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    "editor1": "<p><strong>London, September&nbsp;7<\/strong> - England cricketer Ben Stokes has said that he was just trying to protect himself and had no intention of sticking his hand out to the Mitchell Starc throw.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>In the second One-Day International (ODI) against Australia at Lord&#39;s here on Saturday, Stokes stuck his hand out as a reaction to avoid getting hit but was given out obstructing the field in the 26th over. England lost the game by 64 runs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"videoWrapper\"><iframe div=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" rel=\"0&amp;controls=0&amp;showinfo=0&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/257w2nGnKxQ\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;A guy was standing there five feet away from me and it was just a complete reaction. I didn&#39;t put my hand there wilfully, it was purely out of human reaction to protect myself. But the decision was made, there&#39;s nothing I can do but it wasn&#39;t wilful whatsoever,&quot; Stokes was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo on Sunday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The decision created an uproar and Australia was time and again booed by the English crowd. Stoke said the hostile reactions were unnecessary.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;The crowd maybe got a bit out of control, there was a lot of booing going on with the incident. It&#39;s one of those decisions where you can&#39;t look back and have any regrets because it&#39;s been made, you can&#39;t change what&#39;s happened it&#39;s just a shame it came to the uproar it has,&quot; Stokes said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;It probably took away from the fact that we haven&#39;t actually played very good cricket in the first couple of games which is the biggest thing for us so we just have to put it behind us.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>England face Australia in the third ODI in Manchester on Tuesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\">(IANS)&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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