After a heated morning session on the final day of the Ashes Test at Lords, Australian opener Usman Khawaja as well as David Warner were seen in animated discussions with members in the Long Room while walking back into the dressing rooms at Lunch. Both the Australian players were ultimately pacified by the security guards and their teammates as the bad blood spilled over off the field as well. Speaking to Sky Sports, England World Cup winning captain Eoin Morgan said, "I arrived here as a 16-year-old kid and was lucky to have played my whole career here and I have never seen scenes like that, particularly in the long room, never mind all the way around the ground. There is a huge sense of frustration and I can understand why. It is complete naivety around Jonny Bairstow's dismissal. Usman Khawaja was pulled back by security after speaking to one the members inside the long room 😳🗣️ "I've NEVER seen scenes like that!" pic.twitter.com/2RnjiNssfw— Sky Sports Cricket (@SkyCricket) July 2, 2023 Let's have a look at what the elite MCC members have to sayAs it's not on the Western Terrace nothing will be done. pic.twitter.com/mzb4XF6agp— ꜱɪʀ ꜰʀᴇᴅ ʙᴏʏᴄᴏᴛᴛ (@FredBoycott) July 2, 2023 In the 52nd over, Bairstow had ducked a bouncer from Cameron Green and he neither checked the fate of the ball nor stood his ground. Instead, he immediately left his crease and wicketkeeper Alex Carey simply tossed the ball into his stumps. Bairstow was confused and the umpires sent the decision upstairs, where he was ruled to have been run out. Bairstow left shaking his head after his brain fade, Stokes expressed his anger to the on-field umpires and Lord's came alive with chants. One was, “Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, cheat, cheat, cheat.” More footage of MCC members booing the Aussies with the kind of venom usually reserved for when someone cuts the nose off the treasurer’s Brie pic.twitter.com/VckbN60t9Z— The Upshot (@UpshotTowers) July 2, 2023 Stokes, angered when Bairstow was given out, struck three sixes in an over off Cameron Green to reach his century and was unbeaten on 108 at the interval with England needing another 128 to level the series. He was dropped by Pat Cummins on 77, a hard caught-and-bowled chance before his stunning assault on Green brought up his 13th test century off 142 balls.
