We’ll leave it in the hands of the officials: Mitchell Starc has his say on Jonny Bairstow’s dismissal

 

Australia ultimately won the match by 43 runs to take a 2-0 lead in the Ashes but the victory was overshadowed by the myriad of controversies surrounding the Lord's Test.

Australian pacer Mitchell Starc, who was miffed when his catch to dismiss Ben Duckett on Day 4 of the Ashes 2nd Test was ruled out, seemingly put the incident in the rear view mirror when talking about Jonny Bairstow’s controversial dismissal on the final day.

At the fag end of Day 4, Duckett had a huge let-off when he was brilliantly caught by a diving Starc on the fine leg boundary off Cameron Green’s bowling.

Having almost reached the pavilion, Duckett was sent back as video replays showed that Starc had not

“I had no doubt I was under control of the ball. They’re going by the letter of the law, which states that in bracing my body, the ball was on the turf,” Starc told cricket.com.au on Sunday.

“It’s going to be interesting moving forward with (similar catches). But we’ve got to accept that one, just like they’re going to have to accept the stumping,” he added.

In the 52nd over, after ducking under Cameron Green’s bouncer, Bairstow wandered out of the crease without grounding his bat, presuming that the ball was dead and the over was completed.

But before he even reached the middle of the pitch to meet Ben Stokes, he could hear Australians celebrating. Shocked, he turned around to see the bails broken. The alert Australian wicket-keeper Alex Carey had under-armed the ball to the stumps and Bairstow was out of the ground. The on-field umpires passed on the decision to the television, Marais Erasmus, who gave him out. had ‘complete control of body and ball’ prompting boos from Australia’s fans and chuntering from the players.

“Let me put it this way – his (Bairstow’s) was as much out as mine was not out,” Starc said. “If you’re going by the letter of the law, they were the right decisions. We’ll leave it in the hands of the officials.”

Australia ultimately won the match by 43 runs to take a 2-0 lead in the Ashes but the victory was overshadowed by the myriad of controversies surrounding the Tests.

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