Was the Bairstow dismissal against the spirit of the game? - SEN

[@david6294]

No one has pointed out the Carey throw the ball at the stumps BEFORE Bairstow left the crease. It's a fair stumping

[@carokat1111]

Yes - in one action. Caught the ball and immediately threw it at the stumps. His keeping has been brilliant.

[@theillmc]

Mark Taylor did... live on the tv broadcast

[@david6294]

@@theillmc Maybe but 99% of things of read and watched have failed to mention it

[@onebigadvocado6376]

I didn't hear any crying about the spirit of the game when Robison was abusing Khawaja, so I don't want to hear it now.

[@addamr2052]

One set of rules for the Roman slave Poms . Another set of rules for the good Aussies . The double standards Poms make up the rules as they go along .

[@junk_rig_sailor1698]

Yeah like, Aussie bowlers have never ever ever ever EVER abused a batsman. You Aussies are pathetic.

[@vanojoh3733]

Actually, there WAS criticism of Robinson's unsporting behaviour. He was bang out of order for swearing aggressively at Khawaja, and most English fans called him out for it. Never mind "spirit of the game" (a moveable feast, agreed), what about sportsmanship? There is such a thing, isn't there?

[@onebigadvocado6376]

@@vanojoh3733 I feel like you're missing the point. Ollie Robinson said that his abuse was "Theatre" and his captain said he wasn't going to change it. While that's considered less egregious than dismissing a batsman legally, I can't take English cricket seriously.

[@vanojoh3733]

​@@onebigadvocado6376 Well, I think you're missing the point. It was unsporting behaviour from Robinson and, in my opinion, unsporting behaviour from the Aussies to run out Bairstow. The second had an affect on the result, the first didn't. Anyway, not going to quarrel with you mate. We have different takes on it, that's all. 🏏

[@geitalew7677]

Was it in the spirit of the game when Ollie Pope did against New Zealand, was it in the spirit of the game when Bairstow himself tried it against Marnus in this very game? Was it in the spirit of the game when England's coach, Brendan McCallum did 3 times in his career, twice when people where celebrating milestones? Sorry sooky poms, get a grip.

[@cqaqa]

How in lord's name can you compare the two incidents?!? Grandhomme played the ball thrown by Broad and in the process went forward out of his crease and didn't make it back in time before being stumped. Bairstow didn't play the ball and went out of his crease to talk to his teammate because he thought the ball was dead.

[@stevenskliros9608]

Not to mention Bodyline and pitch doctoring

[@eeehan77]

Finally someone who as aggregated all these recently highlighted facts into the one post. "Spirit of Cricket" has nothing to say about walking out of your crease before the ball is dead and being run out. Neither the England captain, England coach, nor Bairstow can in any conscience evoke any conversation about the Spirits of Cricket without the greatest of hypocrisy.

[@nichobee]

​@@cqaqatypical English semantics. Your talent for bullshit is insane!

[@dovif5313]

@@cqaqayou can argue the same for every single stumping the batsman missed the ball and fall out of crease and is given out. People complaining should just learn the rulea

[@theflyingdropbear2009]

No one should be upset with Alex Carey for stumping Bairstow, the one that should get the blame is Bairstow himself, not only has he been playing the game long enough, he is also a wicket-keeper, non of that excuses him for his lack of situational awareness, him losing his wicket in such a stupid manner, he has no one to blame but himself.

[@mddawson1]

Especially as Bairstow attempted exactly the same thing several times during the Australian innings. Also the English coach, McCullum, has done it a couple of times during his playing career.

[@christopherfranklin972]

Jonny Bairstow = The Great Yorkshire Pudding.

[@theflyingdropbear2009]

@@mddawson1 we also have to remember that earlier in the game, Starc also made a mistake by grounding the ball while he was sliding, which if he was aware that he had the ball in hand and under control, he could have lunged forward, or rolled over to complete the catch against Duckett, the rules applied then, we shouldn't throw the rulebook out when it doesn't go our way. It is like that old saying "rules for thee, just not for me", then they can harp on about muh "spirit of cricket" which is an ambiguous term, that has multiple interpretations depending on the player. the whole Bairstow getting stumped has been completely blown out of proportion, and a lot of people are overreacting to a non-issue.

