Usman Khawaja tells security to remove MCC heckler from Lord’s Long 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: ‘Be sure to 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 right now.  Requested in regards to the incident, the Prime Minister’s official spokesman mentioned: ‘The PM agrees with Ben Stokes – he mentioned he merely wouldn’t need to win a recreation within the method Australia did’. 

Incandescent members of the MCC had barracked the Australian cricket crew as they returned to their dressing room within the second Ashes check that noticed the Aussies take a 2-0 lead in the most effective of 5 sequence. 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 advised him, figuring out him to a safety guard and shouting: ‘Be sure to have him kicked out particularly’. He then pointed at one other man and mentioned: ‘Him too’.

He spoke after the match however didn’t reveal what was mentioned to him, describing it as ‘fairly disrespectful’ and ‘actually disappointing’. Defending his personal anger within the Lengthy Room he mentioned he ‘wasn’t simply going to face by and cop’ abuse. ‘Lord’s is considered one of my favorite locations to come back. There’s all the time respect proven at Lord’s, notably within the Members Pavilion within the Lengthy Room, however there wasn’t right now. It was very disappointing’, he mentioned.

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 embrace a number of the richest and strongest individuals in Britain with Stephen Fry as president, have been suspended after a number of Australian gamers had been ‘verbally abused’ or ‘bodily contacted’.

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

‘A couple of of them had been throwing out some fairly large allegations and I simply referred to as them up on it they usually saved going, and I used to be like, effectively, that is your membership right here. So I’m simply pointing them out. Nevertheless it’s fairly disrespectful, to be trustworthy. I simply anticipate so much higher from the members.’

‘They won’t be permitted again to Lord’s while the investigation takes place,’ the MCC mentioned 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 enchantment to present Bairstow a reprieve – sparking chaos and controversy on the House of Cricket. Cummins later insisted the stumping was ‘truthful’ however the often 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 the earth 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 fashionable instances.

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

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

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

A Cricket Australia spokesman mentioned: ‘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 Take a look at.

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

New video footage confirmed the MCC members shouting on the Australians, with one indignant supporting pointing to every particular person member of the crew 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 received louder and extra intense, with the Aussies transferring up the steps to their altering rooms at a speedy tempo.

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

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

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

One notably indignant English supporter was pointing to every particular person member of the Aussie crew 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 transferring 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 enchantment, many followers believed the abuse was far worse than the vacationers’ ways. 

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

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

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