Ashes Test match between England and Australia disrupted by Just Stop Oil protest
England cricketer Jonny Bairstow carried a Just Stop Oil protester off the Lord’s pitch after the group disrupted play on the primary day of the second Ashes Test.
Two protesters ran on to the pitch and threw orange powder, earlier than the England wicketkeeper – a former eager rugby league participant – took issues into his personal fingers.
He ran over to one of many demonstrators and picked him up, escorting him off the sector.
Another Just Stop Oil activist was stopped by safety employees, and an extra one was halted within the stands.
Bairstow needed to briefly go away the sector to alter his high, after it was lined in orange powder, and the match resumed when he returned.
The Metropolitan Police stated three individuals have been arrested following the incident and brought into custody.
Just Stop Oil protesters invaded the pitch and threw orange powder
Guy Lavender, chief govt of the Marylebone Cricket Club, which owns Lord’s, condemned the pitch incursion.
“Their actions not only endanger themselves and those who work at the ground, but they have consistently shown complete disregard for the people who pay to attend events, not just here at Lord’s but around the country at other sporting venues,” he stated.
Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting, talking within the Sky Sports studio, stated he felt for the gamers after the hotly-anticipated match was halted so early within the battle.
“As a batter in the build-up you just want to get out there and under way. Delays are not ideal for anyone,” he stated.
“The batters just need to put something like this out of their mind.”
Grandmother, 69, amongst protesters
The newest protest comes after Just Stop Oil activists disrupted the World Snooker Championship and the English Premiership Rugby final at Twickenham.
Speaking on BBC’s Test Match Special, commentator Jonathan Agnew stated: “Let’s hope this doesn’t happen again, let’s hope that’s the one attack on the Ashes this year.”
Just Stop Oil initially stated it didn’t know who the protesters have been however supported their actions, and later named Judit, a 69-year-old grandmother from Epsom, Surrey, as one of many protesters.
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England’s Jonny Bairstow carries a protester off the sector
She was quoted as saying: “I have to take action for my seven beautiful grandchildren. I can’t bear to imagine the suffering that they will have to endure because of this government continuing to licence new oil, coal and gas, against all better judgment and expert advice.”
Just Stop Oil has demanded the British authorities halt new fossil gasoline tasks within the UK – and urged Lord’s to make an announcement demanding the identical.
A steward stops a protester through the recreation
It stated: “Lord’s Cricket Ground boasts about being powered by 100% renewable energy, yet their principal partner is JP Morgan, the world’s worst fossil bank that contributed $317bn in fossil fuel financing from 2016 to 2020.”
In an extra assertion on its web site, the group known as on cricket spectators to “get on the streets and demand action” from the federal government on local weather change.
It added: “Cricket is an important part of our national heritage but how can we enjoy England vs Australia when much of the cricketing world is becoming unfit for humans to live in?”
In response to the protest, Energy Secretary Grant Shapps stated: “I will never surrender our economy and security to these anarchist stunts.”