Even though the Lord's Test match involving England and Australia players concluded on the field on Sunday, it is still being covered by media outlets in both nations. The Australian media responded on Tuesday morning by calling Ben Stokes as well as his side "crybabies" after the British media on Monday made fun of the Australian squad over the contentious dismissal of Jonny Bairstow. When Stokes noticed that one particular newspaper pages had gone famous on social media, he couldn't help but respond in a hilarious way.
'Crybabies' was prominently displayed in the centre of a photo of Stokes wearing diapers that The West Australian uploaded online. Another line from the publication stated, "Poms take whingeing to new level with 'cheating' rubbish. Stokes responded to the article by writing, “That's definitely not me, since when did I bowl with the new ball."
Ben Stokes and Pat Cummins comment on Jonny Bairstow's dismissal
Stokes claimed that he would not be interested in winning a game in such a way in response to the contentious Jonny Bairstow dismissal. However, the England captain acknowledged that everything that occurred on the field complied with the regulations of the match. Ben Stokes said after the match, "If the shoe was on the other foot I would have put more pressure on the umpires and asked whether they had called over and had a deep think about the whole spirit of the game. Would I want to win a game in that manner? The answer for me is no."
Pat Cummins, the captain of Australia, believes Carey acted appropriately, particularly in light of the fact that Bairstow has previously been implicated in similar dismissals. Pat Cummins, on the other hand had an opposing view to this claim. He said, “I think Carey saw it happen a few balls previously, three or four balls previously, and there's no pause, catch it, straightaway and throw at the stumps. I thought it was totally fair play. That's how the rule is. Some people might disagree. That's how I saw it.”
Fans react to Australian newspaper portraying Ben Stokes as 'crybaby' with pacifier following 2nd Ashes 2023 Test : -
The Australian newspaper headlines. pic.twitter.com/Bt921dOlwl
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) July 3, 2023
— Jay Ramasamy (@jayaprasad_r) July 3, 2023
Ben stokes said that he would have never allowed his team to win like that (baristow case), This guy stokes should be the first person to write a long sorry letter to New Zealand after how English team robbed an Odi world cup from them, just because cricket rules allowed it 👍
— Shubman Gang (@ShubmanGang) July 3, 2023
😆😆😆 pic.twitter.com/DCUDysj3JD
— 🇮🇳ꪜ𝐢𝐧𝐨⁹⁶🚩 (@vinoo_96) July 3, 2023
The Aus newspaper about the King 🥵🥵 pic.twitter.com/uQxkOkIUw6
— K I R A (@Kira_tweetz1807) July 3, 2023
Atleast Ben Stokes did not get banned and cry on national tv
— S (@ANTH0NYD4VlS) July 3, 2023
Indian media should learn how to back their own team no matter what
— मुसाफ़िर🇦🇷 (@PogoTogo1) July 3, 2023
Ok then 3rd test my full support to england🤝💪💪 let's see who can win,definitely england will give 101%
— VK_REDDY (@VlJAY9999) July 3, 2023
Let them cry. I would love to see 5-0 and mankad as well in upcoming matches.
— Rudraditya (@rudraditya100) July 3, 2023
Vintage ashes in 3rd test
— Anish🙇 (@Anish_Utd) July 3, 2023
We will be there.
Long Room is going to look tame compared to Leeds and Manchester now
— Lee Noble (@LeeNoble20) July 3, 2023
These things have a way of balancing themselves. Duckett was not out from an arguably fair fetch and Bairstow was given out from a conspicuous run out or stumping. All's fair in love and sport.
— calvin thurstone Kashorte (@CalvinKashorte) July 3, 2023
I feel India and Pakistan also should play once in a while Instead of those useless bilaterals atleast in neutral venues. This is how rivalry looks and not by stop playing against each other.
— Santhosh R (@santhosh_r92) July 3, 2023
This is called rivalry where everyone is involved not like us hmare player to gale milte rahte in pakistaniyon se besharmo ki tarah
— Vaibhav Singh Rajput (@Vaibhavsingh008) July 3, 2023