[Watch] Ben Stokes survives as bail refuses to fall after ball flicks off-stump

The final session of the third day of the ongoing fourth Ashes Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday witnessed a bizarre incident.

On the first ball of the 31st over, England all-rounder Ben Stokes shouldered arms to a delivery from Cameron Green which jagged back viciously off the seam.

Green and his Australia teammates immediately appealed for LBW and umpire Paul Reifel didn't waste any time in raising his finger. Stokes had a smile on his face as he signaled for a review.

Watch the video here:

While replays showed it wasn't an LBW, the ball had gone on to hit the side of the off-stump, but the bails inexplicably didn't fall off the groove.

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