[caption id="attachment_881616" align="alignnone" width="628"]<img class="size-full wp-image-881616" src="https://www.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Steve-Smith-Jofra-Archer_AFP.jpg" alt="" width="628" height="355" /> Steve Smith was hit by a Jofra Archer on bouncer on Day four of the Ashes Test at Lord's. @AFP[/caption] <p></p> <p></p><a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/tag/shoaib-akhtar">Shoaib Akhtar</a> was not too pleased seeing <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/players/jofra-archer/news/">Jofra Archer</a> walking away without checking on <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/players/steven-smith/news/">Steve Smith</a> after his <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/news/ashes-2019-lords-test-day-4-steve-smith-suffers-sickening-blow-to-head-from-jofra-archer-bouncer-880961">bouncer fell the Australian on the ground</a> on the penultimate day of the second Ashes Test on Saturday. <p></p> <p></p>The ex-Pakistani speedster took to Twitter to criticise the England pacer, saying, "Bouncers are a part &amp; parcel of the game but whenever a bowler hits a batsman on the head and he falls, courtesy requires that the bowler must go &amp; check on him." <p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p></p><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Bouncers are a part &amp; parcel of the game but whenever a bowler hits a batsman on the head and he falls, courtesy requires that the bowler must go &amp; check on him. It was not nice of Archer to just walk away while Smith was in pain. I was always the first one to run to the batsman.</p> <p></p> Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) <a href="https://twitter.com/shoaib100mph/status/1162994508302209024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 18, 2019</a></blockquote> <p></p>On Monday, former India allrounder Yuvraj Singh took a cheeky dig at Akhtar. In a reply to Akhtar, Yuvraj wrote: "Yes you did! But your actual words were hope your alright mate cause there are a few more coming." <p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p></p><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Yes you did ! But your actual words were hope your alright mate cause there are a few more coming ?????</p> <p></p> yuvraj singh (@YUVSTRONG12) <a href="https://twitter.com/YUVSTRONG12/status/1163337621323550725?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 19, 2019</a></blockquote> <p></p><a href="https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cricketcountry.com%2Fseries%2Fthe-ashes-2019-200941%2Fschedule%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7CFeroz.Khan%40zee.esselgroup.com%7C4defdfdb3fc247a31f4d08d71633bb1f%7C56bd48cdf31249e8b6c77b5b926c03d6%7C1%7C0%7C637002283756628565&amp;sdata=IVr2Rh0eHQrtysDNprpF6FUxiD9ahy4JWD0w%2F5t4Nrs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow"><strong>ASHES 2019 FULL SCHEDULE</strong></a><strong> | </strong><a href="https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cricketcountry.com%2Fseries%2Fthe-ashes-2019-200941%2Fnews%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7CFeroz.Khan%40zee.esselgroup.com%7C4defdfdb3fc247a31f4d08d71633bb1f%7C56bd48cdf31249e8b6c77b5b926c03d6%7C1%7C0%7C637002283756638557&amp;sdata=OmUifxltyu0EixKh%2FKHlD8G8JgPsbRig1vSjO7IXpN8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow"><strong>ASHES 2019 LATEST NEWS</strong></a> <p></p> <p></p>Smith, who was then batting on 80, was hit on the neck by a searing Archer bouncer. The well-set batsman took off his helmet was laying on the ground looking in considerable pain. <p></p> <p></p>Few England fielders and non-striker Pat Cummins rushed forward to attend him before Australia doctor convinced Smith to go off the field as a precautionary measure. Smith returned to bat later on and was eventually dismissed on 92. <p></p> <p></p><a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/news/ashes-2019-steve-smith-out-of-remainder-of-lords-test-with-concussion-in-doubt-for-leeds-test-881257">Smith was ruled out of the remainder of the Lord's Test</a> and remains doubtful for the third Test at Leeds.
