Neser’s ball gave a shocking experience to Stokes

Sports: The second Test of the ongoing 5-match Ashes series between England and Australia was played at Gabba. In this match, Australia defeated England heavily, due to which they took a 2-0 lead in the series.

Ben Stokes’ fighting efforts

On the fourth day of the Gabba Test, England captain Ben Stokes played brilliantly in difficult conditions. He tried to provide stability to his team by scoring 50 runs facing 152 balls. However, during this time a painful moment shocked everyone.

ball hitting incident

The incident occurred in the 68th over of England’s second innings, when Ben Stokes was stuck at one end and was trying to play the balls correctly. Australian fast bowler Michael Neser bowled a fast ball, which Stokes tried to defend, but the ball hit his private part, due to which he groaned in pain.

Video of the incident went viral

A video of this incident has also gone viral on social media. It is clearly visible in the video that after being hit by the ball, Stokes immediately retreats and falls on the field in pain. His teammates and the team’s medical staff immediately arrive to help him. However, after a few minutes he composed himself and continued playing.

Australia’s great victory

Talking about the match, England scored 241 runs in their second innings and gave Australia a target of 65 runs. Australia achieved this target easily in just 10 overs and won by 8 wickets. With this victory, Australia has taken a 2-0 lead in the Ashes series. Australia had scored 511 runs in the first test. England scored 334 runs in the first innings and 241 runs in the second innings, but they could not manage to score big.

England’s playing eleven: Jack Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Will Jacks, Gus Atkinson, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer.

Australia’s playing eleven: Jake Weatherald, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith (c), Cameron Green, Josh Inglis, Alex Carey (wk), Michael Neser, Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland, Brendon Doggett.