‘Tell us again about the spirit of the game, Mr Broad’: Chris Kenny on Ashes hypocrisy 

I'm a Brit and I totally agree. The Aussies did nothing wrong. If the English Cricket team don't like it they shouldn't be on the pitch.

I'm English and have been involved with cricket, player umpire for 55 years, and I have to say Bairstow was a total dickhead for not looking behind and just walking out of his crease. Also there have been lots of examples of English players not adhering to the spirit of the game, apart from Broad, Mike Atherton caught cheating by applying dirt to the ball which he had in his pocket, etc.

I live in England and the true people who understand cricket and this concept of 'Spirit of Cricket' - What Bairstow did was village cricket. Bairstow on day 1 did the same to David Warner. i don't get it. it's out and nothing more should be said. Spirit of cricket is to play the game hard, but within the rules. Bairstow should just come out and agree what he did was stupid and move on. I posted on another clip with Boycott - he is an idiot for thinking happened was wrong. Sorry Oz no problem with me what you did - well done !!!!

Not only Stuart Broad, even his father Chris Broad failed to walk after he was given out by umpire, once against Pakistan.

In the "Spirit of the game", Batsmen don't leave their crease early to gain an advantage whilst a delivery is being bowled, or leave their crease until the over is called. Teams also don't sook and cry foul about umpires decisions, and then publicly question and bash the opposition team.

Misdirected anger. England should be upset with Bairstow. Had he not got himself out they may have won. Well played Aust.

There was so much bat on that ball, it was like Wuhan wet market 😂😂😂 Bloody brilliant! Can always count on Aussies to inject much needed humour in every situation. I’d have loved to hear the dear departed Warnie’s take on this. He’s still dearly missed 😢 💔

When my son used to play cricket, the coach always said to not assume a dead ball. Schoolboy error I think. I'm English and ashamed by the boors in the Long Room.

Why is nobody bringing out that England literally took the world cup away from nz playing without the spirit of cricket?

Spirit of the Game exhibit A: Bairstow attempted the exact same thing by trying to catch Marnus Labuschagne stepping out of his crease two days earlier. Spirit of the Game exhibit B: England coach Brendon McCullum as keeper has many identical dismissals. (Mpofu 2005, Muralitharan 2006, Collingwood 2009) Spirit of the Game exhibit C: Broad edging a ball to slip but refusing to walk, an edge the English quick has since admitted to. Spirit of the Game exhibit D: Ollie Robinson telling Usman Khawaja to "F*** off" after dismissing him on 141. Spirit of the Game exhibit E: The MCC long room behaved disgracefully. Not surprisingly three MCC members are now suspended. Spirit of the Game exhibit F: The crowd chanting that Australians are cheaters. Actually the only person convicted of cheating in this series is England's Moeen Ali. Spirit of the Game exhibit G: England bowling 'Bodyline' on day 4, for a record 98% short balls. Also extremely boring to watch - so much for "entertaining bazball". Spirit of the Game exhibit H: England/fans not respecting umpires decision. This was not a bad LBW call, a missed no ball (etc)... this was within the laws. Spirit of the Game exhibit I: England using mints to shine the ball in the 2005 Ashes. Spirit of the Game exhibit J: England keeper Ben Foakes stumping Irishman Andy Balbirnie after holding onto the ball for a far greater amount of time than what Carey did. I won't add Duckett not walking re Starc's catch, because we respect that rules are rules. I also won't add England's controversial win over New Zealand in the World Cup final involving Stokes himself as there's been no shortage of comments about that.

Stuart Broad will come to regret his words and his stance. "Broadly speaking" might come to mean "talking through your hat".

Im a pom living in Queensland. Its all handbags at dawn. Bairstiw was the real problem and his lazy attitude and complacency is what caused the problem. We didn't loose this game because of this incident. We lost the game because we weren't as good on the day. Imagine how much stick I get at work all the time even though I'm happy with how it all went down. Sure 2018 was a bad tome for AUstralia but they were daft enough to get caught when many other countries do the same thing.

As a pom I find it hard to take that broad is trying to take the moral high ground after THAT edge!!

#More bat than Wuhan wet market"...holy shit that was awesome

Pakistan fan so I speak as a neutral but these are the types of things that make England easily the most unbearable team. If only they spent as much time trying to win the next match.

I remember Clive Lloyd accidently knocked his bails off. But no fielding players noticed or appealed. So just as the bowler started his next run up he calmly halted play and put the bails back on the stumps. Is that the same as a batsman not walking when he knows he's been caught? Now those are controversial examples. I don't see what's so controversial about a wicket keeper hitting the stumps when a batsman has left his crease. If the keeper had missed the stumps the batman would have happily taken any available runs.

