MCC suspend three members after angry confrontation with Australian players following Bairstow wicket
THE INDEPENDENT SAYS Three MCC members have been suspended after the Australia team experienced “aggressive and abusive” behaviour in the Long Room at lunch on the final day of the second Ashes Test after a controversial morning session.
Australia were booed off and subjected to chants of “same old Aussies, always cheating” by a furious Lord’s crowd following the controversial dismissal of Jonny Bairstow by wicketkeeper Alex Carey.
As they walked off to a barrage of abuse, video footage showed Usman Khawaja and David Warner stopping to confront MCC members in the Long Room as the Australian batters took offence at comments from the men in question. Khawaja branded the scenes “pretty disrespectful” and said he took exception to “some pretty big allegations”.