WATCH: Ben Stokes angry at ground DJ after untimely halt in play in Barbados
Ben Stokes found an unexpected enemy in ground DJ standing at the Kensington Oval in Barbados after music disturbed his concentration and led to an untimely halt in play.
The England allrounder stopped before going through with his delivery stride and looked towards the DJ in bemusement during the final innings of the second Test match.
In an amusing sight, the DJ then hid behind the band while Ben Stokes unleashed some uncontrolled anger his way.
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Ben Stokes got angry at the ground DJ present in Barbados’ Kensington Oval.
Ben Stokes gets angry at Barbados DJ for a halt in second Test
The incident came to light ahead of the fifth ball of the 40th over in the West Indies’ fourth innings on Day 5 of the Test match. Hoping to get a breakthrough for his team, Ben Stokes was running in to bowl at Jermaine Blackwood.
The pacer had nearly completed his run-up and was about to enter his bowling action when the DJ played some sound in between the on-field action. Usually, the ground DJs go quiet and put the music systems on mute when the batter is about to face a delivery so as to not disturb the concentration of players involved.
But on this occasion, the DJ faltered and that resulted in an angry reaction from Stokes, who looked towards him and forced him to hide himself behind the music system. The scenes triggered laughs among the fans, with even the commentators failing to control themselves.
Stokes’ reaction hilariously led commentator Mark Butcher to say, the DJ at the ground in Barbados is going to be on the player’s list of things to eat at Christmas.
The drawn second Test at the Kensington Oval was a very fruitful one for Ben Stokes, who struck an exceptional 120 off 128 deliveries in the first innings of the encounter and backed that up with bowling figures of 2 for 65 in the first half.
The 30-year-old made his 11th Test hundred in Bridgetown to reassert his status as one of the world’s best Test match all-rounders. Stokes has now made 5,055 runs from 78 Tests at an average of 36.36 while also taking 172 wickets with his very handy fast-bowling.