
In Telegraph Sport, Geoffrey Boycott argues that Australia should apologise to England, while Justin Langer says Carey is no “villain”. At the conclusion of the game, England captain Ben Stokes said he would have withdrawn an appeal, while his Australian counterpart Pat Cummins stuck to his guns. The dismissal has divided the cricketing world. Brendon McCullum says Australia will live to regret their decision to stump Jonny Bairstow at Lord’s, adding that he believes the incident will wreck relations between the teams and galvanise an “upset” England to fight back from 2-0 down in the Ashes series.Įngland coach McCullum was critical of Australia’s decision not to withdraw their appeal after wicketkeeper Alex Carey underarmed the ball towards the stumps, catching Bairstow napping when he considered Cameron Green’s over to be complete.
