England's Jonny Bairstow, left, and Ben Stokes, second left, wait for a umpire's review as Australia's David Warner, right and Steve Smith check the bails on the stumps during the third day of their Ashes cricket Test match in Sydney (Source: AP) In what was a rare incident, Ashes fourth Test saw English cricketer Ben Stokes opt for an aggressive review and overturn the umpire decision after being given out LBW as the ball hit the stumps hard but the bails did not fall.
Stokes was given out lbw, but it was nowhere near his pad. He reviewed it and the replays showed it deflected off the stump into the gloves of Carey without dislodging the bail. The bizarre bail controversy saw Australian all-rounder Cameron Green missing out on the key wicket at the SCG.
Stokes was given out lbw by umpire Paul Reiffel following an appeal by Australia, having heard a loud noise as the 134km/h delivery flew past the batsman. But reviews showed that Cameron had actually struck a stump without threatening to knock off a bail. Stokes had immediately reviewed the lbw call and spoke with Australian batsman Marnus Labuschagne about the bail.
UNBELIEVABLE #Ashes pic.twitter.com/yBhF8xspg1
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 7, 2022
How about this chain of events 😂
– A sound as the ball passes Stokes
– Australia appeal for LBW
– Is given out
– Stokes reviews
– Didn’t hit him at all, actually hit the stumps
– Bails don’t fall off
– Not out#Ashes pic.twitter.com/HScMRlffGO— 7Cricket (@7Cricket) January 7, 2022
Stokes’ dismissal would have reduced England to 5/57 in reply to Australia’s 8/416 declared. He later brought up his first half-century of the series from 70 balls with eight boundaries despite immense pressure.
Should a law be introduced called ‘hitting the stumps’ after the ball has hit them but not dislodged the bails? What do you think guys? Let’s be fair to bowlers! 😜😬😋@shanewarne#AshesTestpic.twitter.com/gSH2atTGRe
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) January 7, 2022
Fifty for Stokes. His first of the series #Ashes pic.twitter.com/0aDbskckDV
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 7, 2022
Hardest I’ve ever seen a stump hit without bail dropping.
— Mark Stevens (@StevoMedia) January 7, 2022
Never seen anything like that before. Truly extraordinary
— Andy Maher (@AndyMaherDFA) January 7, 2022
England’s batting frailties again were exposed by Australia’s pace attack as it slumped to 36-4 at lunch on a wet third day of the fourth Ashes test, trailing Australia by 380 runs in the first innings. Resuming at 13 without loss after further showers in Sydney on Friday delayed the first session for more than 90 minutes, Mitchell Starc and then Scott Boland tore through a fragile England top order to remove Haseeb Hameed, Zak Crawley and captain Joe Root.
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