I’m a proud Yorkshireman/Englishman and believe in the ‘old school’ that, in sport, winning is all that matters. Bairstow was out, pure and simple. Even in village cricket you’d look behind you and ground your bat - he was stupid. If the boot was on the other foot we’d have claimed the wicket, no doubt - Bairstow shys at the stumps every time a batter is out of his crease and so he should. I also think Starcs catch should have stood the day before, nothing wrong with it. I just wish this England team would adopt the Aussie winning mentality as I’m sick to death of this ‘Bazball’ bullshit!

I live in England and support the English cricket team. Bairstow was OUT - scrappy play from Bairstow not Australia. The English team should accept his mistake and play better - no 'blame' at all from me re Australia's decision. Well played Australia.

Geez! Its utterly embarrassing watching all this drama. The irony of England spouting “the spirit of the game” when Bairstow tried the exact same tactic on Marnus Labuschagne a few days earlier! That is the epitome of blatant hypocrisy & it’s hilarious! Come on England! Just stop, pull up your big girl panties & play the game. Now the most disappointing thing in all of this is Stokes’ comments. After an absolute cracker of a game, I wish Stokes had as much class as Cummins during his interview. Very disappointing tbh & made me re-evaluate his character. He sold his soul to the Members, looking for their approval instead of standing up like a man & a captain & calling out Bairstow’s utter stupidity. That was some low level kid’s grade playing. There Stokes; I did it for you 😂

It's nothing but an excuse to somehow justify Bairstow's carelessness.

It shows pure game awareness on Careys' part and complete lack of it on Bairstow's part. Period!!!

I guess Bodyline was in the spirit of the game after all. 😂

and scoring 4s in world cup final while taking single...is artistic piece of sportsmanship by gentlemen from england!

I remember a test match a long time ago, South Africa vs England, where Broad deliberately stepped on the ball with his spikes a few times to "stop" it from rolling past him..

England players are stretching this way too much. By constantly raking up the issue they are only putting pressure on themselves. They are forgetting that winning could be the best form of revenge. The team should have calmed down and let their performance do the talking. But they are doing just the opposite.

I like this Baldy.... Very patriotic ❤

Breaking News: The entire England Cricket Team has undergone medical assessments under the concussion guidelines….officials are concerned at the immediate loss of memory by all of the squad, including the coach. Medical staff believe it may be a case of pompous, self entitled, sore looseritis, hypocrisy they’re all suffering. Which has lead to a hereditary bout of whinging, whining and rants about a subject they have no knowledge of or experience in… ‘Sprit of the game’. Should they be required to be substituted out of the next test there are growing concerns as the sooking and hypocrisy has spread across the country in a manner worse than any pandemic in living memory.

Great throw Careyy

the beautiful irony in all this is, the MCC wrote the laws of the game, it was those same laws that rightly denied Starc of a catch when he grounded the ball when stopping himself from sliding, and it was those very laws that got Bairstow out when he wandered out of his crease while he was in a stupor. As for Broad's column piece, I am sure that it would make for some good toilet paper.

Stuart Board was not leaving because he was convinced that he was indeed the real 'FLASH'. He thought normal humans would have missed it definitely.

I can't understand this as an American because I've never had to deal with the concepts or rules of this sport. But I can still understand what you're saying by the phrases attitude emotions music and tone used.

"Broad should practice what he preaches....!! " Excellent closing line !!

Broady has to look himself in the mirror and he forgot to put the hearing aid on

As an England fan , I didn`t have a problem with Bairstow`s dismissal . Its up to the umpires to decide on a dead ball , and Bairstow was stupid ! But why do you slag Broad for not walking , when virtually no other batter walks . Doesn`t matter if its a thick or a thin edge , they all leave it to the umpire , knowing they`ve hit it . If you cant figure this - you don`t know much about cricket ! You need to find a better example of bad sportsmanship , mate !

Rules is Rules, Mitchell Stark's spectacular catch ruled not out ,,, umpire's decision is final. Bairstow only has himself to blame.

People forget Ben stokes asking Umpires to remove overthrow runs he scored during a tense World cup final. ... Not the whole English team... But Ben stokes honestly would have withdrawn the appeal, just like MS Dhoni did.

That was hundred percent fair play... The English should just get over it man..Rules are for all and for all the teams... England should learn first the spirit of the game and then preach others later..... A big Congrats- to the Australian team..a cricket fan from New York...

Adam Gilchrist walked in a World Cup match. I don't remember the umpire giving him the out sign.

I can hardly even remember that time when the Aussies tried to shine the match ball with a sheet of yellow sandpaper. Seems so long ago 😢

Sky news is Australia hasn’t got the best reputation, and is often seen as a bit of a joke, but they are spot on here and have done it brilliantly!!

It’s the off-field repugnance of the English that is the issue. Abusing, threatening and assaulting Australian players on their way to lunch is an entirely novel English tactic.

