'Let us do umpiring, you do batting' - Stuart Broad asked to 'shut up' by umpire during Birmingham Test

Broad was complaining about the short deliveries bowled by visiting bowlers.

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Stuart Broad. (Photo by Mark Brake – CA/Cricket Australia via Getty Images)

England fast bowler Stuart Broad was silenced by umpire Richard Kettleborough during England’s first innings at Edgbaston in a fifth rescheduled Test match against India. Broad was batting and seemed troubled with Indian pacer Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj’s constant short deliveries. He complained about it a few times before he was told to shut up and bat by Kettleborough on day three. Broad had an unforgettable moment on day two, where he bowled the most expensive Test over of 35 runs.

The veteran pacer came in after the fall of centurion Jonny Bairstow’s wicket. Shami scattered him on the first ball with a short delivery. The next one was much shorter and went for four-bye. Broad managed to score a single on the third delivery but was again troubled by short deliveries in the next over. He was able to smash Siraj’s first short ball to mid-on but was caught out on the next delivery, again a short ball. He lasted on the pitch for just five balls, four of which were short ones.

“Let us do the umpiring – you do the batting, alright? Otherwise, you’re going to get into trouble again. One for the over. Broady! Broady! Get on with the batting and shut up,” Richard Kettleborough said.

England need just 119 runs on day five to win the match

The hosts started this match as a favorite after their impressive 3-0 series win against New Zealand at home. But the Indian side, under new captain Jasprit Bumrah, dominated this fifth Test match from day one. The visitors scored 416 runs while batting first after brilliant centuries from Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja, followed by Bumrah’s 31-run heroics. In reply, England stumbled to just 284 runs despite a hundred from in-form batter Bairstow.

With a 132-run lead from the first innings, the Indian batting line-up collapsed to just 245 runs on day four and put a 378-run target for the English side. Ben Stokes’ side started well by forming a 107-run partnership for the first wicket but soon found themselves at 109/3. But former captain Joe Root and Bairstow rooted to the crease by smashing unbeaten fifties with just 119 runs needed to win on day five. England have successfully chased 250-plus target in their last three matches against New Zealand. And interestingly, Root and Bairstow remained unbeaten in the last match as well.

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