'Bloody oath': Head exposes Bairstow hypocrisy

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Australia's Travis Head has revealed Jonny Bairstow threatened to perpetrate the aforesaid enactment Alex Carey did against him arsenic uproar continues from the 2nd Test.

Bairstow was stumped successful the 2nd innings by the wicketkeeper aft leaving his crease earlier the implicit was completed.

The determination has caused important part betwixt England and Australia with Bairstow notably irate erstwhile walking disconnected the field, portion his spouse Ben Stokes was besides arguing with the absorption earlier Stuart Broad came to the crease and made his choler wide done a scope of exaggerated acts during his innings.

Head has since indicated the England keeper was prepared to stump him successful akin manner during the archetypal Test astatine Edgbaston.

Travis Head speaks to Jonny Bairstow astatine Lord's. (Getty)

"Jonny wasn't excessively pleased," Head said connected the Willow Talk cricket podcast. "And I benignant of reminded Jonny past week I walked retired of my crease astatine the extremity of an over.

"I rapidly whipped my bat backmost and questioned Jonny connected whether helium would instrumentality the stumps and helium said, 'bloody oath I would', and ran off."

The mediate bid batsman went connected to accidental it's not the archetypal clip he's seen it happen.

"We'd seen (Bairstow) effort to bash it and I've seen it hap a fewer times," Head said, referring to a South Australia vs NSW Sheffield Shield match.

"Remember Tommy Cooper getting done astatine the SCG. 'Nevs' (Peter Nevill) threw the stumps down connected him.

"If you enactment connected the England hat, they're disappointed. But the Australia (side), to the missive of the law, which was explained with Mitchell Starc's drawback the time earlier that it would beryllium out...

"I cognize they've questioned it otherwise if they were successful the aforesaid concern but with each the vigor retired of the air, saying that is simply a small spot antithetic than successful the moment.

"(Stuart Broad's) comments that the full of Australia would aftermath up and Pat wouldn't beryllium skipper … helium seems to hide our fans are beauteous loyal and beauteous blessed with the mode the Australians are going astir things."

England manager Brendon McCullum, who was captious of the stumping, stating "I can't ideate we'll beryllium having a brew with them immoderate clip soon," has since walked backmost connected those comments.

"It's a beauteous enactment for the communicative isn't it? In the extremity we're each going to beryllium down and person a brew aren't we? It was conscionable a small spot of banter astatine the extremity there," helium said connected SENZ Breakfast.

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