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WATCH: England captain roasted for bizarre six-wicket haul
SEN • November 14th, 2025 12:23 pm
The visitors’ official warm-up for the first Ashes Test began on Thursday with England meeting the England Lions at Perth’s Lilac Hill.
On Day 1 of the three-day tune-up match, the Lions batted first, scoring 382 with all-rounder Will Jacks putting his hand up for selection with 84.
The destroyer with the ball was captain Ben Stokes, who claimed an impressive 6/52… although taking a closer look at his wickets, the all-rounder clearly wasn’t thrilled with his own display.
With the highlights posted after Day 1, fans on social media couldn’t believe their eyes after viewing all of Stokes’ six wickets, with SEN Cricket’s Stuart Broad even commenting on an England cricket Instagram post of the haul, stating: ‘That’s the weirdest 5fer I’ve ever seen’.
Every single one of Stokes’ six wickets were genuine half-trackers which were shelled to the leg side.
Even Stokes himself had his head in his hands after four of the dismissals, with not one of them a piece of what’s typically considered good bowling.
Perhaps the lengths Stokes was bowling weren’t conducive to the grade cricket pitch, with those lengths instead being more likely to cause some damage on the Perth Stadium bouncy deck… or at least that’s what England fans will hope.
Check out Stokes’ bizarre wicket haul below
The other key piece of news on Day 1 was that speedster Mark Wood pulled up after his eight overs with hamstring tightness.
While it’s not great news for the injury-prone fast bowler, he’s expected to return to bowling on Saturday if precautionary scans come back clean.