[@DaveWhoa]

Spirit of the Game exhibit A: Bairstow attempted the exact same thing by trying to catch Marnus Labuschagne stepping out of his crease two days ago. Spirit of the Game exhibit B: England coach Brendon McCullum has three instances of identical dismissals. Spirit of the Game exhibit C: Broad edging a ball to slip but refusing to walk, an edge the English quick has since admitted to. Spirit of the Game exhibit D: England keeper Ben Foakes stumping Irishman Andy Balbirnie after holding onto the ball for a far greater amount of time than what Carey did. Spirit of the Game exhibit E: The MCC long room behaved disgracefully. Not surprisingly three MCC members are now suspended. Spirit of the Game exhibit F: The crowd chanting that Australians are cheaters. Actually the only person convicted of cheating in this series is England's Moeen Ali. Spirit of the Game exhibit G: England bowling 'Bodyline' on day 4, for a record 98% short balls. Also extremely boring to watch - the opposite of so-called "bazball" entertainment. I won't add Duckett not walking re Starc's catch, because we respect that rules are rules. I also won't add England's controversial win over New Zealand in the World Cup final involving Stokes himself as there's been no shortage of comments about that.

[@SilentHotdog28]

Not to mention Lyon was on 1 leg when they were bowling those 3 hours of bouncers......Oh and he's a tail ender. Real honourable.

[@dubbomarcus]

Well said, that was nearly an article.

[@顾小安]

@@SilentHotdog28what were they meant to do? Bowl him nice half volleys because he’s injured? If he couldn’t deal with it he shouldn’t have batted

[@SilentHotdog28]

@@顾小安 See there ya go, quick to go back the other way when it doesn't suit. I don't care what they bowl, but if you're going to bowl bouncers consistently, that isn't in the spirit of the game, so don't complain when something happens to England that may not be in the spirit of the game. You can't have your cake and eat it too. You either stick to spirit of the game or Laws of cricket, not pick and choose when it suits you. England have been doing an awful lot of sooking.

[@顾小安]

@@SilentHotdog28 I agree that Bairstow was right to be given out I’m just saying that’s a really dumb example… the short ball was the most effective way to get wickets throughout the game as both teams utilized this. You can’t expect a team not to bowl a certain ball because the batsmen has chosen to come out injured… by this logic it is against the spirit of the game to ever bowl bouncers at tailenders because they are less capable of playing them properly??

[@trevorscott3574]

Man, this is so much fun, you gotta love it when the Poms get done at their own game...😇

[@davidratcliffe3710]

The English made the rules the same rule that denied Australia a catch suck it up !

[@monashsq4001]

Ironic that a great keeper gets it so right while average bairstow gets it so wrong. & as a keeper to have the audacity to bitch and moan.

[@amaledward2147]

Average? Cmon bro u are giving too much for Johny

[@stevenskliros9608]

The whole of England is bitching and moaning including the England players...feminine trait

[@utha2665]

I'm not sure Bairstow has been bitching about the decision. It's the crowd and armchair experts bitching and moaning and not to mention Stokes' salty whine in his post match interview.

[@domdolittle]

The spirit of the game has nothing to do with it... rules are rules and that's the end of the discussion.

[@jehanariyaratnam2874]

Batsmen who get bowled shouldn't be given out either because it's the spirit of cricket

[@thatsbollox]

It was just a fair and square stumping. Some are just hoping and wanting it to be a controversy....and others are just hoping to grab some sort of high moral ground.

[@hamwhacker]

The bowler threw a dangerous bouncer at the batsman’s head. That’s no very sporting. Should be a no ball and then the over is finished. But then this cheap shot to win the game. I wouldn’t pay to see this crap.

[@thatsbollox]

@@hamwhacker He "threw" a dangerous bouncer ? Are you saying Green is a chucker ? I'm guessing you cant know much at all about cricket...so i cant put much faith in your assessment of what is "sporting".

[@theflyingdropbear2009]

@@hamwhacker Pace bowlers bowl "Dangerous" bouncers almost every over they get, it is a form of legitimate intimidation by a pace bowler, Australian players aren't the only ones to bowl bouncers, the English pacers bowl them too, so by your logic, every so-called "dangerous bouncer" bowled by the English players should be no-balls as well. Bairstow played the ball correctly, but it was a lapse in concentration that undid him, it is his own fault that he got out.

