Men’s Hundred | Twitter reacts as Bairstow holds pose despite Ellis crashing through the gates

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Expectations often hurt and may lead to actions that could be embarrassing. Jonny Bairstow suffered a similar emotion after an intended wild heave caved into a disaster as London Spirits squared off against the Welsh Fire at the Lord’s, London on a doubleheader Thursday in the Men’s Hundred.

The decision to field first during the toss paid dividends for the home side as Welsh Fire lost a couple of wickets inside the powerplay with 32 runs on the board. With Jonny Bairstow at one end, the wickets kept falling from the opposite end before Nathan Ellis produced a stellar delivery leaving the Yorkshire batter awestruck in the tenth set.

Despite scoring a couple of fours, Bairstow struggled with his score reading run-a-ball eleven before Ellis came over the wicket on the 46th ball and dished a fuller ball right on the money. To up the ante, the right-handed batter wanted a big swing across the line but ended up being early on the stroke and getting beaten on the inside edge of the bat. The white rock clattered onto the furniture, dismantling them but Bairstow was seen holding his pose even after hearing the death’s knell.

The wicketkeeper immediately, left the field with a brief smile looking at the bowler and the Twitterverse found it quite provoking.

Still in disbelief

Loosing credibility

Gone

Clean bowled

Same old story

Out of form

One more

Failed

Unplayable

Faced only two balls

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