The Ashes 2023: Ben Stokes says he would have withdrawn the appeal of Jonny Bairstow dismissal

England skipper Ben Stokes says helium would not privation to triumph with specified a contentious dismissal arsenic Jonny Bairstow's successful the 2nd Ashes Test.

Believing the shot to beryllium dead, Bairstow wandered retired of his crushed arsenic wicketkeeper Alex Carey threw down the stumps and was fixed out.

Stokes said helium would person withdrawn the entreaty successful that situation.

"Jonny was successful his crease, past retired of his crease to travel down and person the chat," Stokes, who deed an unthinkable 155 arsenic England threatened an improbable victory, told Test Match Special.

"I americium not disputing the information it is retired due to the fact that it is out.

"Would I privation to triumph a crippled successful that manner? The reply for maine is no."

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The dismissal created a hostile ambiance astatine Lord's with the Australia team, successful peculiar skipper Pat Cummins, booed relentlessly by the crowd.

As the players near for lunch. Usman Khawaja and David Warner were confronted by Lord's members successful the Long Room, for which the Marylebone Cricket Club aboriginal apologised.

Cummins said helium thought the Bairstow incidental was "fair play".

"That is the rules," helium said. "That is however I saw it."

The Australia skipper said Carey had seen Bairstow permission his crease connected balls antecedently successful the over.

But England manager Brendon McCullum said Bairstow believed the umpires had "effectively called over", which would mean the shot was dead.

Stokes said: "When is it justified that the umpires person called over? Is the on-field umpires making movement, is that capable to telephone over? I'm not sure.

"If the footwear was connected the different ft I would person enactment much unit connected the umpires and asked whether they had called implicit and had a heavy deliberation astir the full tone of the crippled and would I privation to bash thing similar that."

'Can't ideate we volition person a brew immoderate clip soon'

There were heated exchanges betwixt the players pursuing Bairstow's dismissal. A intelligibly wound-up Stuart Broad told Carey, "That's each you volition beryllium remembered for".

Broad, who enactment connected 108 with Stokes for the seventh-wicket successful England's pursuit of 371, was aboriginal heard saying it was the "worst happening helium had seen connected a cricket field".

Asked if the incidental volition interaction the relations betwixt the teams, McCullum said: "I can't ideate we'll beryllium having a brew with them immoderate clip soon.

"We person 3 Tests to onshore immoderate blows an effort and triumph the Ashes. That is wherever our absorption volition be."

But Cummins said determination was nary atrocious blood.

"Not from our team, you mightiness person to inquire them," helium said. "It was a fantastic contest. It's been a large Ashes bid truthful far."

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