Usman Khawaja tells safety to take away MCC heckler from Lord’s Lengthy Room

Usman Khawaja was seen figuring out MCC members he needed ejected from Lord’s and was filmed pointing at one spectator and telling safety: ‘Ensure you get him kicked out’.

Australia’s opening batsman was seen remonstrating with England followers within the Lengthy Room after the stumping of Jonny Bairstow yesterday. 

It got here as Rishi Sunak got here out swinging towards the Dishevelled Greens immediately.  Requested in regards to the incident, the Prime Minister’s official spokesman stated: ‘The PM agrees with Ben Stokes – he stated he merely would not need to win a recreation within the method Australia did’. 

Incandescent members of the MCC had barracked the Australian cricket group as they returned to their dressing room within the second Ashes check that noticed the Aussies take a 2-0 lead in one of the best of 5 collection. MCC members packed the Lengthy Room, and stairways near the Australian dressing room, to boo them and name them cheats.

Khawaja appeared livid with one thing one man had informed him, figuring out him to a safety guard and shouting: ‘Ensure you have him kicked out particularly’. He then pointed at one other man and stated: ‘Him too’.

He spoke after the match however didn’t reveal what was stated to him, describing it as ‘fairly disrespectful’ and ‘actually disappointing’. Defending his personal anger within the Lengthy Room he stated he ‘wasn’t simply going to face by and cop’ abuse. ‘Lord’s is one in every of my favorite locations to return. There’s at all times respect proven at Lord’s, significantly within the Members Pavilion within the Lengthy Room, however there wasn’t immediately. It was very disappointing’, he stated.

The style of Bairstow’s dismissal has rocked the game – and sparked indignant scenes at Lord’s yesterday – after the stumping of England’s wicket keeper was branded towards the ‘spirit of the sport’. Three members of the MCC, whose privileged quantity embody a number of the richest and strongest folks in Britain with Stephen Fry as president, have been suspended after a number of Australian gamers had been ‘verbally abused’ or ‘bodily contacted’.

Usman Khawaja pointed at one man and stated he needed him ejected amid claims there was verbal abuse and a few bodily contact with the Australian gamers

Alex Carey of Australia stumps Jonny Bairstow of England in a dismissal thought of not within the spirit of the sport

‘If anybody requested me the place one of the best place is to play I at all times say Lord’s. The gang is nice, significantly the members are nice, and a number of the stuff that was popping out of the members’ mouths is admittedly disappointing and I wasn’t simply going stand by and cop it. So I simply talked to a couple of them.

‘Just a few of them had been throwing out some fairly large allegations and I simply known as them up on it and so they stored going, and I used to be like, effectively, that is your membership right here. So I am simply pointing them out. However it’s fairly disrespectful, to be sincere. I simply count on loads higher from the members.’

‘They won’t be permitted again to Lord’s while the investigation takes place,’ the MCC stated in a press release.

The row began when Bairstow walked from his crease to talk to Ben Stokes believing the over was completed. However wicketkeeper Alex Carey hurled the ball at his stumps and he was given out. Australia’s captain Pat Cummins determined to not revoke the attraction to present Bairstow a reprieve – sparking chaos and controversy on the Residence of Cricket. Cummins later insisted the stumping was ‘honest’ however the normally sedate MCC members disagreed.

Australia had been booed for the rest of the day by the 32,000 followers at Lords and in unprecedented scenes Australian stars David Warner and Usman Khawaja needed to be separated from MCC members by safety on this planet well-known Lord’s Lengthy Room.

MCC members then lined the well-known stairs to yell abuse on the celebrating Australians as they returned to their dressing room shouting ‘cheat, cheat, cheat’ at them. There have been repeated yells of ‘sandpaper’ to the gamers – a reference to the 2018 ball-tampering scandal the place Steve Smith and others rubbed sandpaper on the ball to make it make it swing extra, one of many worst examples of dishonest in trendy occasions.

Aussie cricket gamers make their approach up the steps at Lord’s whereas being abused by members in scenes that noticed three patrons suspended by the Marylebone Cricket Membership

The row within the Lengthy Room is unprecedented

Talking afterwards, defeated England captain Ben Stokes stated: ‘Would I need to win a recreation in that method? No. If the shoe was on the opposite foot I might have had a take into consideration the entire spirit of the sport’. England coach Brendon McCullum stated of relations with the Australians: ‘I can not think about we’ll be having a beer any time quickly.’

And on the pitch earlier than the defeat, an irate Stuart Broad informed informed Cummins: ‘That is the worst factor I’ve ever seen in cricket’ earlier than turning to Carey and warning him: ‘That is all you may ever be remembered for’.

Since then three of these members have been recognized and suspended from the unique membership.

A Cricket Australia spokesman stated: ‘Australian administration has requested the Marylebone Cricket Membership [MCC] examine a number of incidents involving spectators within the members space throughout lunch on day 5 of the Lord’s Check.

‘It’s alleged gamers and workers from the Australian group had been verbally abused, with some being bodily contacted, as they made their method to lunch by means of the members space.’

The stumping sparked booing and indignant scenes in Lord’s

Aussie skipper Pat Cummins celebrates the prize wicket of Jonny Bairstow – however English followers had been left incensed by his stumping and let the vacationers know all about it

New video footage confirmed the MCC members shouting on the Australians, with one indignant supporting pointing to every particular person member of the group and yelling ‘cheat’ at them.

One other member bellowed at them ‘get the sandpaper’ in reference to the notorious Cape City ball tampering scandal of 2019 that noticed David Warner and Steve Smith suspended for a 12 months.

Extra inaudible insults continued to ring out because the chanting obtained louder and extra intense, with the Aussies shifting up the steps to their altering rooms at a speedy tempo.

‘It is simply not cricket and positively not within the spirit of the sport. Disgrace MCC disgrace,’ one posted.

‘The members of the lengthy room must be ashamed of themselves! The veneer of respectability comes off very simply,’ posted one other.

‘Cricket has an elitism drawback and these members reside proof, embarrassing,’ added one other.

One significantly indignant English supporter was pointing to every particular person member of the Aussie group and yelling ‘cheat’ at them.

One other member bellowed on the Aussies ‘get the sandpaper’ in reference to the notorious Cape City ball tampering scandal of 2019 that noticed David Warner and Steve Smith suspended for a 12 months by Cricket Australia.

Extra inaudible insults proceed to ring out because the chanting will get louder and extra intense, the Aussies shifting up the steps to their change rooms at a speedy tempo.

Whereas the members had been remonstrating towards Aussie wicketkeeper Alex Carey’s actions and skipper Pat Cummins for not revoking the attraction, many followers believed the abuse was far worse than the vacationers’ techniques. 

‘It is simply not cricket and positively not within the spirit of the sport. Disgrace MCC disgrace,’ one posted.

‘The members of the lengthy room must be ashamed of themselves! The veneer of respectability comes off very simply,’ posted one other.

‘Cricket has an elitism drawback and these members reside proof, embarrassing,’ added one other.

Broad additionally rebuked the Australians