The Ashes 2023: Ben Stokes unable to give England win over Australia at Lord's

Yet different staggering period from Ben Stokes was not capable to transportation England to an astonishing second-Test triumph implicit Australia astatine Lord's successful 1 of the astir unthinkable and arguable finishes successful the past of the game.

Supported by the courageous Stuart Broad, Stokes added 108 for the seventh wicket successful small much than 20 overs, but yet miscued Josh Hazlewood with England 70 adrift of their people of 371.

He near to a rousing lasting ovation and, without their inspirational skipper, England were bowled retired for 327 to springiness Australia triumph by 43 runs and a 2-0 bid lead.

Stokes and Broad, the fiercest of Ashes competitors, were fuelled by a hugely contentious stumping of Jonny Bairstow, which near England needing 178 runs with conscionable 4 wickets successful hand.

Believing the shot to beryllium dead, Bairstow wandered retired of his crushed arsenic wicketkeeper Alex Carey under-armed the shot astatine the stumps. Australia celebrated and Bairstow was fixed retired by TV umpire Marais Erasmus.

As the furious Bairstow departed, Lord's showered Australia with boos that would past for the remainder of the time - immoderate players were confronted by spectators successful the Long Room, for which the Marylebone Cricket Club issued an apology.

On the field, Stokes channelled his vexation into immoderate stunning hitting, hammering 38 runs from the adjacent 16 balls helium faced aft the Bairstow dismissal and clubbing Cameron Green for 3 successive sixes to scope his century.

Stokes, who was dropped connected 77 and doubly connected 114, made Australia wage with a full of 9 maximums - a grounds for an Ashes innings.

But this was a occurrence beyond adjacent Stokes and Australia present request to triumph lone 1 of the remaining 3 Tests to instrumentality triumph successful an Ashes bid successful this state for the archetypal clip successful 22 years.

Somehow, players connected some sides indispensable regroup for the 3rd Test astatine Headingley connected Thursday.

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Australia astir wage for poking the bear

Even by the standards of past Ashes dramas oregon daring Stokes feats, this was utterly sensational and volition past longer successful the representation than the eventual result of this series.

Whether oregon not the Bairstow determination was correct, oregon wrong the tone of the game, Australia made the mistake of awakening Stokes and astir paid the eventual price.

From England's 114-4 overnight, Stokes had to overturn being fixed lbw to Mitchell Starc connected 39 successful a basal of 132 with Ben Duckett, who played 1 hook excessively galore and was good caught by Carey disconnected Cameron Green for 83.

The wicket punctured English anticipation and seemed to enactment Australia connected people for victory, lone for the Bairstow contention to alteration the people of the last day.

With Broad's determination to past matched lone by his eagerness to antagonise the Australians, Stokes slipped into a cogwheel not seen since Headingley 2019.

When helium belted a instrumentality drawback done the hands of Pat Cummins, it felt similar a idiosyncratic stroke directed astatine his other number.

Time and again helium swatted tremendous blows implicit the limb side. The 3 hits disconnected Green, 1 of which was dropped implicit the bound by Starc, were celebrated by progressively large cheers from a Lord's assemblage that had reached fever pitch. The 3rd six gave Stokes his 13th Test ton - helium had taken 35 from 10 Green deliveries.

The arguing continued arsenic the players near for lunch, Australia jeered each the way. Usman Khawaja confronted a spectator successful the Long Room.

The interruption could person derailed England's momentum, but Stokes imperiously deed Hazlewood's 2nd shot aft the resumption backmost implicit his caput for six and, successful the aforesaid over, Steve Smith dropped a sitter astatine heavy quadrate leg, portion a diving Carey conscionable missed a mitt down the limb side.

When Stokes was connected strike, Australia had each 9 fielders connected the boundary, truthful helium deed the shot into the assemblage - doubly much disconnected Hazlewood. The fired-up Broad was trusted with 1 oregon 2 deliveries each over, bravely fending disconnected bouncers. Australia, without injured spinner Nathan Lyon, had their minds scrambled into mediocre plans with the shot and mistakes successful the field.

Just arsenic Australia were retired of ideas and Stokes successful implicit control, an mistake came retired of nowhere. A miscue disconnected Hazlewood looped up for Carey and the excitement and anticipation successful Lord's was instantly deflated.

Ollie Robinson was retired connected the hook to Cummins, Broad successful the aforesaid mode to Hazlewood for 11 from 36 balls.

James Anderson, successful what could beryllium his past Lord's Test, was cheered each the mode to the crease and took a sickening stroke to the helmet disconnected Starc.

Anderson added 25 for the past wicket with Josh Tongue earlier Tongue was bowled by Starc and the victorious Australians were again barracked disconnected the field.

Was the Bairstow determination correct?

The Bairstow determination has already go 1 of the astir infamous incidents successful Ashes history, a infinitesimal that incensed the usually genteel Lord's crowd. On much than 1 occasion, determination were chants of "cheat, cheat, cheat".

The laws of the crippled state: "The shot shall beryllium considered to beryllium dormant erstwhile it is wide to the bowler's extremity umpire that the fielding broadside and some batters astatine the wicket person ceased to respect it arsenic successful play."

Carey intelligibly did not deliberation the shot was dormant - helium threw it arsenic soon arsenic helium could. Bairstow did judge it to beryllium dead, with the added adaptable being the extremity of the over.

The cardinal seems to beryllium lasting umpire Ahsan Raza, who was not watching the enactment and preparing to instrumentality a headdress to bowler Green arsenic the shot deed the stumps.

Though the determination appears close by the missive of the law, Australia could person opted to retreat their appeal.

That they did not astir outgo them the match. It whitethorn yet person longer ramifications successful this series.

England connected the brink contempt Stokes heroics

This is already an Ashes bid for the ages, but the information remains that England person to travel from 2-0 down successful bid to assistance the urn - thing they person ne'er done before.

The heroics of the last time came excessively precocious astatine Lord's. On the erstwhile 4 they failed to instrumentality vantage of bowling connected a dank archetypal time and threw distant wickets successful their archetypal innings with immoderate infuriating batting. England dropped catches and, adjacent astatine the opening of Australia's 2nd innings, had favourable conditions successful which to bowl.

Moving forwards, England person problems to solve. There are fittingness doubts implicit Ollie Pope, Mark Wood and Moeen Ali, and determination is simply a request to refresh a gait onslaught that includes a tired-looking Anderson.

But, what has the last time astatine Lord's done to galvanise England and harm an Australia squad that antecedently looked unstoppable?

The teams caput to Leeds knowing England volition person fervent enactment and the Australians a hostile reception.

Headingley is the location of celebrated Ashes comebacks. England present request to commencement the astir improbable of them all.