Australia wicket-keeper batter Alex Carey is the latest villain for the ever-emotional English cricket fans ever since he has affected a stumping to dismiss counterpart Jonny Bairstow in the second innings of the second Ashes 2023 Test at Lord’s. However, former England captain Eoin Morgan has come up with a rather bizarre way to criticize Carey by accusing him of having an intimate moment with the ball itself on the field of play!
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It all happened during the final session of the first day of the third Test at Headingley on Thursday. Australia captain Pat Cummins bowled a short of length delivery to the in-form English batter Ben Duckett (2) with the ball taking the outside edge of his bat.
Carey went for a diving catch to his left with ball getting stuck in the webbing of his gloves all the way through till he landed on the ground. Post him getting down on the ground, the ball seemed to leave his gloves, but the 31-year-old somehow kissed the ball for some good couple of seconds before having it cleanly grabbed back.
Eoin Morgan Urges Alex Carey To Behave As He Kisses Ball At Headingley
As the slow-motion replay of the dismissal played out while zooming on the Carey catch, Morgan from the commentary box hilariously remarked that Carey smooched the ball and further asked him to refrain from a public display of affection with the beautiful Duke’s ball.
The video clip of the Morgan’s comment is gaining quite some traction on social media platform Twitter, which further adds up to the funny banter and exchange of words the present and former English and Australian cricketers are having with each other in the Ashes.
Alex Carey Fails With The Bat On Day 1
Earlier in the day, Carey (8) failed to add crucial runs with the lower-order and found himself on the receiving end of Mark Wood‘s fiery spell of fast bowling. He became the fourth victim of the tall pacer who went on to pick a fourth Test five-wicket haul.
It is worth of mention that Carey was one of the three Australian batters to have received a reprieve by English fielders, after Joe Root had dropped his catch at first slip to a Chris Woakes delivery during the 55th over.
While Root had dropped a fairly simple catch of centurion Mitchell Marsh (118) when he was batting at the score of 12, he again dropped one in the slip which could have resulted in Travis Head‘s dismissal. Jonny Bairstow, meanwhile, had also dropped a couple of catches from behind the stumps in the first session.
