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Pakistan captain Babar Azam has refused to wear and endorse the logo of a betting firm during the upcoming Lanka Premier League, even as betting companies sponsor many franchises of the Pakistan Super League. A source close to the player said that Babar had incorporated a clause that he wouldn't be involved in the promotion of betting firms when he signed a deal to play in the LPL this year.
SYDNEY : Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese defended his country's Ashes cricket team on Tuesday, after his U.K counterpart said a dismissal during the second test was against the spirit of the game.
England fast bowler Stuart Broad said he was "amazed" no senior Australia players considered withdrawing a stumping appeal for Jonny Bairstow after the batter was controversially dismissed on the fifth day of the second Ashes test at Lord's.
Amid the uproar in the England cricketing spectrum over the controversial dismissal of Ben Stokes on Day 5 of the Lord's Test, there are many who have called out the team's "hypocrisy". As a number of fans share video evidence of occasions where Englan players had themselves inflicted dubious dismissals, former India cricketer Aakash Chopra has also joined the bandwagon. Chopra reacting to a video from 2022, highlighted how England have themselves failed to lift the 'spirit of the game' themselves.
Former England opener Mark Butcher is confused by the uproar over Jonny Bairstow's dismissal in the second Ashes Test, saying that "it's just as plain as day out" and the chatter in cricketing circles is "nonsense". Lord's was the hotbed of controversy on the final day of the second Test when England batter Bairstow ducked a slow bouncer from Australia's Cameron Green and ventured out of the crease thinking that the ball was already 'dead'. However, wicketkeeper Alex Carey played within the rules and broke the stumps, and third umpire Marais Erasmus adjudged it stumped in favour of Australia.
Former Australia wicketkeeper Brad Haddin took a dig at England Test team coach Brendon McCullum for the latter's comments following Jonny Bairstow's controversial dismissal that happened on Day 5 of the second Ashes Test at Lord's, London. After the game that saw England suffering a 43-run defeat to arch-rivals Australia, McCullum said the dismissal -- which was followed by a heated argument between few MCC members and Australian openers Usman Khawaja and David Warner -- will impact the relations between the two teams.
The second Ashes Test between England and Australia has become the talk of the town due to the bizarre dismissal of Jonny Bairstow by wicketkeeper Alex Carey. During the 52nd over on Day 5, Bairstow wandered out of the crease, thinking the ball was dead. Carey took advantage of the situation and threw the ball onto the stumps. After Bairstow was declared out by the third umpire, English pacer Stuart Broad came to bat and criticised Carey for not keeping up the "spirit of the game". However, the netizens did not take Broad's words lightly and called him a hypocrite by reminding him of the 2013 Ashes series.
Stuart Broad has urged England to thrive on growing Ashes hostility and 'bring the fire' to Headingley as they seek a historic fightback. Broad was in the thick of the tensions which spilled over into the Long Room on the final day of the second Test at Lord's, entering the fray after the controversial stumping of Jonny Bairstow. Ad The 37-year-old was heard on the on-field microphone labelling the incident 'the worst thing I've seen in cricket' as the tourists went on to seal a 43-run victory which put one hand on the urn.