Ashes 2nd Test at Lord's Eng vs Aus

What's the Debate here? It's OUT

Its pure Carey's "Presence Of Mind" & Bairstow's "Absence Of Mind" costed ENG a Wicket.Bairstow should have WAVED at Umpire, a usual practice, atleast before leaving the Crease.

This debate out or not out to both county PM's

UK PM - Australia's actions weren't in the spirit of the game

Australian PM - Australia back Pat Cummins and his team.

This Ashes has been a blockbuster so far with both the PMs involved in it!

Rule - According to ICC law 20.1.2 of the MCC's Laws of Cricket, "the ball shall be considered to be dead when it is clear to the bowler’s end umpire that the fielding side and both tters at the wicket have ceased to regard it as in play."

Bairstow ducked under a bouncer from Cameron Green to end his first over back in the attack.

He looked back, scratched his guard, and then walked out of his crease, believing the over was finished. The thing is, it hadn't been called dead by the umpires, and Carey had already leaped into actio

The Aussie wicketkeeper had thrown the ball at the stumps as Bairstow walked, knocking them down and instantly appealing.

Bairstow looked bemused, then angry as the boos rang around the ground.England captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum suggested it wasn't in the "spirit of the game", but it was certainly within the rules and Bairstow, reluctantly, had to go.

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Australia have further endorsed the man at the centre of the controversial Jonny Bairstow dismissal, with Alex Carey elevated to the role of team song-master, as the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister joined those suggesting the Ashes tourists violated the spirit of cricket.

Nathan Lyon's rendition of 'Under the Southern Cross' in the Lord's dressing rooms on Sunday evening was the last occasion he will lead the victory song for some time following confirmation the hobbled spinner's torn calf has ruled him out of the series.

Carey, whose underarm stumping of Bairstow during England's fourth-innings run-chase has sparked major disagreement between the Ashes rivals, was chosen by Lyon to maintain the tradition started by another wicketkeeper, the late Rod Marsh, nearly half a century ago.

The role of team song-master holds major symbolic importance in the Australian team, having been handed down from the likes of Marsh, David Boon and Ian Healy to Ricky Ponting, Justin Langer, Michael Hussey and then Lo

Carey has built a reputation as a quiet leader and his on-field demeanour is a far cry from some of the more confrontational Australian wicketkeepers of the past.

His addition to that illustrious group of top Australian players comes amid England coach Brendon McCullum doubling down on captain Ben Stokes’ censure of Australia’s failure to withdraw their appeal against Bairstow.

Carey, who has captained Australia in ODIs, is having arguably his best Test series since taking the gloves from Tim Paine at the beginning of the 2021-22 Ashes, taking several sharp catches while also contributing a half-century in the first Test at Edgbaston.

But after the gloveman was told by Stuart Broad that "you'll forever be remembered" for the Bairstow dismissal on day five, captain Pat Cummins said they would close ranks around the 31-year-old in the face of an expected barrage of abuse at Headingley from Thursday.

"There’s nothing like loud crowds that bring a team together. He’s one of the guys we’ll get around," Cummins told reporters before his squad departed London for the third Test in Leeds.

"But these kind of moments can really strengthen a side. I thought 'Kez' (Carey) has had another fantastic game, he’s broken some records … he’s been fantastic behind the wickets.

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