Australia can breathe a large sigh of aid after narrowly escaping one other Ben Stokes-inflicted Ashes catastrophe within the Second Test.
Stokes blasted 155, together with 9 sixes, and appeared like delivering England one other miracle win in the identical mould as his heroics at Headingley in 2019.
But Australia – particularly Steve Smith who dropped Stokes earlier than he’d reached his century – have been spared embarrassment when the 371-run chase proved too massive for the hosts.
Stokes fell with 70 runs left within the chase and the tip got here shortly from that time as Australia secured a 43-run win.
Now for the juicy bit. England was 5/193 when Jonny Bairstow was dismissed in vastly controversial circumstances.
Bairstow had watched a Cameron Green sail behind him into the gloves of Alex Carey and commenced to stroll down the pitch pondering the ball was useless.
But Carey threw down the stumps and Bairstow was given out, sparking a livid response from the England gamers, crowd and even the Lord’s members – who clashed with the Aussies on the lunch break.
Expect to listen to lots extra about that earlier than the Third Test begins later this week.
12.45am – Anderson struck by Starc bouncer
Australia wasn’t taking any probabilities because it pressed for the ultimate wicket, focusing on Jimmy Anderson with short-pitched bowling.
It obtained ugly when Mitchell Starc linked with the tailender’s helmet, however he was capable of proceed after a concussion check.
Aussie cricket nice Ricky Ponting mentioned “if you’re out there”, you’re honest sport.
“I understand they (tailenders) can’t defend themselves as well as top order batters can – but I don’t think the bowling should have to change as a result of that,” Ponting mentioned.
12.30am – Broad’s courageous knock ends
He had method an excessive amount of to say to Alex Carey, however Stuart Broad deserved the applause he obtained from the group as he departed for 11 runs from 36 balls.
Those numbers don’t clarify the significance of his knock as he partnered with Ben Stokes for a 108-run partnership earlier than all of it fell aside for England.
But in the long run it doesn’t appear like being sufficient after Broad was caught within the deep by Cameron Green to present Josh Hazlewood his third scalp.
12.20am – Steve Smith makes amends
It’s wanting actually onerous for England now after Steve Smith partly made up for dropping Ben Stokes by greedy Ollie Robinson within the deep.
Pat Cummins’ third wicket of the innings left England 8/302 – nonetheless 69 runs brief.
12.15am – Stokes is gone!
Advantage Australia.
Two-and-a-half hours of pure distress for Aussie cricket followers is over after Ben Stokes lastly performed one other false shot.
The England hero was 155 from 214 balls when he miscued off the bowling of Josh Hazlewood and offered a skied shot for Alex Carey to run underneath.
It’s now as much as the English tail to search out the remaining 70 runs for victory.
12.10am – England win feeling inevitable
Ben Stokes and Stuart Broad made it to drinks within the second session with the sport in England’s management for the primary time because the coin toss.
Stokes has handed 150 as he places collectively an innings much more spectacular than his miracle ton at Headingley in 2019 and Broad has been a keen accomplice.
Australia’s hopes are fading quick as they desperately seek for a wicket.
11.44pm — CA name for investigation over Long Room confrontation
The ugly scenes at lunch have escalated with Cricket Australia calling for an investigation into the drama.
“Australian management has requested the MCC investigate several incidents involving spectators in the members area…it is alleged players and staff from the Australian team were verbally abused, with some being physically contacted.”
The MCC responded with the next assertion: “After this morning’s play, emotions were running high, and words were unfortunately exchanged with some of the Australian team, by a small number of members. We have unreservedly apologised to the Australian Team and will deal with any Member who has not maintained the standard we expect through our disciplinary processes. It was not necessary to eject anyone from the ground and I am pleased to say that there was no repeat of this as the players resumed the field for this afternoon.”
11.09pm — Hazlewood goes for 19
The Aussies have now solely obtained simply over 100 runs to defend after the sixtieth over went for 19 runs from Josh Hazlewood.
Bowling brief on leg stump, Ben Stokes hit Hazlewood for 2 sixes and a single, earlier than Stuart Broad crushed a six of his personal.
