The third umpire looked at the replays and adjudicated that Bairstow was out, raising the English hackles. One key aspect of the protestations of the English pundits and former players is that Bairstow was the last recognised batsman, with only skipper Ben Stokes for company.

This, funnily, in an ideal world should only mean that it was so much more important that Bairstow took all possible care not to give away his wicket.

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Also ironically, soon after the social media storm, video clips emerged of Bairstow himself trying to stump Marnus Labuschagne in the earlier innings when the Aussie was batting.

Be that as it may, naysayers need to remember one thing clearly—cricket is played as per the laws of the game. Anything else in the name of some archaic idea of ‘spirit of the game’—which Australian Steve Smith said ceased to exist a long, long time ago”—is just whingeing by another name.