The veteran England fast bowler Stuart Broad is quite an outspoken cricketer and he doesn’t shy away from putting his points across to the umpires either, whenever he thinks a certain decision should go his way, but umpire Richard Kettleborough didn’t quite like it during the recent Edgbaston test.
It was on the third day of the game that Stuart Broad came out to bat in the first innings for England and as soon as he came out, the Indian fast bowlers had a go at him with bouncers. One of the short deliveries was above the shoulder height of Broad and Broad wanted it to be called one short ball for the over.
Umpire Richard Kettleborough was going to call it one for the over anyway, but he didn’t like the fact that Broad went to him and told him what to do. Kettleborough was quite miffed and he straightaway told Broad “Let us do the umpiring, you do your batting, alright? Otherwise, you are going to get yourself in trouble again.”
Umpire Kettleborough was not happy with Stuart Broad at all
Broad didn’t hold back either and he had something to say to Kettleborough again, which really angered the umpire and he told Broad, “Broady, Broady, just get on with the batting and shut up”.
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When Kettleborough warned Broad for the second time and warned him in an angered tone, Broad didn’t respond. Soon after that, Broad was bounced out by Mohammed Siraj, as he tried to back away and smash a short delivery, but ended up top-edging it straight up in the air which was held safely by Rishabh Pant.
Stuart Broad has had a fair few confrontations with the umpires and the opposition players in the past as well and he has been awarded demerit points for that too. Perhaps, that’s what umpire Kettleborough was reminding him about when he said, “You are going to get yourself in trouble again”.
