‘Not one senior player among them questioned what they had done’-: Stuart Broad gets angry over senior Australian players for Jonny Bairstow’s dismissal in 2nd Ashes Test

The English fast bowler, Stuart Broad, has expressed his dissatisfaction with the Australian cricket team’s conduct following their victory in the Lord’s Test match. Controversy arose when Jonny Bairstow, the English wicketkeeper, was dismissed by the Australian stumper, Alex Carey, on the final day of play in an unconventional manner. Bairstow was caught off guard as he was caught out of the crease, mistakenly assuming it was over end.

Bairstow’s untimely dismissal had a significant impact on the outcome of the game, as the Ben Stokes-led English side ultimately lost the second Test match by a margin of 43 runs. Broad, a seasoned campaigner for the English team, expressed his belief that Bairstow’s dismissal on Day 5 of the Test match was a clear violation of the “Spirit of the Game.”

Furthermore, Broad subtly criticized the senior players of the Australian team, insinuating that, in the wake of the infamous ball-tampering scandal of 2018, he expected them to uphold the highest moral standards in the game.

Stuart Board to Daily Mail said “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. That’s all you’ll be remembered for, 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. 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,”