Australia’s Khawaja dragged away by Ashes safety as livid row erupts

Australia’s top-order batter Usman Khawaja needed to be pulled away by safety after getting right into a heated change with a spectator within the Long Room at Lord’s. As Australia exited the sector of the play by way of the principle chamber of the library for lunch, Khawaja was stopped in his tracks by one of many members upset at what had just happened out on the field.

As the forwards and backwards intensified, safety had been pressured to step in and pull Khawaja away to stop the state of affairs from escalating additional. But the Aussie would not depart instantly and continued to change phrases with the spectator close to the doorway.

Sky Sports presenter Ian Ward watched on in disbelief as he exclaimed: “Blimey! What a morning we have had here at Lord’s, I have never seen anything like it at the home of cricket.

“The crowd had been proper into the Australians on the sector, that continued because the gamers went by way of the lengthy room. Usman Khawaja was in a dialogue, let’s assume, with one of many members of the lengthy room, he was pulled away by a team-mate and a steward. David Warner, the identical factor occurred to him.”

Ward then turned to Eoin Morgan, the former England captain in limited overs cricket, and asked whether he had ever seen scenes quite like it during his 20 years playing at Queen’s.

Morgan replied: “No, I arrived right here as a 16-year-old child and I’m fortunate to have performed my complete profession right here and I’ve by no means seen scenes like that, notably within the Long Room not to mention throughout the bottom.

“There is a huge sense of frustration but I cannot understand why. It’s complete naivety around what has happened with Jonny Bairstow’s dismissal.”

The commotion began when Jonny Bairstow was controversially stumped by Alex Carey because the ball was nonetheless deemed to be in play while the batsman walked out of his crease. Boos rang out across the floor as the group vented their frustrations on the resolution and continued to jeer the Australians for the rest of play.

Although we do not know precisely what was mentioned in the course of the Long Room row it’s unlikely to have been too pleasant given the calm Khawaja’s response.