Legendary England cricket Jeffrey Biot has slammed Ben Stokes and his team to show poor sportsmanship on the last day of the Manchester Test. The drama burst at the beginning of the last hour of the match on Sunday when Home Skipper Ben Stokes offered to join hands with Indian batsmen, realizing that a lump sum result was not possible.
Jadeja and Washington batted at 89 and 80 respectively, making the England captain disappointed. Stokes later said that he proposed as he did not want to hurt his tired frontline bowlers.Jeffri Bot wrote in his column for The Telegraph, “There is no way that I pulled anyone to 89, because I worked hard all day to save the game for my team.” “Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar were entitled to their hundreds. He left the ball well, played with the entire face of the bat and defended his wickets at all costs. Very good.“I am not sure what this is with modern players. You hear a lot of them. It’s never happened when I was playing. It would take it to the oval and India would think that they would win in Old Trafford.“You learn more than success. And we failed to get India out. Draw exposed the shortcomings in our bowling. If you think about it, when both your best bowlers in the innings are England captain, who is a batsman-batsman, something is not right.” England are moving the five-match Test series 2–1. The final test will be played at the Oval starting on Thursday.