[@hamwhacker]

@@theflyingdropbear2009 Well I think there should be a new rule: no stumping at the end of the over. To stop people playing cricket like rats.

[@theflyingdropbear2009]

@@hamwhacker the ball was live, the over is only declared over when the Umpire at the Bowler's rules it as such, which he did not at the time, there is no need to change the rules, because you don't like the outcome. Alex Carey was well within his rights by the rules of the game to stump Bairstow, so long as the ball is live, which it was. the one that should be blamed for giving his wicket away in such a stupid manner, is Bairstow, he showed a complete lack of situational awareness, and it cost him his wicket. Bairstow has been playing the game long enough to understand that.

[@joeblack1652]

If Bairstow, or anyone in the English side, thinks that stumping was “not in the spirit of the game” they need to explain why Bairstow was trying to do it to Marnus earlier in the match. Complete double standards. England are not putting proper value on their wicket and are being punished by the Aussies for it, this is just another example.

[@guymulry6168]

The Aussies want it more!!! Win at any cost mentality. England have been too relaxed and only have themselves to blame as they've had opportunities to get on top in both tests.

[@Squall_4]

The English seem to think a stumping can only happen if the keeper is up the way they are carrying on

[@aawe1]

And they need to explain why Starc's catch was called non-catch.

[@aawe1]

@@Squall_4 The English seem to think a stumping can only happen if they're not batting.

[@joeblack1652]

@@aawe1 I’ve actually got no problem with the stark decision. I was taught you can’t grass the ball like that.

[@jkjkjkjkjk537]

Broad and Baz are the last people to be talking about the spirit of the game.

[@tonysambar]

Poms are upset so I am calling it a correct decision 😂

[@patthewoodboy]

no we are not , Bairstow crease disciplne was crap and he got caught

[@ray.shoesmith]

100% if Careys throw had missed and gone down to long on Bairstow would have run

[@sebinamuwanga]

The spirit of the cricket game follows the laws of the game. Bairstow left his crease and was stumped. End of story.

[@jdw6925]

Given as a stumping - get with the program.

[@piyadushanka]

Respecting the spirit of the game starts with respecting the laws equally for both teams first and foremost surely? Bairstow was out

[@warrensaillard7022]

Should of made Carey man of the match

[@MediumJohnson430]

The poms are so salty 😂😂😂 but it’s a legitimate dismissal 😂😂😂

[@BlakeLawler]

But I drink English tears for every meal. The saltier the better I say.

[@gregoryjohn4]

The only question is was it out? Answer yes. No more discussion needed. Bairstow should hang his head in shame at committing a schoolboy error and not being aware of the state of the game.

[@stevenskliros9608]

Smart work by Carey great stumping

[@mohammad-A927]

Great throw by Carey Jonny wouldve missed the stumps 😅

[@DaveWhoa]

Bairstow did miss the stumps two days ago when he tried to do the _exact_ same thing to try to get Marnus Labuschagne out

[@mohammad-A927]

@@DaveWhoa its sad he can never be better then Butler😪

[@joeblack1652]

@@DaveWhoaI was about to say the exact same thing

[@mohammad-A927]

@@DaveWhoa i just watched it and he missed by 5 feet 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@gregdownton4096]

Bairstow and England should refresh themselves with the basic rules of cricket!!

[@SteveHardie42]

Sadly, my bottles of Pommie tears have become worthless, as the market is now flooded with them. At least they're tasty on fish and chips... 😂😂

[@paulpiper9696]

The term 'Pom' is a racially derogative term!!!! It's not a term of affection or of endearment.... It's always said with racial affliction and as a slur. It's invariably combined with "whinging Poms" and a cornucopia of insidious comments. It's not "just good old Aussie banter and just a laugh mate.* When the Australian government fails to identify the etymology or definition.if the words 'Poms', 'Poms' or 'Pommies' but say it can be used as a racial slur in some instances sums up Australia and more importantly Cricket Australia.