Aussie captain Ricky Ponting blashed the techniques, saying “This is all wrong” as Hazlewood didn’t push the ball throughout Stokes however put it proper in his hitting zone.
10.58pm — Steve Smith drops a sitter
Ben Stokes smashed a six off the second ball after lunch however has been gifted a life when a brief ball off the fourth ball of the over was high edged with Steve Smith dropping what ought to have been a sitter.
The Lord’s crowd was blissful about it, letting Smith know he’d dropped it.
Still 122 runs for England to attain however what number of extra probabilities will Stokes give.
10.40pm — ‘Never seen scenes like that’
Everything is getting slightly bit heated at Lord’s as each Usman Khawaja and David Warner needed to be pulled away from the group within the Long Room because it obtained ugly because the Aussies left the sector.
As Australia walked via the Long Room, Khawaja appeared about to move into the Aussie rooms when he rotated and shared phrases with an aged fan.
Officials stepped in and moved Khawaja on however Warner took up the struggle, needing to be pushed away by safety.
Former England white-ball skipper Eoin Morgan mentioned it was unthinkable scenes.
“I arrived here as a 16-year-old kid and I was lucky to have played my whole career here and I’ve never seen scenes like that, particularly in the Long Room, never mind all the way around the ground,” Morgan mentioned.
“It was a huge sense of frustration but I can’t understand why. It’s complete naivety around what’s happened with Jonny Bairstow’s dismissal. He’s stumped!”
Ricky Ponting was getting booed as properly and joked he’d must go behind the Sky Sports truck.
“I’ve either got to go behind the cart or I’ll go over the fence — probably safer to go behind the cart,” he laughed.
On Channel 9, Callum Ferguson mentioned: “It’s got a little bit nasty at times. What’s coming from the crowd is quite vicious from the Australians.”
“Long Room turns on The Australians. Incredible scenes,” tweeted veteran cricket scribe Peter Lalor.
10.13pm — Ben Stokes does it once more
Australia nonetheless want 4 wickets however Ben Stokes is as soon as once more proving to be the thorn in Australia’s aspect.
Since the Bairstow wicket, Stokes has teed off, citing his hundred with three straight sixes off Cameron Green.
He was fortunate to survived the second six with Mitchell Starc dropping the ball over the rope at high-quality leg.
But it goes within the books as 100 for Stokes and Australia wants the English captain’s scalp sooner slightly than later.
And now they’ve introduced up a 50 run partnership with Broad including 1 off 8 balls as Stokes teed off.
9.45pm — ‘That is pathetic’: World rages over Aussie act
Australia have claimed what is about to be probably the most unpopular dismissal of the sequence with Jonny Bairstow run out in wild scenes.
After ducking a bouncer, Bairstow left his crease, with Aussie keeper Alex Carey throwing down the stumps.
The response was swift within the crowd as the house followers booed the enchantment as the decision went upstairs.
It obtained even louder when the third umpire gave it out.
And the Barmy Army chanted: “Same old Aussies, always cheating”.
Mark Taylor defined that “the ball was not dead” and pointed to footage of Bairstow strolling out of his crease earlier than the over was known as.
But that didn’t cease England from dropping their collective minds over the dismissal.
England quick bowler and Ashes villain Stuart Broad mentioned to Marnus Labuschagne: “It’s the worst thing I’ve ever seen in cricket, that.”
Former Aussie spinner Brad Hogg additionally agreed it wasn’t an amazing look.
“Bairstow wicket, Not Out. Spirit of cricket pushed to the boundary. Not attempting a run, end of over, scratched crease then walked for the regulation BS chat between overs between batsman,” he wrote.
ABC’s Jim Maxwell mentioned: “It leaves a bad taste in the mouth all that. They should have withdrawn the appeal.”
Former England captain Michael Atherton disagreed with Hogg nonetheless, saying it was “dozy” cricket from Bairstow.
In Australia, the response was a lot totally different.
The Sydney Morning Herald’s Andrew Wu mentioned: “No way the ball was dead”, pointing to the legal guidelines of cricket of which “20.1 Ball is dead” states “20.1.1 The ball becomes dead when / 20.1.1.1 it is finally settled in the hands of the wicket-keeper or of the bowler”.
