{"id":302153,"date":"2025-07-29T20:54:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T20:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/302153\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T20:54:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T20:54:21","slug":"australian-press-rip-into-hateable-england-after-petulant-tantrum-against-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/302153\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian press rip into ‘hateable’ England after ‘petulant tantrum’ against India"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ben Stokes\u2019 England side have come under fire from sections of the Australian Media.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It comes after England players reprimanded India\u2019s batsmen<\/a> for not immediately agreeing to a draw in the final hour of Sunday\u2019s fourth Test match at Old Trafford on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\"There<\/a><\/p>\n

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There was a fiery end to England’s fourth Test match against India at Old TraffordCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

After fighting back to deny England a series win, Indian batsmen Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja felt the heat from an agitated Stokes and co after their decision not to accept a draw in the final session.<\/p>\n

India boasted a lead of 71 runs with 15 overs left to play while having six wickets remaining with Sundar and Jedja both at the peak of their powers having notched 80 and 89 respectively.<\/p>\n

With Sundar closing in on his first Test century and Jedeja 11 runs of his first series ton, both opted to play on to achieve their milestones.<\/p>\n

However, the decision left Stokes and other England players frustrated.<\/p>\n

The game resumed after Stokes had brought batter Harry Brook<\/a> in to bowl in disapproval at India\u2019s decision to play on.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, other England players were heard sledging the Indian duo.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou want to get a Test hundred against Harry Brook?\u201d Stokes was heard saying to Jadeja. \u201cIf you wanted to score a century, you should have batted like you wanted to get it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018Zak Crawley added: \u201cJust shake your hand. It\u2019s embarrassing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brook went on to concede 24 runs of three overs as Sundar and Jadeja registered their century in just 15 minutes.<\/p>\n

But it could have been done and dusted in quicker fashion had they not chosen to play the odd block shot which again sparked frustration amongst England\u2019s players.<\/p>\n

\"Stokes<\/a><\/p>\n

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Stokes and his England teammates were left frustrated by India’s decision to play onCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

\u201cF***ing hell Washy, get on with it. Get on with it mate,\u201d Brook said.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Just hit a boundary\u201d and \u201cHow long do you need, an hour?,\u201d others were heard saying.<\/p>\n

Jadeja then hit a six to bring up his century and celebrated profusely with Sundar. The pair then shook hands to agree on the draw.<\/p>\n

How was the conflict viewed in Australia?<\/p>\n

But the fallout has reverberated down under with the Australian media hitting out at England while labelling them \u2018moral hypocrites.\u2019<\/p>\n

Stokes was called out for what the Aussies have claimed to be double standards with their actions also described as embarrassing as the trash talking ahead of this winter\u2019s Ashes kicked off early.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only thing embarrassing about Old Trafford was your tantrum,” wrote cricket journalist Daniel Brettig.<\/p>\n

\"Batsman<\/a><\/p>\n

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Batsman Harry Brook was brought in to bowl in order to made life easy for Jadeja and Sundar to reach their milestonesCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

Brettig also fired a shot at Brook, after the Englishman’s claim that it would be a \u2018moral victory\u2019 if they won the final Test at The Oval during the 2023 Ashes series.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnother comprehensive moral victory for England, then,\u201d Brettig added.<\/p>\n

The Daily Telegraph’s headline read: “Babbling Brook and the Bazball boys will be eminently hateable this summer.” <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Australian outlet Code Sports weighed in with their own criticism writing: \u201cMoral hypocrites England decide tons are anti-cricket.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new tough-talking, pot-stirring English cricket team is suffering from a baffling identity crisis on the eve of The Ashes<\/a> tour, going into meltdown after two Indian batters had the audacity to tell them \u2018no\u2019,\u201d.<\/p>\n

The bashing continued with Fox Sports \u2018 Courtney Walsh slamming England for \u2018claiming the moral high ground\u2019 every time there was a contentious decision.<\/p>\n

\"Ben<\/a><\/p>\n

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Ben Stokes was in the firing line for some brutal criticism from the Australian mediaCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

\u201cThe \u2018Spirit of Cricket\u2019 is sleeping restlessly once again, tormented by an insufferable lot,\u201d Walsh added before referring to Stokes as ‘petulant’.<\/p>\n

To make matters worse, criticism has been leveled against England from a familiar face.<\/p>\n

Geoffrey Boycott described England as \u2018gobby\u2019 in his latest column for The Telegraph.<\/p>\n

He was in agreement with Sundar and Jedeja, claiming he wouldn\u2019t have walked off had he worked as hard as the Indian pairing.<\/p>\n

However, former-England batsman Jonathan Trott says Stokes would have accepted the draw if the shoe were on the other foot.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think England would have had the personal milestones on their mind personally, that\u2019s just my view. Maybe if somebody was close to getting it, their maiden century, it would have been a little bit different,\u201d Trott told Jio Hotstar.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

talkSPORT Verdict<\/p>\n

David ‘Bumble’ Lloyd told talkSPORT Cricket:<\/p>\n

“There’s no chance of a result. The result has gone. Surely it should be down to the umpires to say: ‘We can’t get a result, the game has ended.’ It’s the umpire’s decision.<\/p>\n

“So for India, two players want to get to personal milestones and they want England to bowl at them whilst they do that.<\/p>\n

“The game’s dead. The game’s finished. You can’t get a result, there isn’t enough time.<\/p>\n

“So the difficulty for me is if you want a personal milestone, you want us to bowl at you, do you? For you to get your personal milestone.”<\/p>\n

\u201cYou could tell by the way that Ben Stokes has reacted that if they were in the same seat, they probably would have shook the Indian captain\u2019s hand if it was offered \u2013 if Shubman Gill went up to the English batsman and they were in the same position, they would have walked off.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what Test cricket\u2019s about. It\u2019s played hard, it\u2019s played fair, but there\u2019s also a code and a sort of ethos that the game is played with equal respect for each other.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ben Stokes\u2019 England side have come under fire from sections of the Australian Media. It comes after England…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302154,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4101],"tags":[1406,7504,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-302153","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-england-cricket","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114938516317378615","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}