LIVE: Bairstow breaks silence on fiery Ashes moment

Former South Australia and Victoria wicket-keeper Darren Berry has offered a stinging appraisal connected Pat Cummins' captaincy show connected time 3 of the 4th Ashes Test, believing the gait bowler "will resign" astatine the decision of the series. 

"This is unwatchable. Goodnight to each lovers of the crippled of our large crippled of cricket. This is perfectly insane to anyone watching this sh.. with fractional a hint astir the game," Berry wrote connected societal media.

"Pat Cummins is simply a magnificent cricketer nary uncertainty but retrieve this msg. He volition resign from the captaincy aft the Ashes series."

Legendary erstwhile Australian bowler Glenn McGrath has fixed his verdict connected the side's bowling show successful the 4th Ashes Test arsenic its batters effort to prevention the game.

Captain Pat Cummins has travel nether terrible disapproval for his tactics passim England's archetypal innings and McGrath believes the skipper looked "tired and jaded". 

"Australia tried a fewer things. I don't deliberation they truly knew what to do. They were benignant of chasing their process a bit, and I'm not definite they executed their plans that well," helium told the BBC.

"Pat Cummins conscionable looks a small spot bushed and jaded to me, and that was ever a hazard of having a accelerated bowler arsenic captain.

"It's 1 of those things; it's astir momentum, it's astir energy. England's got the momentum now, and it's ever hard to bargain it backmost disconnected the squad that has it, particularly erstwhile they're playing well."

Rain, rain, and much rainfall successful Manchester.

Aussies are hoping it wipes retired the full day.

Australia volition commune for rainfall during the remaining 2 days of the 4th Ashes Test arsenic England adjacent a 2nd triumph for the series.

Fast bowler Josh Hazlewood spoke aft time 3 astir however beneficial it'd beryllium for the side.

"It's evidently forecast, but forecasts tin alteration each the time," helium said.

"Obviously, rainfall and airy plays a large portion successful cricket and has done forever. So yeah, it'd beryllium large to suffer a fewer overs present and determination and marque our occupation a small easier if I'm hanging successful there."

Ahead of time 4 astatine Old Trafford, conditions are looking bully for Australia with rainfall pouring successful Manchester. 

After being near stranded connected 99 not retired successful England's archetypal innings astatine Old Trafford, Jonny Bairstow has yet spoken astir his stumping astatine Lord's successful the 2nd Test.

The England weapon was punished by Alex Carey for a lapse successful concentration, which near England players and fans furious.

When asked astir the dismissal successful the property league aft time three, Bairstow wasn't consenting to speak.

"I've got nary remark connected it," helium said twice.

Despite the reluctance, Bairstow had already addressed the contented connected Sky Sports aft the day's play.

"It wasn't the mode that I wanted to beryllium retired down astatine Lord's," Bairstow said of Australian wicketkeeper Alex Carey throwing down the stumps.

"It's portion and parcel with the game. We've seen it. In different occasions, I've adjacent heard astir it present successful nine cricket. That's not needfully what you privation to beryllium proceeding arsenic the example. When you look astatine young kids coming up, you privation to beryllium playing the crippled however I've ever played it. You play it tough, you play it just and connected a antithetic day, it doesn't happen."

Follow on present for Wide World of Sports' unrecorded sum of time 4 of the 4th Ashes Test betwixt England and Australia astatine Old Trafford.

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