That edge could be seen from the international space station WITHOUT zooming in with its powerful telescope 😅

Broad is one of those people you’d see drowning and just walk away.

Not only Broad, but more so the one commentating and saw it first hand up close, Geoff Boycott. Now Boycott is whining for a written apology from the Aussies about the '' Spirit of the Game'', after that???

I would like to apologize to the Australians for the reception they received at the MCC after the game. It is clear Johnny Bairstow made a mistake and left his crease too early. Therefore he was clearly out according to the rules of the game, fair and square and the Australian wicket keeper did nothing wrong at all, and did his job perfectly. Of course I am disappointed that, as an Englishman, England lost, but Australia won both close tests fairly and well done and well played to them. I can assure Australians we are not all whinging Poms! Still, I suppose cricket would not be cricket without some controversy - notably Bodyline, The ballgate scandal when the Australians tampered with the cricket ball against South Africa, the row England had with the umpire when playing Pakistan, Stuart Broad not walking when he was caught, England winning the World Cup In dubious circumstances in 2019, and the infamous underarm incident in 1981 when the Australians made certain New Zealand could not tie the match, an action described as disgraceful by the late Australian cricket player and broadcaster Ritchie Benaud. And not to mention all the sledging incidents.

I wonder if anyone else remembers who came up with the body line bowling, it wouldn't have been the Poms or would it??? Now that was in the spirit of the game, wasn't it?

Bairstow threw his wicket away deliberately. Has a search on betting sheets and why don't the poms blame the real enemy and traitor Jonny Bairstow. What was the Australian price before the'Stumping' and after? But then again those tried and emotional in the Long room can debate all they like and fact will keep 'MassDebating' till the series is over. Who coined the phrase- 'Whinging Pom's'

From an outsider's perspective. If it was South Africa playing England and we made that stumping, I would have appealed as well. Had we been at the receiving end of that very same stumping I would have been bitchin and moanin just like England. That's how we all play and watch the game. Very very biased🤔!!! It just shows that we have a lot of passion for the game!

Carey's run out/stumping was a great piece of cricket this whinging comes from being outclassed by the Aussies they are a great side.

"you can't point the finger at us, you also did something wrong 10 years ago" Solid argument, chief. #Whataboutery #whatanIdiot

Did their captain instigate sand paper too?.

You go when the umpire tells you your out otherwise you stay at the crease!

Btw, Clark did the same thing vs india in 2008.

Does anyone else remember what MS did when Ian Bell faced a similar situation 😌

Stuart Broad, the guy who threw a dead ball at Pakistan batsmen Zulqarnain Haider and broke his finger saying a stumping was the worst thing he’s seen on the field.

I honestly cannot see what the Aussies did wrong! They broke no rules and therefore did not cheat! If the rule is wrong, change it!

We see a lot of Bairstow and Broad and neither have much room to talk about the spirit of the game.

Looked like a good move to me. Out, no dount.

You cannot take Australians talking about sportsmanship in cricket seriously unless you are just completely ignorant about the entire history of the sport.

The Poms are just sour!

I'm an English cricket fan and quite frankly the whinging by some of our supporters and ex-players is embarrassing. Dozy Bairstow only has himself to blame for being 'village'.

Nobody whinges like an Aussie.

Graham Pollock - '' The Aussies only walk when there are no busses''. Such hypocrisy.

If Broad should've walked off with that edge, then every player who has nicked the ball and not walked should be held to that stabdard. It's the umpire's call

Couldn't agree more.i am English born and bred,And totally ashamed of British sports people behaviour, While Hiding Behind So Called Called Sporting Ethics.

England team: We invented this game. So, we go by our own rules.

The Poms NEED to build a BRIDGE!

Ultimately it simply it doesn't matter what anyone thinks it is what it is, however from now on in all forms of cricket ANYTHING is acceptable as long as its legal.... that's the legacy from this...

Broad lives in a glass house, he shouldn’t throw stones.

As a Brit, it was within the rules. It wasn’t in the spirit of the beautiful game, just as Trevor Chappell rolling the ball along the ground wasn’t illegal. Unfortunately sportsmanship in modern sport is dead, and the games are all the poorer for it

It's embarrassing for this Englishman to hear "the spirit of the game" invoked when it suits journalists and administrators. Sometimes cricket can be even more puffed-up and self-important than football ... and that takes some doing :-)

I’m English and support the national team. However, remember that we’ve ‘abused’ the spirit of the game too in former Ashes series. Can’t be hypocrites. Yes it has ruined the test, but we can’t complain. One thing I would say. Our obsession with etiquette has to stop. It doesn’t exist. The Aussies are ruthless and, I mean this almost as a compliment, nasty when it counts. Don’t realise you could use the word ‘Poms’ on national TV.