[@majorlaff8682]

@@paulpiper9696 POME - Prisoner Of Mother England. It's not meant to be a compliment.

[@RollingEasy]

Crap. Carey did what every keeper has done hundreds of times... Bairstow is the clown in this particular instance. Nothing less and Australia and Australians deserve an apology.

[@williewagtail405]

I totally agree! It's a stumping fair and square and Australia are copping massive criticism for just playing the game.

[@JustinHH22]

Stop whinging 😂😂😂 we owe you nothing

[@Pvtepingpong]

bairstow started walking out of his crease after carey threw the ball, which was in one motion. Nothing wrong with the dismissal at all

[@ykook7000]

💯

[@jdw6925]

Not true - at least be honest. Bairstow was in his crease when carey threw the ball. There's billions of videos on youtube - it's pointless trying to make out otherwise.

[@Pvtepingpong]

@julianwood6625 absolutely right, I messed up my original comment, it actually furthers the point of a fair dismissal because the keeper didn't wait for him to leave his crease, he threw it, bairstow then started walking out, hit the stumps

[@jdw6925]

@@Pvtepingpong So you're saying that Carey thought that Bairstow was going to attempt a run?

[@Pvtepingpong]

@julianwood6625 no. I'm saying that he threw it a split second after catching the ball, bairstow then leaves the crease after the ball is in motion. The umpire didn't call the ball dead, stay in your crease! Bairstow also attempted the same stumping for labuschagne earlier

[@garydumaresq4307]

Carey made one continuous movement.

[@danno1974ify]

SPIRIT OF CRICKET WENT OUT THE WINDOW “A LONG, LONG TIME AGO” Ian smith

[@jackdanielss]

The spirit of cricket excuse is used just when convenient. It's a crock

[@chadthechad4365]

Spirit of the game says to respect the umpires call

[@DeepakTiwari-fc7ir]

I think Bairstow run out was completely fair because cary did not wait for bairstow to get out of the crease . he catches the ball and throw it straight away. Thats why he is given stump not run out . Still thinking where does the sprit of the game comes from ?

[@VARMOT123]

Bharat's wearing a beach shirt in lord's lol

[@chrisrussell5690]

Great call Adam Collins. Somewhere in all of the noise a pretty amazing game of cricket was played.

[@clivebroadhead4857]

What a recruit mistake. Junior cricketers have it drilled into them to keep something grounded behind the crease accept when making a run or advancing to the pitch of the ball and all going well hitting it. The batsman and facer are allows in peril of being caught outside their ground (behind the crease which extends beyond that which is marked) This wondering around, gardening or having a chat is ill disciplined, showing a mental lapse and or a lack of spatial awareness, which more often than not is punished in the game

[@georgephilip641]

Why it is a controversy when it's in the rule book

[@Reggie1979]

Was the Stuart Broad " oh yes I hit the ball and in the spirit of the game I should walk but won't because winning is everything thing and morals don't count " in the spirit of the game. POT CAN'T CALL THE KETTLE BLACK

[@Fedaltennistv]

Another reason why I want Aussies to win The Ashes

[@sweetcell8767]

This happened to me as a 13 yo in year 8 cricket. It never crossed my mind that I was hard done by. I was foolish. And I never walked out of my crease again. Woke rubbish!!!!

[@sagunsh9007]

Pat is absolutely right, I noticed Johny Bairstow does that and scares batsmen of runout on few occasions but in those instances batsmen were not as reckless as he had been before given out. He was constantly leaving the crease and as a professional wicket keeper he should be aware of this and be responsible in the crease. No excuses justify his negligence as a wicketkeeper. If he did the same thing, there were the same intention ie to make batsmen out but he was not as lucky. Now it happens to him and it’s well under the rule, so he is clearly out. He needs to learn from it and be careful in future particularly as a wicketkeeper and since he has tried it few times as well. Bdw, I’m not Australian fan nor English. I’m a neutral and want Ashes to be entertaining and wanted this match to be won by England. I’m a fan of Ben Stoke and Steven Smith.

[@brettharrison5136]

And this is why England is called the Whinging poms course they whing bout johnny baristow run out when he did to other players himself.

