England’s fury over the perfectly legitimate stumping of Jonny Bairstow by Alex Carey in the 2023 Ashes is set to drag into another series after the tourists released a video suggesting they are still not over the dismissal.

The video, a clip from an England Cricket Board-produced 2024 documentary about the 2023 Ashes which was posted to their social media accounts on Monday, takes in the reaction of Bairstow, captain Ben Stokes and star batter Joe Root to Carey’s clever work.

After Bairstow ducked under a Cam Green bouncer and wandered from his crease — which he had done repeatedly before being dismissed — Carey instantly threw down the stumps.

The act was within the laws of the game but prompted a bizarre reaction from English players and media, who considered it to be outside the spi

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