You possibly can’t anticipate ‘fair play’ from this Australia Ashes workforce, says minister

Jul 04, 2023 at 1:17 PM

Veterans affairs minister Johnny Mercer additionally urged Ben Stokes’s England workforce to reply to the Aussies’ conduct by giving them a “good pasting” within the third Test at Headingley which begins on Thursday. England batter and wicket keeper Bairstow was stumped in weird circumstances on a tense ultimate day of the 2nd Test at Lord’s on Sunday.

Australian wicketkeeper Alex Carey threw down the stumps after Bairstow ducked the ultimate ball of the over and walked off to speak to accomplice Stokes within the obvious perception the over had ended.

Mr Mercer instructed Sky News: “It wasn’t actually cheating… was it… this time, previously obviously they did the whole sandpaper thing and then when they got caught…crying all over the media. So, I don’t think you are going to get any particular fair play out of these, you have just got to give them a good pasting when you get the chance.”

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese threw his backing behind his nation’s workforce. He messaged: “I’m proud of our men’s and women’s cricket teams. Same old Aussies — always winning!”

Stokes additionally laughed off an outline of him within the West Australian newspaper as a crying child with a brand new ball, tweeting: “That’s definitely not me, since when did I bowl with the new ball.”