[@petermcguire1502]

Bairstow is always doing this obviously with the intent of sneaking a cheeky single when the opportumity arises. Bit like a sneaky backup at the nonstrikers end. This is not a one off by Jonny.

[@SilentHotdog28]

He also did the exact same thing to Marnus but missed the stumps. I think it was day 3.

[@raymondbabb1970]

Bairstow stood up to the stumps for Marnus with Anderson bowling to keep him in his crease. Poms are sooks.

[@garybeharrie]

BS.. im south african, so no skin in the game and we hate ausies more lol... but ask yourself if that ball went to the wiki keeper and the keeper missed the ball, would they have gone for an extra run or 2, not to mention giving them 4 runs if it went to the boundary? you know they would have taken those runs.. don't tell me the ball is dead. that walk off the crease was like 1 second after leaving the bowlers hand lol

[@SilentHotdog28]

The whole process was timed to be 0.87 seconds. Bairstow did the exact same thing to Marnus but missed the stumps.

[@timp1390]

Nailed it

[@bloodangels-sonsofsanguini7992]

Spot on

[@normanphipps6237]

Howzit

[@garybeharrie]

@@normanphipps6237 hey boet!

[@jimmyriddle5246]

I hope the king gives Carey a knighthood

[@AliRaza-zr2ue]

02:46 commentary for hearing impaired community starts from here by Uncle Mowgli.

[@rodsimpson3963]

out every single time...Bairstow is to blame

[@ethancoster1324]

A cricket match was played at Lords it was a hoot. But an uncanny act of sporting tact soured the mood. Why did Johnny walk. He was half asleep. Is it better to win playing cruel or chivalrously? Why did Johnny walk. What was on his mind? Why did Johnny walk. Carey's not that blind. Why did Johnny walk. Was it paint on the pitch. Why did Johnny walk. Or the thought of Mitch. Why did Johnny walk. Johnny walk. Why did Johnny walk. He was half asleep. Is it better to win playing cruel or chivalrously.

[@frebbbreeze2841]

I love how Flemmo is just "yep cool, love it" in the Background

[@marilyngoldie5946]

I bet it would be okay if the English had done it to the Aussie batsman. Yeah. No question.

[@ykook7000]

Yeah well if Aussie batsman was dumb enough to go walkabout they get what they deserve

[@DaveWhoa]

Bairstow tried the exact same thing against Marnus Labuschagne just two days ago, he missed the stumps though

[@nigelkelley3004]

According to Stokes’ false virtues he would have called the batsman back. Right!

[@pbfamous07]

collins is boss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! callled it spot on............ask yourself if a keeper was up to the stumps to a quick and the batsmen walks out of crease would you whip the bails off......cya yjb........also the guy in the colourful kit im loving, apologies for names.

[@RahulGupta-h7f]

That was out.

[@Both-Barracuda]

What the commentators failed to mention is Bairstow was still in his crease when Carey threw the ball. It wasn’t as if he waited for him to leave.

[@VARMOT123]

Who is that guy to the right of Phil Walker ?

[@jzkramer]

Great commentary team.

[@Nibbles-w8j]

Brilliant commentary

[@nicholasmudrinic4464]

I am still sustaining myself with the hypocrite, crocodile tears of the English fans to this very day. Delish!

[@louiselliott4878]

l want to know why stokes waited so long to use his batting ability in tjis series

[@arunavabanerjee1315]

Never leave crease until the ball is dead.

[@darkstars-torpedoes-of-truth]

Cry harder England, what if Root hadn't got out? What if the top order fired, what if? You slogged your way to defeat and you have to blame someone.

[@stevemurrell6167]

"It was a thing of beauty".....isn't that how the English press described Foakes disgusting 'hold the ball and wait' stumping? What a bunch of effing hypocrites.

[@peterkurg8169]

Bairstow is a goose. He did not ground his bat. He walked up the pitch like a lost goose. Carey, in one fluid motion threw the stumps down, and he is out. From SENNZ - Bairstow attempted the very same thing on day 1 v Warner and day 3 v Marnus, albeit with much less coordination that Carey. Last year England player Ollie Pope ran out New Zealand player Colin de Grandhomme in a similar way in an England v New Zealand test. Also several years ago the now England coach Brendan McCullum ran out Murali in a New Zealand v Sri Lanka test Apparently the English think you can't be out stumped on the last ball of an over.

