'The bails have to come off' - Smith reflects on Bairstow's missed run out - video Dailymotion

Bairstow's missed run out of Steve Smith was the big talking point of the second day of the Fifth Test

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00:00 Yeah, I saw the initial replay and I saw the bail come up and then when I looked at it the second time it looked like

00:06 Johnny might have knocked the bail before the ball had come.

00:09 And then the ball came and he took the stumps and it looked pretty close at that stage.

00:17 If the ball had hit at that first, the initial stage where the bail came up, then I think I was well out of my ground.

00:24 But on the next angle it looked pretty close and the umpire gave me a nod out.

00:32 Do you know what the rules are?

00:34 I mean, don't the bails have to come up off the stumps, out of the grooves or something?

00:40 As far as I know. But yeah, he's got to go off the umpire and what he says.

00:45 And yeah, fortunately for me, I suppose he said 'nod out'.