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Interesting on CH7 sport, Travis Head relayed a story that in the 1st test Bairstow did exactly the same thing to him (he missed) and when Head quizzed him at the end of the over along the lines of "would you have run me out"? he responded with "bloody oath I would". Hypocrisy abounds!

Not necessarily.  That would depend on whether Marnus was batting out of his crease or batting in his crease, as Bairstow was, before taking a foolish wander down the pitch.  I don't know the answer but I think the two scenarios would be entirely different.

Whatever the situation, Aussie batters should be careful not to carelessly 'handle the ball' or take some other ill-advised action during the rest of the series.

Not necessarily.  That would depend on whether Marnus was batting out of his crease or batting in his crease, as Bairstow was, before taking a foolish wander down the pitch.  I don't know the answer but I think the two scenarios would be entirely different.

Whatever the situation, Aussie batters should be careful not to carelessly 'handle the ball' or take some other ill-advised action during the rest of the series.

I get Bairstow was out but I agree with Brad Hogg that it's not a good look and I wouldn't have done what Carey did without warning the batsman first in a Mankad fashion.
Bairstow wasn't attempting a run and had remarked his guard and yep he was out officially but now it's just going to open the doors for all teams to try that stuff on and like the bouncer war it was us initiating it then the English going overboard and now they will be desperate to Mankad/Carey our blokes back and it just makes for poor unattractive cricket. It could have cost us the game too as Stokes and Broad really hardened their resolve and involved the crowd. I reckon if Carey had his time over he would have done it differently.
The Starc catch was a poor 3rd umpiring decision, Duckett had walked off .
That law about the ball in the ground when landing needs changing, it was a clean catch and he was only supporting his body landing on the ground.
Right result though in this game and makes for a fiery 3rd test.....

No different. He was attempting to take the stumps as Carey did.

Some cove on Twitter summed up the situation perfectly:

"It’s called Bazball. If you lose, you act and talk as if you’ve won. If you lose again, you act and talk as if you would have won, were it not for some despicable act of cheating that, inexplicably, seems to have found its way into the Laws of the game."

Meanwhile, ground staff at Headingly are struggling to get the pitch ready after it was flooded by a river of tears 🙂

Pope out for the series...English are going with 5 bowlers ,Woakes, Wood and Ali in, Pope ,Tongue and Anderson out.
Wood bowled this crap 6 bouncers per over rubbish in Pakistan on dead wickets and was effective but they were able to rotate and rest him but if he bowls like that this test he won't last the series as he has had no preparation.Bit surprised Tongue was dropped and Robinson retained...
They are propping up the batting with Woakes and Ali as bowling allrounders.
I'm just presuming Stokes wants to employ 4 quicks for a bouncer war, be interesting to see how green the wicket is for this test.