Jonny Bairstow’s questionable ejection, according to Ollie Robinson. “Jonny wasn’t attempting a run, he wasn’t trying to gain any advantage,” Robinson explained. “But they’d obviously seen something, and I’ve read a few comments that they’d seen him do it a few balls before.”
Ollie Robinson has spoken out on Jonny Bairstow’s controversial stumping in the second Ashes Test at Lord’s. Which dominate the cricketing world. For the uninitiated, the England wicketkeeper was stumped off the bowling of Cameron Green on Day 5 of the second Ashes Test after ducking a bouncer and promptly abandoning the crease. Alex Carey took advantage of the situation, hitting the stumps with an underarm throw to catch the hitter short of his crease.
Many argued that the removal violated the “spirit of the game,” while others argued that it was quite legal. England pacer Robinson agrees, noting that it is difficult to fight against something that is within the rules of the game.
“That’s not how we want to play, or how we want to win games of cricket. ” But, at the same time, rules are in place to be followed, and the fact that the laws specify it’s out. I don’t think you can have too many debates about that,” he wrote in his Wisden.com column. “Jonny wasn’t trying to make a run or gain an advantage, but they’d obviously seen something and I’ve read a few comments that they’d seen him do it a few balls before.”
Ollie Robinson decent returns in Ashes 2023
England may have lost the two Tests, but Robinson has been taking wickets on a continuous basis. In the two Tests so far, the 29-year-old has taken 10 wickets at an average of 24.60. Meanwhile, the hosts are behind 0-2 and will need to win. The remaining three Tests to reclaim the coveted Ashes urn. The third Test of the five-match series starts on July 6 in Leeds at Headingley.
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