In which decade has Cricket been gentlemen's game. And the spirit of the game been withheld apart from few sporadic incidents of true sportsmanship from oppositions being shown that too spaced ages in between...Cricket has never been not so gentlemen's game....Right from the bodyline series to this day.

if Broad should practice what he preaches, shouldn't the Australian cricket team?

Which is why as a sportman you must accept the defeat like a hero or it will come at you biting in your ass.

They did the same thing against NZ and Bairstow tried to do the same thing against Marnus...

England very quick to forget this

Not as bad as taking sand paper out there ,let’s not forget that too quickly ,

That’s why you should never run your mouth off people will always find receipts with your name on it

Lots of players didn't walk back then when they got a nick. The thing that left the Australians incredulous was the thickness of the nick. However if you look closely it wasn't that thick, it actually clips the keepers glove which exaggerates the trajectory of the ball. He should have walked, but without the keepers glove it would have been considered a regulation nick and consigned to the recycle bin with all the other non walkers of that day and age.

As a retired cricketer who has played in several countries, Bairstow was a fool to take the risk of walking out of his crease. Simple as that.

I'm English and Bairstow is a knob. Well done Australia and apologies for our behaviour

As a Pom I find Sky News Australia's hosts very funny, I wish they were like this in the UK. What goes around comes around, it all works out even in the end.

Who would Rishi be backing in an England/ India match with his US green card.

I remember playing as a kid and always trying to catch the runner out of their creese whilst bowling.

Now it feels like we are in Ashes .... 😂😂😂

I remember this moment. It was pretty well chastised in England as well and Broad can never really hold any moral high ground because of it. I’m curious if Aussies feel similar about the dismissal in the last test?

Tell us about the Borderline series in 1932-33. When the Australians complained "about the spirit of the Game," got their government involved and said they would boycott the Ashes series in England unless they promised to change the rules and stop throwing those nasty deliveries at their batsmen. Even after ninety years it rankles with the mob from Down Under, it all sounds indecent. No whining and whinging there?

If the Starc catch had not been disallowed, I believe Cummins would have called Bairstow back. However, the patent unfairness of disallowing the catch from Starc was at the back of everyone’s mind at the time (with the exception of the Poms).

Just ask Steve Smith and Warner about the Spirit of Cricket, or has that been sanded from history? There’s also Ponting after his run out in 2005….where he was concerned about Englands 12th man being against the Spirit of Cricket when he was run out by the sub fielder.

Bodyline was a legal tactic and as England had the bowlers to implement it and won the Ashes, Australia whinged about it and got the Cricket laws changed as it ‘wasn’t in the spirit of the game’… 🤔

Few years ago, Ian Bell did very similar things and was given out just before lunch. And Dhoni agreed to overturn the decision based on the request that came from England team. Obviously, England team haven’t learnt from the mistake.

Dunno, Broad was given not out by the umpire in that example so therefore, he is not out and very much entitled not to walk.. what he did there is within the laws of the game, so therefore, within the spirit of the game. Just like the Carey stumping of Bairstow was... If you want to pull Broad up for playing outside the spirit of the game and also the rules, bring up the 2010 incident where he deliberately stood on the ball with his spikes. Aka Ball tampering...

The poor guy. He was only walking down the pitch to ask the umpire if the ball was dead or not. C’mon, be reasonable

Everybody is mocking Broad here but now Starc also actually has nothing to say but he mocked Deepti Sharma for doing something within the rules by stating that it was against the spirit of the game. Did you notice the irony ?

Smith & Warner apologising a few years ago sandpaper etc ,it wouldn't happen again ,hypocrites

If the boot was on the other foot....................England would still lose

Ashes is proven to be the greatest Cricketing rivalry of all times. Keep it up lads..

"Broad should practice what he preaches." 👍

From the unbiased comments of various former top players, it seems that international cricketeers have generally come to accept (by an unwritten convention) that once the ball has been pouched by a keeper standing back (after no shot has been played and the delivery was not already called a no-ball), then, if the striking batsman was safely planted in his crease at the moment the ball was pouched, it is treated as dead, even if the laws have not yet specified this. The Australians have watched Bairstow's casual behaviour at the crease and have clearly decided to ignore convention (without telling him) to get him back in the pavillion before he could get going. Bairstow was given out within the rules, but outside of the above convention, and this is what has caused all the furor. That said, Bairstow himself has also been trying to throw down the stumps in almost similar circumstances, but the striking batsmen haven't moved and he has so far missed his target. Stokes has stated that he would not have appealed in the same circumstances as Bairstow's disimissal, and would have withdrawn any appeal from his team-mates. Perhaps now the captains of test match sides should publicly-agree before matches as to whether they will be playing to the above 'dead ball convention,' or ignoring it?