England vs Australia, Lord's ground and Australian wicketkeeper controversy. Now a new angle has been added to the world's oldest cricket rivalry. For the last 140 years, the stories of competition and tension between the two teams in the Ashes series are famous in the world of cricket. Many times there have been heated exchanges, controversies and allegations of dishonesty. This has been happening in the Test series but there is no dearth of rivalry between the two in the ODI format also. Now a new aspect has been added in the form of controversy over the actions of Australian wicketkeepers at Lord's. After the Alex Carey-Jonny Bairstow controversy in the first Lord's Test last year, now there has been an uproar over the appeal of Australian keeper Josh Inglis's catch in an ODI match.

These days, an ODI series is being played between England and Australia, in which Australia is leading 2-1 after three matches. The fourth match of the series was played on Friday 27 September at Lord's, London. In this match, Australia bowled first and did not give England a chance to bat openly in the beginning. Australian bowlers also lost the wickets of Phil Salt and Will Jacques on small scores. At such a time, Harry Brook, who became the captain of England for this series, came to the crease. Brook gave a fast start but then came the moment on which there was controversy.

Controversy over Josh Inglis's catch

Brook flicked the fourth ball of fast bowler Mitchell Starc, who came in the 17th over, towards the leg side but he was not successful in it. The ball lightly touched the bat and went behind the wicket but keeper Josh Inglis dived towards it and caught the ball. Australian players including Starr and English started appealing for catches. The umpire sought help from the TV umpire in this matter and everything became clear here. TV replays clearly showed that the ball had hit the ground just a few centimeters before entering the gloves. That means it was not a clear catch and Brook was given not out.

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Australia accused of cheating, remember Lord's Test

What happened next, England fans started hooting and sloganeering against Australia throughout Lord's. Australia also started being accused of dishonesty on social media. This was reminiscent of last year's Lord's Test, when England's Jonny Bairstow, who was batting, left the crease immediately after playing a ball and started walking out and was run out by keeper Alex Carey. There was a huge uproar over this and Pat Cummins's Australian team was accused of dishonesty as well as insulting the spirit of the game. Alex Carey was heavily criticized by the English fans in the remaining matches of that Ashes series. By the way, coincidentally this time too Carey was on the field but he was not keeping.