 escaped by the skin of his teeth when England wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow was adjudged to have dislodged a bail before collecting sub fielder George Ealham's throw. On the ground where 141 years of Ashes rivalry was born by burning a set of bails, Broad revealed his ploy worked a treat. He explained: 'I've heard, and I might have made this up, that it's an Aussie change-of-luck thing, and I think I've seen Nathan Lyon do it. 'But we had a few play-and-misses in the morning session, we needed to make a breakthrough and I thought I'd have a little change of the bails. It worked out pretty magically that Marnus nicked off next ball and Rooty took a great catch. 'I randomly went and celebrated with Uzzy (non-striker Usman Khawaja) for some reason and he said, 'If you touch my bails, I'm flipping them straight back', so he gave me an immediate warning.' Who has been England's standout performer in the Ashes? Share your suggestions on the comments below Australia subsided from 91-1 to 185-7 before Pat Cummins and Todd Murphy's lower-order resistance edged them in front. Smith was on 44 when he was given the benefit of the doubt after a three-minute review of freeze-frames){kind=link}
Stuart Broad’s cheeky ploy at the Oval produced a dramatic reversal in fortunes for England in the fifth Ashes Test against Australia and has explained exactly why he did it
Stuart Broad rattled the Aussies with a touch of gamesmanship as another Ashes battle erupted into great bails of fire.
England’s most successful bowler against Australia â 151 wickets and rising â got under key batsman Marnus Labuschagne’s skin by switching the the bails on his stumps to bring a change of luck after a barren 90 minutes of frustration before lunch.
From Mark Wood’s very next ball, Joe Root held a brilliant one-handed catch at slip to end Labuschagne’s painful go-slow as Australia reahed 295 all out, a slender 12-run lead, in the final Ashes Test. And in a controversial run-out incident, top scorer Steve Smith (71) escaped by the skin of his teeth when England wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow was adjudged to have dislodged a bail before collecting sub fielder George Ealham’s throw.
On the ground where 141 years of Ashes rivalry was born by burning a set of bails, Broad revealed his ploy worked a treat. He explained: “I’ve heard, and I might have made this up, that it’s an Aussie change-of-luck thing, and I think I’ve seen Nathan Lyon do it.