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'Aur kitna royenge yaar yeh log' - Fans react as Stuart Broad calls out 'senior' Australian players over Jonny Bairstow's controversial stumping

Stuart Broad was the latest one to add to the controversy surrounding the dismissal of Jonny Bairstow. Here's the full story.

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Stuart Broad argues over Bairstow's dismissal, Ashes 2023

Stuart Broad argues over Bairstow's dismissal, Ashes 2023 (Source: Twitter)

English wicketkeeper batter Jonny Bairstow was dismissed in the rarest of fashions when tried to duck a short delivery from Cameron Green. When he carelessly strolled out of his batting crease towards his partner Ben Stokes, Australian wicketkeeper Alex Carey took the chance and under-armed the ball to dislodge the bails. The dismissal created quite a controversy and Stuart Broad, England’s pace ace was the latest to add.

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“What amazed me, and what I told the Australians I could not believe as we left the field at lunch, was that not one senior player among them … questioned what they had done,” Broad wrote in a column for the Daily Mail. “Especially given what their team has been through over recent years, with all their cultural change. Not one of them said: ‘Hang on, lads. I’m not really sure about this.’ Not one of them thought: ‘He’s gaining no advantage. He’s not trying to get a run. It’s the end of the over. It’s a bit of a random dismissal. We should cancel that appeal,'” he added.

‘All these boos are for you, for your decision.’ – Stuart Broad to Pat Cummins

Broad then vehemently attacked the Australian skipper Pat Cummins. “Ultimately, Pat Cummins is a really great guy and I would be amazed, once the emotion settles if he does not sit back and think, ‘I got that one wrong’, even though his bottom line at the time was winning a Test match,” he said.

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“I was angered by Australia’s decision, particularly having heard their lines about creating a new legacy as a team, and how they have changed since the tour of South Africa in 2018. I just said to Pat on repeat: ‘All these boos are for you, for your decision.’ And: ‘What a great opportunity you had to think clearly’” he added.

Stuart Broad also talked about the viral video from Day 3 of the same Test where Jonny Bairstow himself tried to catch Marnus Labuschagne out of his crease. “Yes, I have seen a clip from earlier in the match when in his guise as wicketkeeper, Jonny himself threw the ball at the stumps. But that was because Marnus Labuschagne was batting outside of his crease — in doing so, attempting to take the lbw out of the game. In other words, seeking an advantage,” he declared.

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