Pat Cummins reveals how he planned Jonny Bairstow's controversial run out in Ashes 2023

Australia test captain Pat Cummins has opened up about his planning with wicket-keeper Alex Carey to affect Jonny Bairstow’s run out in Ashes 2023.

Pat Cummins has revealed that he noticed a pattern in Jonny Bairstow that he moves out of his crease after leaving a delivery, and that prompted him to nudge Alex Carey to run the England batter out during the Lord’s test in last year’s Ashes series.

The controversial run out, or stumping, as it is called by some, of Bairstow in the Lord’s test had sparked up the Ashes 2023 series.

On the fourth day of the second test of the series, Bairstow ducked under a bouncer from Cameron Green. Since it was the last ball of the over, Bairstow moved out of his crease, but Carey threw the ball at the stumps. The Australians went up in appeal for a run out.

The most important point of discussion was whether the umpire had called “over” or not. When the umpire was asked by the Aussie players, he said he hadn’t called “over” and hence Bairstow was deemed run out.

Pat Cummins says he instructed Carey to have a throw at the stumps when Bairstow moves out of his crease

Speaking in the documentary series ‘The Test’ that has been released on Amazon Prime Video, Cummins said that he instructed wicket-keeper Alex Carey to have an aim at the stumps if Bairstow moves out of his crease after ducking under a bouncer.

The Australian test skipper revealed, “Cam Green was bowling and bowled a bouncer and he [Bairstow] ducked underneath it and then just walked out of his crease. So I just said to Kez [Carey] the ball before, I said ‘Kez, just have a throw’.”

This dismissal of the England wicket-keeper became a huge talking point in the series. It fired up the English crowd and media. The Australians were heavily booed by the Lord’s crowd and even abused by a few MCC members as they walked through the Long Room at the lunch interval.

“Walking back into the Long Room, it was like we’d ripped the soul of out them … absolutely, yeah, people stepped over the line,” Cummins recalled.

Cummins opined that Bairstow was “clear-cut” out since the umpire had not concluded the over.

Australia won the Lord’s test by 43 runs to go 2-0 up in the series. However, England won two of the next three tests and one test was drawn. The series ended 2-2, but Australia retained the Ashes urn.

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