In a moment of deja vu, Australian wicketkeeper Josh Inglis was showered with boos during the fourth ODI against England at Lord’s after appealing for a catch that was shown to have bounced.
In the 17th over of England’s innings, captain Harry Brook tickled a delivery from Australian quick Mitchell Starc down the leg side, with Inglis diving low to his left to claim the catch.
Umpire Joel Wilson awarded the dismissal before consulting fellow official Martin Saggers, with the duo sending the decision upstairs to check whether the catch was clean.
However, the decision was overturned by third umpire Kumar Dharmasena when replays showed the ball bouncing into Inglis’ gloves, prompting boos and jeers of “Same old Aussies, always cheating” from the London crowd.
The incident comes 14 months after Australian wicketkeeper Alex Carey stumped England’s Jonny Bairstow during the second Ashes Test at the same venue, which prompted ugly scenes in the Lord’s Pavilion’s Long Room.
Thankfully for Carey, he wasn’t donning the gloves on this occasion.
“You can tell what the crowd here at Lord’s make of it,” former England cricketer Ian Ward said on Sky Sports commentary.
Former England bowler Stuart Broad, a central figure during last year’s Ashes Test at Lord’s, continued: “This is clearly not out.
“In fairness, I think with gloves on, it can be very difficult to know whether that has bounced or not.”
Ward replied: “You defending an Australian keeper at Lord’s, are you now?”
Broad laughed: “There does seem to be a bit of drama with England versus Australia at Lord’s, doesn’t there?”
Ward responded: “Let’s hope we don’t have any Long Room shenanigans.”
World Cup champion Eoin Morgan later joked: “Australia thought they were playing one hand, one bounce.”
Inglis, who missed the first three ODI against England with a quad injury, returned to Australia’s starting XI for the Lord’s match, taking the gloves from Carey.
However, having top-scored for the tourists during the previous two ODIs in Leeds and Chester-le-Street, Carey retained his place as a specialist batter.
