Stuart Broad has admitted he deliberately set about annoying the Australians after being left furious with Jonny Bairstow’s dismissal.
Broad came to the crease on the final day of the second Ashes Test at Lord’s following the controversial incident involving Bairstow. The England wicket-keeper was stumped by Alex Carey after leaving his crease to talk to Ben Stokes, believing the ball to be dead at the end of the over.
Australia captain Pat Cummins refused to withdraw his appeal and the visitors went on to win the game by 43 runs to go 2-0 up in the series. Australia were booed by the Lord’s crowd, abused by some MCC members in the pavilion and have been heavily criticised by ex-players and pundits, who have sparked a debate about the spirit of cricket, which has even been commented on by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
