{"id":341209,"date":"2023-07-03T13:08:37","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T13:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/07\/03\/uk-pm-rishi-sunak-weighs-in-on-jonny-bairstow-dismissal-row-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-07-03T13:08:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T13:08:37","slug":"uk-pm-rishi-sunak-weighs-in-on-jonny-bairstow-dismissal-row-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/07\/03\/uk-pm-rishi-sunak-weighs-in-on-jonny-bairstow-dismissal-row-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"UK PM Rishi Sunak weighs in on Jonny Bairstow dismissal row &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-101462393,imgsize-51108.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div>LONDON: British Prime Minister <!-- -->Rishi Sunak<!-- --> on Monday aimed a verbal bouncer at Australia&#8217;s cricketers after the Lord&#8217;s <!-- -->Ashes<!-- --> match &#8212; but ruled out turning it into a Bodyline-style diplomatic incident.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/jonny-bairstow\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_topic-Jonny Bairstow-https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/jonny-bairstow\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jonny Bairstow<\/a>&#8216;s controversial dismissal was not in keeping with the spirit of the game, Sunak&#8217;s spokesman told reporters.<br \/>&#8220;The prime minister agrees with (England captain) <!-- -->Ben Stokes<!-- --> who said he simply wouldn&#8217;t want to win a game in the manner that Australia did,&#8221; the spokesman said.<br \/>But Sunak, a keen cricket fan who watched with Prince William from the Lord&#8217;s pavilion on Saturday, also deplored the Long Room abuse directed at the Australians by Marylebone Cricket Club members.<br \/>&#8220;He thinks it was right that the MCC have taken swift action to suspend any members accused of poor behaviour,&#8221; the spokesman said.<\/p>\n<p>Sunak believed that the standing ovation given by MCC members to Australia&#8217;s hobbling spinner Nathan Lyon, as he came out to bat on Saturday, was &#8220;much more in keeping with the spirit of the game&#8221;.<br \/>But Sunak has no intention of lodging an official protest with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, to reprise the serious diplomatic strains created by England&#8217;s &#8220;Bodyline&#8221; tactics in the 1932-33 Ashes Down Under.<\/p>\n<p>While there is a &#8220;friendly rivalry&#8221; over sport between the two leaders, Sunak does not view cricket as a core diplomatic issue, the spokesman remarked.<br \/>&#8220;The game did provide an opportunity to see Ben Stokes at his best and it was an incredible Test match &#8212; he has confidence that England will bounce back at Headingley,&#8221; he added, after Stokes hit a blazing 155. <\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isFBCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? 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