{"id":357026,"date":"2026-01-07T12:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T12:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/357026\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T12:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T12:49:10","slug":"tnt-sports-blasted-over-very-amateur-mistake-during-fifth-ashes-test-between-england-and-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/357026\/","title":{"rendered":"TNT Sports blasted over ‘very amateur’ mistake during fifth Ashes Test between England and Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"

TNT Sports suffered a humiliating on-air gaffe during the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney when their commentary team confused a replay with live action.<\/p>\n

The blunder occurred after Jamie Smith was dismissed by a run-out from Marnus Labuschagne, with England losing their sixth wicket during the afternoon session and captain Ben Stokes arriving at the crease.<\/p>\n

When the broadcaster subsequently showed highlights of Smith’s dismissal, the commentators in the studio mistakenly believed they were watching live footage.<\/p>\n

This led to the erroneous claim that Stokes had also fallen victim to a run-out, despite the England skipper having faced only three balls at that point.<\/p>\n

Rob Hatch’s reaction to the supposed dismissal was dramatic, as he declared: “It’s happening again it’s happening again! Stokes goes, two run outs in two overs, England are imploding!”<\/p>\n

A colleague swiftly noted that “thankfully someone’s looking out the window of the box, and it’s Alastair Cook!”<\/p>\n

An uncomfortable pause followed before the former England captain stepped in to set the record straight.<\/p>\n

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TNT Sports suffered a humiliating on-air gaffe during the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney when their commentary team confused a replay with live action<\/p>\n

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Cook addressed viewers by saying: “Good news for people who are waking up (England) are six wickets down.<\/p>\n

“Rob was giving them seven, but we’ll forgive you, we’re not used to four days.<\/p>\n

“If you were dozing you’ve woken up now, Rob. Stokes is still there it’s fine!”<\/p>\n

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The mistake quickly became a target for ridicule on social media, with viewers dubbing it a “ghost” run-out.<\/p>\n

One fan posted on X: “I have not watched a lot live of the Ashes coverage but seen criticism of TNT.<\/p>\n

“Just watched the commentary team believe that a replay of an earlier run out was live and someone else had been run out. Very amateur!”<\/p>\n

Another viewer was particularly scathing about the London-based production, writing: “Commentators thinking Stokes was run out because they can’t tell if they’re seeing a replay or live gameplay from THE STUDIO IN LONDON is, put simply, shambolic.”<\/p>\n

A third fan joked about TNT “almost giving a heart attack” with the replay confusion.<\/p>\n

In a cruel twist of irony, Stokes was genuinely dismissed moments after the commentary mix-up.<\/p>\n

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The England captain, who was carrying an injury, managed to score just a single run before being caught by Australia’s Steve Smith.<\/p>\n

His departure left the tourists in a precarious position at 267 for seven as the fourth day’s play neared its end.<\/p>\n

The TNT commentary team reflected on the brief innings, noting: “It was a case of how long he could last. He was still there and he’s gone now.”<\/p>\n

The remark carried an unintentional echo of their earlier embarrassing error.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TNT Sports suffered a humiliating on-air gaffe during the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney when their commentary team…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357027,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,50,2331,217,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-357026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-news","tag-sgg","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}