A bizarre incident took place on Day of the ongoing second Test between England and India at Lord’s. Two England fielders were seen placing their spiked shoes on the ball, a sight that has led to many accusing the home team of ball-tampering.
The incident was from the 35th over of India’s second innings when Ollie Robinson passed the ball to fellow pacer Mark Wood in between his deliveries.
Instead of picking up the ball with his hand, Wood pushed it with his shoe, and some other unidentified Englꦬand player was seen pressing the spike against it.
The visual of the same has gone viral on social media, with many, including former Indian cricketers Virender Sehwag and Aakash Chopra, alleg🦂ing England players of ball-tamperiꦦng and questioning the spirit of cricket.
Epic display of sportsmanship from the saꩵnct♈imonious poms yet again
— Pranav Ramakanthan (@duality_pranav)
That looks like 💧ball tampering, England. It sure does…
— Shekhar Gupta (@ShekharGupta)
Yeh kya ho raha hai.
ꦚIs it ball tampering by Eng ya covid preventive measures 😀— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
I♕f THIS isn’t an attempt to alter the condition of the bal🙈l, then what is??
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73)
Ball tampering, eh?
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
Is Ball Tampering🍎 Allowed For England Team? 🤔😐
— RVCJ Media (@RVCJ_FB)
Ball Tampering 👀
— GURI CHAUDHARY (@GuriChaudhary77)
Meanwhile, veteran England pacer Stuart Broad has defended Wood by saying: “My comments are – Woody tried to nut meg Burnsy by tapping the ball through his legs (a very common occurrence) & he missed and kicked the ball there by accident. Instead of screenshotting the pic, watch the video- quite plain & easy to see.”
My comments are- Woody tried🃏 to nut meg Burnsy by tapping the ball through his legs (a very common occurrence) & he missed and kicked the ball there by accident. Instead of screenshotting the pic, watch the video- quite plain & easy to see
— Stuart Broad (@StuartBroad8)
