England star all-rounder Ben Stokes had a lucky escape when a Cameroon Green ball hit his stumps but he survived as the bails did not come off. This prompted Shane Warne and Sachin Tendulkar to discuss introduction of a possible new law.
The whole drama took place in the 31st over the fourth Ashes Test in Sydney when ball from Green that nipped back in sharply to hit the stumps, but did not dislodge the bails. There was an immediate appeal for a LBW. Umpire gave it out, but Stokes opted for a review which showed that the ball was nowhere near the pads and instead hit the side of the stumps. The decision was overturned and Stokes survived.
Moments after the incident, Sachin took to Twitter to share the video of it and wrote, "Should a law be introduced called ‘hitting the stumps' after the ball has hit them but not dislodged the bails? What do you think guys? Let's be fair to bowlers," tweeted Tendulkar tagging Warne.
Tendulkar even called for Warne's opinion on the same.
"Interesting point & one to debate my friend. I will take this to the world cricket committee for discussion & come back to you. Never seen anything like that today - Greene's delivery was 142kph and hit the stump hard," Warne replied.
Stokes was later dismissed for 66 by Nathan Lyon. Later on, Jonny Bairstow and Mark Wood added an important 72-run partnership to resurrect the English innings. Wood scored 39 off 41 while Bairstow remained unbeaten on 103, alongside Jack Leach.
Chasing Australia’s 416/8 in the first innings, the three lions are 258/7 at the end off Day three. Bairstow and England would want to get as close as possible to Australia's score to give themselves a chance to avoid yet another defeat on this tour.
