I agree. I think the issue is that Stokes seems a very decent guy. And if he HAD done so, knowing it wasn't a fair catch, my respect for him would have taken a bit of a knock.
Yes, we've definitely played the better cricket (despite the Aussies having an excellent bowling line-up, and the two best batsmen in the world). Would be incredibly unfair if we lost the series 3-1. We could so easily have won it by the same margin. [Sorry - nothing original there!]