‘Steady on’ says BBC commentator after pundit’s slip of the tongue live on air during England cricket coverage

A BBC commentator was near stunned aft a pundit's gaffe of the lingua during England's 3rd ODI against Australia.

England won the lucifer by 46 runs acknowledgment to the DLS method arsenic rainfall stopped play during the hosts' innings.

But immoderate of the excitement came from the Test Match Special sum connected the BBC.

Former England bowler Alex Hartley, 31, was connected commentary with Geoff Lemon.

She was discussing the benignant of play and aggression that England tin usage aft hitting the 150 mark.

However, she had an unfortunate gaffe of the lingua erstwhile trying to explain.

She said: "Getting utilized to the momentum of the game.

"You can't conscionable spell clang wang, wang? Ballop."

To which co-commentator Lemon was near stunned.

He jokingly replied: "Steady on, support calm everybody.

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"Never earlier person I been truthful blessed to spot an implicit start.

"I cognize you privation meant."

Hartley played successful 28 ODIs for England during her playing vocation and took 39 wickets.

Australia batted archetypal successful the lucifer astatine the Riverside Ground successful Durham and deed 304 runs successful 50 overs.

Alex Carey was the prime of their batters with 77 not retired disconnected of 65 balls.

England, however, were capable to respond arsenic stand-in skipper Harry Brook smashed 110 not retired disconnected of 94 balls.

His concern with Will Jacks, 84 disconnected 82 balls, saw England adjacent the spread and yet gain the victory.

The triumph takes the bid to 2-1 successful Australia's favour up of the last 2 matches of the 5 crippled series.