India, Jan. 5 -- England captain Ben Stokes went toe-to-toe with Australia's No.3 Marnus Labuschagne as the Ashes battle got really intense and heated in the middle on the second day of the fifth and final Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Monday. The all-rounder didn't take kindly to whatever Labuschagne had to say, and there was a lot of hand-waving between the two, and it all concluded with Stokes putting his arm around the shoulders of the Australian star.

The incident happened on the final ball of the 29th over after Travis Head hit Stokes for a boundary off the delivery that slid down leg. The England captain was visibly displeased with the wayward ball, and he chirped something towards the left-handed batter, only to get back v...