Alex Carey’s stumping of Jonny Bairstow on the fifth morning of the second Ashes Test at Lord’s led to a lot of buzz in the cricket community, with almost everyone involved joining in on the conversation and having a say on the controversial dismissal.
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England’s chase of 371 was poised tantalisingly at 193-5 when Carey stumped the unsuspecting Bairstow, who had wandered out of his crease thinking the ball was dead. The Australians went through with their appeal and Bairstow was declared out stumped. England eventually lost the game by 43 runs.
Ben Stokes, who scored 155 in a knock that included nine sixes, felt that the Bairstow wicket was the match-winning moment of the game. He said that he would not have wanted to win a game in that manner.
“I am not disputing the fact it is out because it is out. If the show was on the other foot I would have put more pressure on the umpires and asked whether they had called over and had a deep think about the whole spirit of the game and would I want to do something like that. For Australia, it was the match-winning moment. Would I want to win a game in that manner? The answer for me is no,” said Stokes after the match.
There were lots of other reactions to the dismissal as well, ranging from questioning the Spirit of Cricket to appreciating Carey’s awareness of the game.
The dismissal also brought up several similar incidents that have happened in cricket, including Brendon McCullum’s run out of Muttiah Muralitharan in a Test match at Christchurch. Muralitharan had completed a run and moved out of the crease to celebrate his partner, Kumar Sangakkara’s century when McCullum, currently England coach, had whipped the bails off to run him out.
Stuart Broad was also heard on the stump mic telling Carey that he would be remembered for this incident, a comment that made people instantly bring up Broad’s infamous non-walk in the 2013 Ashes Test at Trent Bridge.
Simon Taufel says the decision to give Jonny Bairstow out was correct.
As a former Australian umpire, life member of Lord’s and member of the MCC Laws sub-committee, Taufel spoke with @abcsydney on the Mornings show. #Ashes pic.twitter.com/8XlRIkc6YE
— ABC SPORT (@abcsport) July 3, 2023
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… https://t.co/W59CrFZlMa
— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) July 2, 2023
Mitchell Starc said, “Jonny Bairstow’s run out was as much out as my catch wasn’t out”. pic.twitter.com/UOMJ4WxkGo
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) July 3, 2023
“Bairstow is not looking because he’s not concentrating. That’s on him.”
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🍎https://t.co/3pR7DQu93g pic.twitter.com/mDUXkeF9uk— The Final Word (@Final_Word_Pod) July 2, 2023
The thing is it wasn’t even some clever piece of wicket-keeping from Alex Carey but also sums up how silly it was from Jonny Bairstow to wander out of his crease that quickly #Ashes
— Bharat Sundaresan (@beastieboy07) July 2, 2023
So most of the Australian team, including Carey, are against the Mankad – where the batsman is clearly trying to get an unfair advantage and materially affect the score – but are fine running out a batsman who strolled out after marking his crease to talk to the non-striker. https://t.co/5jYbGpAbyw
— Vishal Misra (@vishalmisra) July 2, 2023
“I thought it was fair” — Pat Cummins on the Jonny Bairstow dismissal.#Ashes pic.twitter.com/Fhi2GU1m9n
— The Cricketer (@TheCricketerMag) July 2, 2023
“You’ve seen Bairstow do it himself when he’s keeping, quite a lot.”
Pat Cummins gives his view on the controversial runout of Jonny Bairstow 👀@Hostplus @beastieboy07 pic.twitter.com/TK8BXd7OMN
— SEN Cricket (@SEN_Cricket) July 2, 2023
Interesting comments by Stuart Broad during the 2013 Ashes series after he edged to slip and didn’t walk:
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— Glenn Mitchell (@MitchellGlenn) July 3, 2023
🗣️ ‘That’s all you’ll EVER be remembered for!’ 😳
Stuart Broad wasn’t shy in sharing with Alex Carey what he thinks of him, following Jonny Bairstow’s stumping. pic.twitter.com/31e8AUpH4v
— Sky Sports Cricket (@SkyCricket) July 2, 2023
Stuart Broad will be remembered for getting hit for six sixes in an over by Yuvraj Singh
— Laxman Sivaramakrishnan (@LaxmanSivarama1) July 3, 2023
We’d like to thank Jonny Bairstow for reminding everyone about the dangers of stepping over the crease before you’re given the green light.
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— Victoria Police (@VictoriaPolice) July 3, 2023
“Australia should’ve called Bairstow back!”
🇦🇺 “They should’ve warned him about this. Neither umpire was looking at the stumps.”
Former Aussie all-rounder @Brad_Hogg is disappointed with his side’s behaviour. 😱 pic.twitter.com/P5LHJMZard
— talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) July 3, 2023
