The incident occurred following Jonny Bairstow’s contentious dismissal on the ultimate day of the second Ashes Test.
During the 52nd over, Cameron Green delivered a gradual bouncer, forcing Bairstow to duck.Mistakenly believing the ball was now not in play, Bairstow ventured out of the crease. However, Alex Carey swiftly broke the stumps, and upon assessment, third umpire Marais Erasmus dominated Bairstow stumped out. Chasing a stiff 371 to win the match, England had been at 193 for five with Bairstow at 10 at the moment.
Soon the Lord’s crowd booed Australia with chants of “same old Aussies, always cheating”.
During the lunch break, when the gamers walked via the Long Room, Australian opener Usman Khawaja was seen stopping and confronting a MCC member. He was pulled again by safety guards. Warner might additionally been seen making a remark to a number of the members. The booing continued because the Australian gamers climbed the steps.
“The Long Room is unique in world cricket and the great privilege of players passing through the Pavilion is very special. After this morning’s play, emotions were running high, and words were unfortunately exchanged with some of the Australian team, by a small number of members,” the MCC mentioned in a press release.
“We have unreservedly apologised to the Australian Team and will deal with any Member who has not maintained the standard we expect through our disciplinary processes. It was not necessary to eject anyone from the ground and I am pleased to say that there was no repeat of this as the players resumed the field for this afternoon’s session.”
Australian crew administration had additionally requested the MCC to analyze the incidents involving spectators within the members’ space.
“Australian management has requested the Marylebone Cricket Club investigate several incidents involving spectators in the members area during lunch on day five of the Lord’s Test,” Cricket Australia said in a statement.
“It is alleged gamers and workers from the Australian crew had been verbally abused, with some being bodily contacted, as they made their technique to lunch via the members space.”
(With inputs from PTI)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com