Alex Carey’s stumping of Jonny Bairstow causes stormUgly scenes in Lord’s Long Room branded ‘disgraceful’
Australia woke up on Monday morning to an Ashes storm blowing from the other side of the world after Alex Carey’s controversial stumping of Jonny Bairstow led to acrimony, recriminations, finger-pointing and a degree of bafflement.
Battle lines were drawn almost immediately after the England batter’s dismissal on day five of the second Test at Lord’s, as the not unfamiliar debate centring on the rules of the game v the spirit of the game was reopened.
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