A heated alternate between England allrounder Ben Stokes and West Indies batter Jermaine Blackwood got here to gentle on Day 3 of the second Take a look at in Barbados this Friday (March 18). Stokes and Blackwood indulged just a few verbal volleys earlier than issues escalated to some extent the place they practically collided into one another.
It required the cool and calming heads of the standing umpires Joel Wilson and Nigel Duguid to make sure the alternate didn’t take ugly proportions the place the 2 cricketers might have made contact whereas herling one another with a mouthful of abuse and inappropriate phrases.
By the appears to be like of it, it was Ben Stokes who began the jeering as he was seen yelling “No!! No!!!” when Blackwood was solely telling his batting accomplice Kraigg Brathwaite to not go the run. Stokes was clearly hoping to get beneath the pores and skin of the batter and induce a false stroke to attempt to separate a partnership that had by then lasted 183 runs.
Ben Stokes and Jermaine Blackwood gave one another a mouthful.
Ben Stokes jeers Jermaine Blackwood earlier than batter responds in a heated alternate
The incident was on present after the third ball of the 103rd over within the West Indies first-innings the place the hosts have been main a formidable response to England’s daunting 507/9 declared. With Blackwood effectively set on the crease together with Brathwaite, England gave the ball to Ben Stokes to see if the right-arm seamer might make one thing occur on a largely benign Kensington Oval deck.
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On the fourth ball of his over, Stokes pitched one brief that Blackwood duly performed out from the backfoot. As a standard means to speak the no run, Blackwood stated “No, no, no..” in direction of his batting accomplice. However in between, Stokes began yelling the identical and is known to have added one thing objectionable to his sentence. That is when Blackwood responded in equal measure and that led to a heated alternate after the subsequent ball.
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With each the cricketers eager to complete off the argument of their favour, it wanted the 2 umpires to separate them as England skipper Joe Root additionally tried to calm issues down and urged Stokes to refocus on his bowling duties.
The 2 umpires got here round and received Stokes and Root concerned in a dialogue, clearly telling them to get on with the sport and never do something untoward when the batter had made no try to go after the bowler within the first place. It is just when Stokes began jeering him did Blackwood responded. Fortunately, the matter was settled quickly and cricket resumed.
