Another close victory for Australia! 2-0 now.
This match disintegrated into each team bowling at the others heads which was dramatic enough before big drama on the final day. That's when the Aussie keeper Alex Carey got his counterpart Johnny Bairstow out by catching him leaving his crease before the play was over. It was probably the funniest thing I've seen in Cricket and the English reaction took the humour to another level. Their players and fans went crazy with the historic walk through the Lord's members area turning into the old rich guys throwing a tantrum at the Aussie players. Made Ben Stokes very angry and he almost won the test himself before complaining after he would not have done the same.
I don't get the English argument it wasn't in the spirit of the game. Maybe because I come from baseball where if a runner got caught leaning off the base before time was called they would be blamed for not paying attention and everyone would move on. This is the highest form of the game, not a casual afternoon between friends.
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