[@knight2425]

C’mon Bairstow tried it himself the day before and numerous time in the first test, if he had been successful then all those up in arms would be laughing and applauding Bairstow for being so smart. Bairstow has a history of doing this as does the England coach so not sure why all the complaining, if Bairstow hadn’t been trying it numerous times himself I’m sure the Aussies would have warned him to stay in his crease instead

[@JPASSY]

Captain Cummins total respect for your great captaincy throughout 💪wow 🤩you throughly deserve hero status for your leadership, focus ,intelligence and coolness under incredible pressure 👏👏👏 Fantastic test matches so far spoiled only by bitter sore loosing supporters of the opposition that can’t handle being beaten fair and square. Lift your game crybaby England supporters especially those of you in the long room speaking about ‘the spirit of the game’ very poor and ugly ‘sportsmanship’ VERY WELL DONE AUSTRALIA(all of you)fantastic team effort and especial as well Alex Cary best keeper in word cricket 💪💪💪

[@neilclarkson6060]

The ball is alive and it left the as soon as it was gloved. There was no time for the umpire to declare it dead. What areenglishmen now able to do whatever they wish ignoring the rules ofthe game do not forget they invented the game and rules.

[@johnhynes7784]

So, in the country that created cricket. At the place where they make the rules. They whinge about the rules thay made.

[@Britboy404]

On here they nail it, One of the worst ways to get a wicket, no skill or advantage In that, but out means out and you have to accept it’s a fair wicket

[@simonwhiting6929]

I haven’t heard anyone argue seriously that Bairstow wasn’t out. Stokes did suggest he wouldn’t want to win like that but even that I suspect was Stokes simply sticking up for his team mate in front of the media. What was he gonna say? Bairstow was dozzy and cost us the game. No of course not. All the subsequent attempts to take the moral high ground are also pretty laughable, there isn’t an international team out there that can seriously claim it.

[@mikefriend1514]

Let’s face it what the Aussies think doesn’t matter. Its like asking a criminal whether they think they are guilty. It’s what the English players think and English fans. And I’m pretty sure they will let the Aussie players know their thoughts over the course of the next 3 tests.

[@falaramal3979]

What do you mean by that?

[@mis-tur-tay-bur]

Long-time cricket fan and writer/editor here. The "spirit of cricket" has always been a noble lie. Think about it: when did it actually enter the game? It wasn't there at its inception when Spofforth was punching Poms on the proboscis and Grace was steadfastly staying at the wicket even after being given out. In the 1930s this elusive "spirit" of unknown provenance was being invoked by the Aussie press as Larwood tactically tore the Aussies apart at Jardine's request. For a while, bowling bumpers at tail-enders was frowned upon because it violated the fabulous spirit of the game, but this "unspoken law" was soon dispensed with if that tail-ender was presumptuous enough to flout that "spirit" and score a run too many. Once, Lindwall knocked a man out with a bouncer because he insultingly took block outside of his crease. Trueman was hardly a paragon of puritanical rectitude and was proud of it. "Mad" Jack Flavell didn't protest his sobriquet. He wanted to destroy every man be bowled at. Let's test the spirit. What exactly has been the greatest threat to it - just so we know its location? What was the boundary situation? Was it the abovementioned Bodyline series? What Jardine did was within the rules. It was mainly the Aussie press who demonised and denounced him and Larwood, using the "spirit of the game" as their high horse. Was it Vinoo Mankad in 1947-48, who noticed non-striker Bill Brown backing up too far? Instead of releasing the ball, he stopped and broke the wicket. He’d sufficiently warned Bill, having already dismissed him likewise in a tour game, yet the huffing press almost labelled it impertinence, ensuring his name entered cricket’s lexicon as a byword for dishonesty. But do you know why Mankad was so "impertinent"? Because he was sick of his own countrymen deferring to the Aussies and the English. Those who dusted off the "spirit of cricket" back then actually had their pens at the ready to criticise ANY bowling from those funny little Subcontinental people that amounted to more than a mere tribute offering. Was India's decades-old doctoring of pitches a violation of this "spirit"? What about the West Indies' real and implied threats of on-field, and sometimes off-field, violence to batsmen all over the Commonwealth when they were at their zenith? It seems that this "spirit" includes acceptable cheating. Adam Gilchrist was actually criticised by many of these same upholders of cricket's "spirit" when he decided he WOULD walk, despite being the only man on the field to know he'd nicked it. A batsman was actually somehow acting within the bounds of this amorphous thing called cricket's spirit when he never admitted he was out. It's rather indefinable really, isn't it, old chaps, this "spirit"? Honestly, Piers and Geoffrey and the Lord's members look and sound like dribbling, drivelling privileged Pommy prats when they long for a fantasy bygone era and talk about tarnishing a game that was never exempt from human nature, and ceased being some kind of pastoral idyll the moment men like Spofforth and Grace entered the scene, bringing spectators with them. 1 Reply

