England all-rounder Ben Stokes got involved in a heated ver♍bal exchange with a South Africa fan on day one♓ of the fourth Test in Johannesburg.
The tourists had 🐻made a promising start to the final match of the series, reaching 107-0, having won the toss before a mini-collapse saw them lo♈se four wickets in quick succession.
Stokes, who propelled England to victory in Port Elizabeth with his ninth Test century, was furious with himself when he got out for just two, caught at slip attempting to drive Anrich Nortje through the leg-side. As he made his way back to the dressing room, Stokes was caught on camera gesturing at a spectator before saying ‘say that to me outside the ground, you four-eyed c***’.
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— Sachin Nakrani (@SachinNakrani)
Ben Stokes offering somebody out. Thi🥃ngs you love to see. National hero♉.
Will still get a ban though.
— DandyMUFC (@mufc_dandy)
Joe Root & Co. at the end of the day’s play were 192 for four.
England currently leads a delicately poised four-match series 2-1, but several controversial incidents have pockmarked the contest. Wicketkeeper Jos Buttler was fin🍒ed 15% of his match fee and awarded a demerit point after the st♒ump microphone caught him insulting veteran South Africa bowler Vernan Philander during the second Test in Cape Town.
Kagiso Rabada, meanwhile, was banned for one match and is s🐭itting out the current Test after he was handed his fourth demerit point in the space of 18 months. The Proteas speedster celebrated in an overly aggressive manner after taking the wicket of Joe Root during the third Test in✱ Port Elizabeth.
