The Ashes “dishonest” controversy threatens to develop into a diplomatic incident, as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese delivered a stump-slaying spray to Rishi Sunak within the newest escalation on Tuesday.
Mr Albanese used his official Twitter account to heap reward on Australia’s males’s and ladies’s groups on Tuesday, after the lads’s dramatic 43-run win at Lord’s gave them a 2-0 lead within the Ashes sequence
“I’m happy with our males’s and ladies’s cricket groups, who’ve each gained their opening two Ashes matches towards England,” he wrote.
“Usual Aussies – all the time profitable! Australia is correct behind Alyssa Healy, Pat Cummins and their groups and stay up for welcoming them dwelling victorious.”
It got here after Mr Sunak joined within the British pile-on accusing the Australians of breaching the spirit of cricket with the controversial stumping of Jonny Bairstow within the second Ashes Check at Lord’s.
It additionally got here as extra footage emerged from the Lengthy Room on the prestigious Marylebone Cricket Membership, reportedly displaying Usman Khawaja being repeatedly singled out for abuse by some members because the Australian staff was booked, sworn at and heckled on their strategy to lunch.
The 9 newspapers mentioned the video, which they’d been despatched, present Australian gamers being booed and abused climbing the steps at Lord’s to the eating room. It reveals Khawaja stopping and mentioning a member to MCC stewards and the staff’s safety supervisor, Frank Dimasi.
The Sydney Morning Herald reported that it was unclear from the footage precisely what was mentioned to Pakistani-born Khawaja. The MCC, which has suspended three members, continues to research the ugly lunchtime incident.
“A few of the stuff that was popping out of the members’ mouths was actually disappointing and I wasn’t simply going to face by and cop it,” Khawaja mentioned afterwards.
“I simply talked to a couple of them, a couple of of them [were] throwing out some fairly large allegations and I simply known as them up on it they usually stored going.”
Elsewhere, media in Britain and Australia have drawn clear sides within the ongoing furore. Britain’s right-wing Day by day Categorical and Metro have run bodyline-themed “Simply not cricket” headlines, whereas London’s Telegraph labelled Bairstow’s stumping an “underhand dismissal”.
The West Australian took purpose at England captain Ben Stokes on Tuesday, displaying him in a nappy, alongside a cricket ball and the headline “CRYBABIES”.
“That’s undoubtedly not me. Since when did I bowl with the brand new ball,” a cheeky Stokes responded.
Information Corp publications went with “Bazbawl” (Herald Solar in Melbourne) and “We’re 2 up, child!” (The Day by day Telegraph in Sydney) because the “dishonest” saga confirmed few indicators of easing.
Earlier, British PM Rishi Sunak backed Stokes and England coach Brendon McCullum after they hit out at Australia within the dramatic postscript to Sunday’s match, saying they’d have withdrawn the attraction.
Mr Sunak’s workplace mentioned the PM was sad with Australia’s behaviour.
“The Prime Minister agrees with Ben Stokes. He mentioned he merely wouldn’t need to win a sport within the method Australia did,” a spokesman for Mr Sunak’s workplace mentioned.
“He has confidence England will bounce again at Headingley.”
Requested whether or not Mr Sunak believed Australia’s had not upheld the spirit of cricket, the spokesman mentioned: “Sure”.
Mr Sunak’s views are at odds with a number of celebrated gamers, with England’s former red- and white-ball captains Andrew Strauss and Eoin Morgan amongst these defending the vacationers.
India star Ravichandran Ashwin – who has been concerned in controversial “mankad” dismissals of his personal – additionally backed Australia’s actions.
“The keeper would by no means have a dip on the stumps from that far out in a Check match except he or his staff have seen a sample of the batter leaving his crease after leaving a ball like Bairstow did,” Ashwin posted on social media.
“We should applaud the sport smarts of the person fairly than skewing it in the direction of unfair play or spirit of the sport.”
Former Check cricketer Sir Geoffrey Boycott used his column in The Telegraph to name for Australia to apologise on Monday.
“Australia must have a take into consideration what they did and make a full public apology,” Boycott wrote.
“If you wish to win in any respect prices then cricket shouldn’t be for you. We wish individuals to play laborious and honest however absolutely there are requirements to uphold?”
In the meantime, Australia’s males are bracing for extra harsh remedy from crowds at Headingley when the third Check begins on Friday.
-with AAP
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