{"id":14791,"date":"2025-07-23T01:28:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T01:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/14791\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T01:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T01:28:07","slug":"shubman-gill-says-englands-test-time-wasting-at-lords-against-the-spirit-of-the-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/14791\/","title":{"rendered":"Shubman Gill says England’s Test time wasting at Lord’s against ‘the spirit of the game’"},"content":{"rendered":"

England Test captain Ben Stokes says his players will not take any steps back after tensions flared between his side and India in last week’s third Test at Lord’s.<\/p>\n

Things came to a head after India captain Shubman Gill was angered by England openers Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley slowing down play late on day three.<\/p>\n

The pair were late to the crease and then Crawley called for trainers after being hit on the finger, ensuring India only got in one over before stumps.<\/p>\n

Gill sarcastically clapped England batters’ over delays during play and the team surrounded the openers as frustration grew, as England set India 193 runs to win, setting up a 22-run win to take a 2-1 lead in the series<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Gill defended his heated exchange with Duckett and Crawley<\/a>, saying England’s 90-second delay in taking to the crease was not “in the spirit of the game”.<\/p>\n

“A lot of people have been talking about it, so let me just clear the air for once and for all,” Gill said on the eve of the fourth match.<\/p>\n

“The English batsmen on [day three] had 7 minutes of play left. They were 90 seconds late to come to the crease \u2014 not 10, not 20, 90 seconds late.<\/p>\n

“Yes, most of the teams do this \u2026 but there’s a manner to do it.<\/p>\n

“If you get hit on your body, the physios are allowed to come on, and that is fair. But to be able to come 90 seconds late [to] the crease is not something that I would think comes in the spirit of the game.”<\/p>\n

Fast bowler Mohammed Siraj roared in the face of England opener Ben Duckett after taking his wicket, the pair bumping shoulders as Duckett trudged off.<\/p>\n

Gill said those moments were on the back of a build-up of “a lot of things that we thought should not have happened”, but admitted he was not proud of his actions in getting in the face of England batters.<\/p>\n

“We had no intention of doing that whatsoever. But it just \u2026 you’re playing a game, you’re playing to win, and there are a lot of emotions involved,” he said.<\/p>\n

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“And when you see there are things happening that should not happen, sometimes the emotions come out of nowhere.”<\/p>\n

That sentiment was echoed by Stokes.<\/p>\n

“I don’t think either team is really looking to do that,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I think there’s just always going to be a moment in a Test series where something does heat up.<\/p>\n

“It’s a massive series, there’s a lot of pressure on both teams to go out and perform, so there’s going to be some moments and some heat showing.”<\/p>\n

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