India, July 28 -- Australian media showed no mercy to England and captain Ben Stokes after their frustration turned into farce when India's Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar stalled the offer to shake hands and end the match as they neared their centuries. England's "moral hypocrisy" was called out, with Stokes branded a "tantrum-thrower" as Aussie media slammed the Poms for whinging about the 'Spirit of Cricket'.

With a draw inevitable in Manchester and less than half an hour left on the clock, Stokes walked up to Jadeja and Sundar to offer a handshake and end the match. But the two Indian batters, whose defiance had already denied England a likely win, declined the gesture. Jadeja was in the 90s, Sundar in the 80s, and both were ke...