UK PM Rishi Sunak Supported Ben Stokes and accuses Australia for violating Spirit of Game.

Since Day 5 of the Ashes series Test 2, the “Spirit of Game” debate has reignited. Cricket fans, experts, and former captains have all jumped into this debate and shared their opinions on the controversial run out of Jonny Bairstow. On Day 5 of the Test 2, England’s captain Ben Stokes was playing the captain’s innings, and Ben Duckett was supporting his captain from the other end, but when Ben Duckett got out, Jonny Bairstow came to the crease, and when he was playing at 10, he ducked a bouncer bowled by Cameron Green that went straight to the wicketkeeper Alex Carey’s hand. Bairstow, after ducking the ball without looking at the wicketkeeper, started walking towards Ben Stokes, leaving his crease, and Alex Carey, without missing the chance, threw the ball towards the stumps and Bairstow got run out, after looking at the replay third umpire decided that he was out, and from this incident, the “Spirit of Game” came into play.

Ben Stokes showed his disappointment in the run-out incident and said a few words about it.

“If the shoe was on the other foot I would have put more pressure on the umpires and asked whether they had called over and had a deep think about the whole spirit of the game. Would I want to win a game in that manner? The answer for me is no,”

Ben Stokes to BBC

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has supported the stance of Ben Stokes and called Australia’s run-out incident against the “Spirit of Game”, When asked to his spokesman what the UK’s PM’s opinion on the run-out, the spokesman said that he believes it was against the “Spirit of Game”.

The prime minister agrees with Ben Stokes. He said he simply wouldn’t want to win a game in the manner Australia did,” But the game did provide an opportunity to see Ben Stokes at his best and it was an incredible test match. He has confidence that England will bounce back at Headingley (in the Third Test),

Spokesman said

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