noone (@UdtaS) July 3, 2023
Isn't it the batsman's job to stay in the crease until the ball is considered to be dead? Its a rule right. Y shud always the batsman get the favor and keeper n bowler to get shamed for playing as per the rule book? Its clearly the Bairstow's fault. P.S. i hate aussies team.
— v raj (@Iamvadiraj) July 3, 2023
