England captain Ben Stokes was left fuming after being informed that his quicks weren’t allowed to bowl due to poor light on day four of the Old Trafford Ashes Test.
After struggling to unearth swing on Saturday afternoon, England requested that the Dukes be changed in the 58th over, and the umpires obliged. However, Stokes was not impressed when Australian batter Marnus Labuschagne took it upon himself to inspect the replacement ball.
“They weren’t happy that I wanted to have a look at the ball,” Labuschagne told reporters in the post-match press conference.
“But I just wanted to have a look at the ball because in this country it’s pretty clear … if you look at the ball once you can pretty much tell straight away what it’s going to do.
“They were obviously not very happy with that. But I said it to Ben out there. ‘Why do you want to look at the ball?’ he asked me,…