The dismissal of Jonny Bairstow in the course of the second Ashes Test between England and Australia at Lord’s resulted in an enormous controversy. Bairstow ducked a supply from Cameron Green and though he thought it was okay to stroll out of his crease, wicket-keeper Alex Carey rapidly accomplished a direct hit and the umpires declared the batter out. While the Australians maintained that they had been nicely throughout the guidelines of the sport to enchantment, English supporters weren’t happy. They booed the Australian cricketers on the sector and at lunch, Usman Khawaja bought right into a verbal spat with a number of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) members who had been current on the legendary Long Room of Lord’s.

Since then, three MCC members have been suspended as a result of incident Australia spinner Nathan Lyon lastly opened up about what precisely went down in the course of the incident.

“There were a few Australian guys and a few English guys in the lunchroom and I hobbled up on my crutches and stood in the middle of it and tried to calm things down a little bit,” Lyon stated on the Willow Talk Cricket Podcastwhich is co-hosted by former Australia wicket-keeper Brad Haddin.

Lyon additionally shared a heartwarming story about how an England supporter was disturbed by the response in the direction of Australian cricketers and she or he even apologised to him.

“I actually had an older lady come up to me in tears, an English lady in tears from the main members’ area, and she said ‘I’ve got to go home. I just want to apologise to you Australian cricketers for the way everyone has reacted inside the Lord’s”, Lyon stated on the present.