[@paulpiper9696]

One of the oldest cases of cheating I have ever read about in the entire history of cricket was during the third and deciding Test in the 1882-3 series in Sydney, which you alluded to..... So that's my earliest recorded acts of cheating and were acted out by Australia. Australia’s number one bowler, Fred Spofforth, went to the incredulous lengths of inserting metal blades in the heels of his boots and ran down the pitch in his follow through. Cutting up the wicket from one end he then brazenly switched ends and bowled into the rough which he had deliberately caused. England were incensed: their captain the Honourable Ivo Bligh wrote a letter to his father saying Spofforth “cut up the wicket more disgracefully than I have ever seen done before” and “our fellows were naturally very angry about it.” Officially he made no complaints as he did not wish to antagonise his hosts, the Melbourne Cricket Club, who had funded the actual tour. The Australian players claimed the England bowler Dick Barlow had started this practice of cutting up the pitch during their tour of England the previous summer but this was proven to be completely fallacious and mendacious. After England won that Test in Sydney and the inaugural Ashes series 2-1 the Australians then engaged in 'heavy pushing and shoving' which was led by Spofforth. Throughout the pages of history Australia have gone far beyond the envelope and no longer understand the essence of integrity and sportsmanship. Australia aptly has the tag as the world's worst winners and the world's worst losers. And still today it's a county that refuses to even look at the toxic levels of racism that it allows to flourish ostentatiously on the pitch and in the stands.

[@gurrrn1102]

Norcross took his cue from numpty Erasmus and thought it was a run out 😐

[@benmartin339]

What the 2nd last clip in this short. England keeper having a shot at Smiths Stumps. kzbin.infolGMeTutEbd4?feature=share

[@stuartmiller7419]

Funny how a legitimate stumping isn't within the 'spirit of the game', but 'booing' the opposition for it is. Ill-informed, lagered up louts who only care about the 'spirit of the game' when it suits them. Hypocrisy in the extreme. As for the champagne-sipping silver foxes in the long room - they are beyond contempt.

[@jay4cee]

Love this team and Triple M

[@Ididnothingwrong-dx5hn]

The rule says he is out. But if this is the rule the keeper should throw the ball at the stumps after every ball. Who knows if the batter will leave his crease of lift his bat up by accident.

[@acc.7953]

you don't bowl a Yorker everytime, you Bowl it when you think there's an opportunity to get a wicket.

[@GRBAquatics]

Thought this was fair enough although still a bit 'unsportsman' like). We used to play a 'Trick' in School Boy Cricket in The 1980's where I at first slip would run to Boundary pretending that Wicket keeper had missed the ball. When Batsmen ran Keeper would take then bails off. "Officially Run Out or Stumped" Worked Everytime ...... Now that was a Dodgey Play. LOL. Although I as Captain usually called the Dismissed batsmen Back. We were just playing a joke, which worked everytime.

[@darrenjpeters]

Worked every time? You must have gone to a special school champ, that wouldn't have worked once at my school. We were taught to watch the ball at all times until the keeper throws it to a fielder.

[@toddrohrlach8336]

Englands current coach did the same thing to England when he was playing.

[@mattwarren6830]

"Whinging pommies, can't play cricket" " Whinging pommies ,always whinging" . What a bunch of hypocrites, ok for Bairstow to try it,against the spirit of the game when Australia try it, and like cricket are better at it.

