‘No place for shoulder barge’: Ex-England captain takes dig at Virat Kohli after ‘passionate depth’ at Lord’s | Cricket News

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Former England cricketer Michael Atherton has addressed current on-field cricket incidents, commenting on the shoulder barge between Mohammed Siraj and Ben Duckett throughout the third Test at Lord’s, whereas additionally referencing related incidents involving Virat Kohli and Sam Konstas. Atherton’s remarks got here after Siraj was penalised 15% of his match payment and obtained one demerit level for his aggressive behaviour on July 13.The incident occurred when Siraj dismissed England opener Duckett for 12 runs in England’s second innings, leading to a fiery send-off and bodily contact between the gamers.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Addressing the scenario in his column for The Times, Atherton expressed his views on participant conduct and emotional shows throughout Test matches.“Forgive me for degrading the report of a great match with this nonsense, but wouldn’t spectators rather see players caring too much, rather than too little, about playing Tests,” Atherton wrote in his column.

Atherton particularly highlighted the necessity to preserve applicable bodily boundaries on the cricket discipline whereas acknowledging the position of aggressive spirit.“No one, of course, wants to see physical altercations on the field of play, or sustained nasty verbal abuse. There should be no place, for example, for the shoulder barge that Virat Kohli initiated in the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne last Christmas, when he diverted from his path to deliberately walk into Sam Konstas,” Atherton acknowledged.The incident involving Kohli took place throughout Day 1 of the Boxing Day Test in December, with former Australia captain Ricky Ponting attributing accountability to Kohli.Atherton additionally mentioned one other on-field incident involving Ravindra Jadeja and Brydon Carse.

“In a match where there was plenty of spice and niggle, tempers flared as Carse and Jadeja collided mid-pitch, although the impact was entirely accidental, after Jadeja had deflected the ball towards third man, with both players ball-watching rather than minding each other’s path,” he defined.The Lord’s Test match additionally drew parallels to a historic cricket second from six years in the past, as famous by Atherton in his evaluation.“Six years ago to the day, Lord’s had witnessed the most remarkable finish to any cricket match, when the World Cup final was decided on a boundary countback after a Super Over. Now the game delivered an extraordinary finish again, with two of the protagonists from that day, Stokes and Jofra Archer, taking centre stage,” Atherton remarked.