Jofra Archer found himself in a warm argument with the umpire in the position of the ball at the beginning of 3 on the third Test between England and India at Lord’s. After the first delivery of the 45th over of India’s innings, Jofra Archer approached the umpire to change the ball.
The incident occurred when Rishabh Pant made a complete delivery from Jofra Archer to mid-wicket and ran a quick single. Just after the delivery, Archer, who was clearly unhappy about how the ball was behaving, went to the umpire and requested a change in one ball.
After refusing the umpire, Joffra Archer quit disappointment
England Speedster has reported that the shape of the ball had changed. The umpire brought out the ring gauge for standard testing. The ball passed through the ring gauge, and the match official turned down Jofra’s request despite his visible disappointment, while showing how the ball was coming out smoothly coming out of it, which means it was still within a legal size limit.
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Jofra tried to convince the umpire, as the fast bowler was showing how the ball lost its size. But he dismissed the request, Jofra continued as playing on 3 of the ongoing third Test at the prestigious Lord’s Cricket Ground in London.
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This was not the first time the ball-shaped issues were raised in the ongoing test series. Even several balls were used on the day of the ongoing God.
After the complaint of Jofra Archer, the first ball change in Lord’s 3 in Lord’s
Meanwhile, Jofra Archer converted the ball into just 11 overs after raising a complaint about his situation. The umpires checked the ball and agreed to replace it with a new one from the box and after the break of the drink, England handed over to the seamor Chris Woakes.
As usual, Joe Root took charge of shining the new ball, he did his work before tossing England captain Ben Stokes. With a new ball in hand, Stokes turned his hand.
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On the other hand, Rishabh Pant hurt the Indian camp on day 3, when the vice-captain suddenly took off his glove and called the physio. He felt pain in the same leftist index finger injury, which had already forced him to stay away from wicketkeeping in 1 and 2 days.
Physio came out for a quick investigation, and tension was visible between Indian players and fans. The team management stopped their breath, gave the left -handed batsman up to the thumb and the team came back to move forward after a quick assessment by Physio.
While the pants have tipped their fifty, KL Rahul is only a few runs away from its century, but India is still scoring 165 runs. England scored 387 runs in their first innings in the ongoing Lord’s Test. Rahul and Pant are trying their best to continue that moment after India was lost cheaply for 16.
