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What a week.
I want to start by saying Jonny Bairstow’s controversial dismissal was not my favourite.
I have been thinking about it a lot, reading all of the reaction, and it has had me in two minds.
Originally I would have liked to have seen Australia captain Pat Cummins withdraw his appeal, after Alex Carey stumped Bairstow as the Englishman wandered out of his crease.
But the more I think about it the more I think it was the right decision from Cummins. I think it is a sign of something deeper in England’s mentality.
What is telling is every single one of the former players I have spoken to, English or Australian, did not have a problem with it. Even West Indies legend Brian Lara has said it…
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