He added “20.2 Ball finally settled” which states “Whether the ball is finally settled or not is a matter for the umpire alone to decide”.
Since then the Barmy Army have loudly cheered each single run and booed Australia in between.
9.08pm — We obtained one!
Ben Duckett is out for 83 after gloving a Josh Hazlewood ball via to Alex Carey.
It got here straight after drinks as the massive fast obtained the bouncer simply brief sufficient to catch the gloves.
Carey took a wonderful catch, leaping excessive to convey Australia again into the sport.
9.08pm — England want lower than 200
Ben Stokes is doing it once more.
The England captain is on 55 with Ben Duckett on 81.
But at drinks, the hosts want 197 runs to win — and Australia nonetheless want six wickets.
The Aussie quicks have hardly checked out all threatening on day 5 and England are seemingly on cruise management.
8.48pm — England make it uncomfortable
This is getting ominous now.
Ben Stokes has reached 50, straight after he and Ben Duckett had their 100 run stand.
The equation is now 216 runs, which may begin getting uncomfortable if the Aussie bowlers can’t make some inroads quickly.
8.34pm — Thank god for the DRS
Australia thought it had nabbed the primary wicket of the day with Mitchell Starc bowling a fantastic thing about an inswinger to seeming entice Ben Stokes plumb.
Except for the actual fact the English captain smashed it.
The ball took umpire Ahsan Raza and age to selected, in the end lifting his finger.
Without even wanting, Stokes reviewed it and was shortly discovered to have thumped it into his pads.
Although the Aussies would have liked to assert the wicket, it could have left a nasty style within the mouth to have such an egregiously unhealthy name.
7pm — ‘Pathetic’: England are a ‘laughing stock’
It seems England’s bark is worse than their chew because the Poms have been totally savaged after seemingly abandoning Bazball on the first signal of bother.
Bazball has taken the world by storm after the entertaining T20-style cricket labored for the Poms — till they got here up in opposition to Australia.
England have been crushed by their very own legends for throwing their wickets away and dropping the primary Test regardless of having many probabilities to win it whereas Australia has been working its personal race.
So when England ship the shortest common size session of quick bowling in CricViz historical past within the morning session yesterday — adopted by a center session the place they wouldn’t even bowl at Nathan Lyon’s stumps regardless of him batting exterior leg stump and solely having one leg, requiring him to hop the size of the pitch.
The tactical change labored nonetheless as Australia misplaced most of their wickets to the brief balls.
For the file, Australia took 9/137 after going brief within the first innings but in addition haven’t spruiked their cult-like message about Bazball.
According to Sky Sports, 98 per cent of balls within the afternoon session have been “short” as CricViz mentioned simply 10 landed on “good” size or fulled within the session.
“I’m finding this hard to watch,” former England captain Andrew Strauss mentioned on Sky Sports.
“It’s just not a great advert for cricket in my mind.”
Mark Taylor known as it “dull, boring cricket” and a “bounceathon”.
Former Seven journalist and Sydney Swans head of media Tom Chadwick joined the refrain of criticism in opposition to England.
“What a pathetic display of cricket this is by England,” he tweeted.
“Claim to be revolutionaries when boundaries are hit on their terms
“Now complete cowards and bowling bouncers and unplayable crap and boring us to tears.
“Until we win.
“They’re a laughing stock.”
Comedian and cricket statistician Andy Zaltzman wrote: “49 consecutive overs of bouncers. Australia have lost 7 for 116. England have given themselves a chance, the only way they could possibly have done. It’s been the least entertaining cricket I have ever watched.”
Before the second Test started, Sir Geoffrey Boycott was scathing in opposition to his personal nation.
“England have got carried away with Bazball and seem to think entertaining is more important than winning,” he wrote in The Telegraph.
“But England supporters want one thing more than anything else – to win the Ashes.”
England have now realised that however it could be too late.
Originally revealed as Let the whingeing start as Aussies safe controversial Second Test win
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