[@DeepakTiwari-fc7ir]

When lyon came out to bat with one leg then England also should ve bowled him slow half folly’s but they didn’t. In some way they also broke the spirit of the game . Spirit of the game is pretty subjective. Either it should be mentioned in the cricket rule book before each and every law otherwise it will always be used with convenience

[@dview3176]

Would he have stayed not out and won the game if this didn’t happen?

[@mejaz8014]

Don't question the spirit of the game, rather address the professionalism and concentration of the player (Bairstow). No controversy at all.

[@rorygrummisch4907]

Great wiell done mr long mr colins and flemo cheers rory

[@jonoheaps7352]

Incredible that this caused so much bitterness. Bairstow lost concentration. When you lose concentration as a batter, you tend to get out. That's it.

[@khurmiful]

Can someone explain to me how this is not the same as Mankading someone? Great Com though. Radio is always the best.

[@rocknral]

Apart from the members at lords and the england captain himself, youd be hard pressed to find an Englishman that would be pegging stones in the glass dwelling in which they reside.

[@jacobanderson1647]

Bairstow and baz are the biggest hypocrites. Baz ran out some bloke celebrating a century and bairstow does that stumping attempt every innings. Same old pommies, always losing

[@michaelhirst9220]

No matter who did what in the past. He was not trying to gain any advantage

[@mohammad-A927]

Damien Flemming in the back has way better things to do 😅

[@demarshall8628]

They were waiting for the optimum opportunity to do this. The Aussie commentator couldn't get his words out quick enough! I wonder if all the Australian players agreed with this action. Sure they all did!!

[@willsutton54]

if it was reversed and Bairstow runout Smith on Boxing Day at the MCG I think the Australian Crowd would have the Poms pooing in their pants

[@paulpiper9696]

Yet another racist comment.

[@davidharris1340]

What is this "Spirit of the Game?" Cricket is a professional sport. The players are paid a phenomenal amount of money, and therefore should know the Laws, and Rules, of the game. If you are out of your crease, and the end of the over has not been called, and the ball breaks the wicket, you are out, end of story.

[@waynesworld7804]

It’s a law. This spirit rubbish went with black and white tv.

[@peterhopkins142]

Underarm bowling is also legal. Mind you 'polishing' the ball with sandpaper might be pushing it.

[@anthonyc4812]

England. Making the Spirit of Cricket Great Again. Break out the red caps.

[@bharrop86]

OUT! Same old POMS, always whinging. Same old POMS, always whinging. Same old POMS, always whinging. Same old POMS, always whinging. Same old POMS, always whinging.

[@mathewaitken938]

Whinging Poms, most disingenuous hypocrites ever.

[@percyfree9831]

Should Johnny go for more runs

[@spannaoftruth1455]

You think that the people who invented the laws of the game actually knew them.

[@Nawanda]

Just like being at a Millwall match..WAWAW

[@davidpoole811]

What about a time in India when Rahul Dravid was given out caught behind by Adam Gilchrist off the bowling of Andrew Symonds how can that wicket be claimed when it clearly shows that Dravid NEVER hit the ball and his bat is behind his pad. So double standards Aussies claiming wickets they know they should never have got. And another example of that waa when Kumar Sangakkara was given out caught by Ponting close to his double hundred in Adelaide the ball clearly hits Sangakkara on the shoulder without it touching his bat. So what do you all have to say to that then.

[@MyPaddy2011]

Yes! The Bairstow dismissal is against the 'spirit of cricket' but so to is the weather forecast and the tax law.

[@michelle5for]

Broad and Bairstow suffering from stiff necks

[@SilentHotdog28]

So is Bairstow doing the same thing to Marnus on day 3, but just happened to miss the stumps.

[@MyPaddy2011]

@@SilentHotdog28 Yes but in Bairstows case Marnus would be out because it's in keeping with the tax law and the weather forecast.

[@PD-gt7on]

It’s very simple - if it’s within the RULES of the game, it’s in the SPIRIT of the game. End of story.

[@jimmymcthunda5906]

It's the wickys job end of argument .Smart cricket .

[@goonerbear8659]

It is against the spirit of the game to make England lose