Ben Stokes Jumps In Frustration, Shouts At Himself After Dismissal In 3rd Ashes Test - Video
England cricket team skipper Ben Stokes was left seething in anger after being dismissed by Mitchell Starc on Day 3 of the third Ashes Test against Australia.
England cricket team skipper Ben Stokes was left seething in anger after being dismissed by Mitchell Starc on Day 3 of the third Ashes Test against Australia on Friday. Stokes showed tremendous grit and determination to keep the visitors in the game with a brilliant half-century and a crucial partnership with Jofra Archer. However, Starc produced a stunning delivery to dismiss the England cricketer for the 12th time in Test cricket. On the first ball of the 85th over, Stokes was completely foxed by Starc's in-swinging delivery as it moved late to crash into the stumps. Stokes was extremely unhappy with himself, and his reaction after the dismissal said it all.
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Stokes jumped in anger and tossed up his bat before walking back to the dressing room angrily. Even during his walk back, he kept saying things to himself and was visibly disappointed.
The Match Situation
Stokes inspired a revival in England's Ashes campaign on Friday in a record 106-run ninth-wicket stand with Jofra Archer that cut Australia's first-innings lead to 85 in the third Test. Stokes walked off the field yelling at himself and shaking his head after being bowled for 83 by Mitchell Starc late on the third morning, bringing an end to a defiant, 198-ball innings that dragged his team back into the contest.
He was instrumental in helping England reach 286 in its first innings. Australia then lost the wicket of Jake Weatherald-adjudged lbw to Brydon Carse in a decision he should have reviewed-to reach lunch on Day 3 at 17-1 in its second innings, an overall lead of 102.
After losing the first two Tests in Perth and Brisbane by eight wickets and allowing Australia to post 371 in the first innings here, England's chances of keeping the series alive seemed remote when Stokes went to the crease on Day 2 with the total at 71-4. But he batted for almost two full sessions in the heat and was 45 not out from 151 deliveries by stumps, sharing a pivotal stand with No. 10 Archer after England was on the verge of collapsing at 168-8.
He resumed Friday with England at 213 for eight, still 158 behind with two wickets in hand, but in conditions significantly cooler than the temperatures of Day 2. Australia wanted to clean up the last two wickets quickly and start their second innings, but Stokes and Archer-who took a five-wicket haul when England was bowling-dug in.
Stokes stepped down the wicket to Scott Boland for a driven boundary to bring up the 50-partnership off 89 balls, then raised his half-century with a single off 159 deliveries. It was his slowest 50 in Test cricket-his 37th-but vital for his team. The England pair then started counterpunching against the old ball, with Archer lofting veteran spinner Nathan Lyon's half-volley for a six over long-on.
Stokes hit a perfect cover drive to the boundary off Boland in the 73rd over, trying to accumulate as many runs as possible before the new ball arrived. When it did, Archer was lucky to survive on 48 when a delivery from Mitchell Starc beat him and somehow missed the stumps.
Stokes, who was hit on the helmet and the thigh on Day 2, was knocked off his feet by a ball that jagged back from Pat Cummins and beat both him and the wicketkeeper to race down to the boundary. This took the England partnership into triple figures. Archer took a single off Cummins to reach his first Test half-century off 97 balls, bringing England's deficit under 100.
However, the innings ended relatively quickly after veteran left-armer Starc bowled Stokes with a delivery from over the wicket that angled back. The Stokes-Archer partnership was the highest ever for the ninth wicket for England at Adelaide. Archer was out for 51 shortly after, caught at slip, leaving Australia with a tricky period to navigate before the lunch interval.
England is capable of chasing a big target in the fourth innings, having chased 370-plus against India twice in the last three years, so "Bazball" won't be completely dispensed with despite Stokes' stoic first innings.
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