{"id":279878,"date":"2025-11-12T16:28:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T16:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/279878\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T16:28:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T16:28:20","slug":"aussie-cricket-stars-fuel-ashes-powderkeg-by-laughing-and-poking-fun-at-england-over-one-of-the-biggest-scandals-in-the-countries-long-rivalry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/279878\/","title":{"rendered":"Aussie cricket stars fuel Ashes powderkeg by laughing and poking fun at England over one of the biggest scandals in the countries’ long rivalry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australia<\/a>\u2019s cricket stars have added fuel to the Ashes<\/a> powderkeg by laughing at England\u2019s Jonny Bairstow<\/a> for his controversial dismissal at Lord\u2019s during the 2023 series.<\/p>\n

Tempers boiled over during England\u2019s second innings at the Home of Cricket after pantomime villain Alex Carey stumped the former Test wicketkeeper who had bizarrely chosen to step out of his crease.<\/p>\n

The flashpoint soured relationships between both sides, with Ben Stokes<\/a>\u2019 team claiming Australia\u2019s decision not to rescind the stumping was not in the spirit of cricket. The tourists thought otherwise. Over had not been called with Pat Cummins<\/a>\u2019 side adamant that it was a fair dismissal.<\/p>\n

With just nine days until these two sides meet again at the Optus Stadium in Perth<\/a>, Aussie players, including Usman Khawaja and Josh Hazlewood, have relived the infamous moment and have poked fun at Bairstow and England, while recounting how the dismissal unfolded from their perspective.<\/p>\n

\u2018I just laugh because he just walks straight out of his crease,\u2019 Khawaja said, chuckling as he watched the clip during an interview with Fox Cricket<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2018It was fair game,\u2019 the opening batsman admitted. \u2018The execution of Alex Carey was unbelievable.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"Usman <\/p>\n

Usman Khawaja (pictured) and several of his Australia team-mates have been laughing and poking fun at England ahead of the 2025 Ashes<\/p>\n

\"He <\/p>\n

He and other members of the Aussie squad have been reliving Jonny Bairstow’s controversial dismissal during the second Test at Lord’s in 2023<\/p>\n

He paused for a moment and laughed unsympathetically.<\/p>\n

The Queensland batsman then noted that Bairstow had tried to get him out in a similar manner during the opening Test in Birmingham.<\/p>\n

\u2018The funny thing was, Jonny was trying to get me out stumped the same way against the spinner in the first game at Edgbaston,\u2019 he continued.<\/p>\n

\u2018Against the spinner, I almost lost my footing and Jonny was waiting there for six seconds.<\/p>\n

\u2018Keepers are sneaky, they know what\u2019s going on.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018We couldn\u2019t have done that if Jonny wasn\u2019t doing it every ball… you\u2019re going to get stumped here,\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n

On reflection, Hazlewood commented on how bizarre the moment was, before firing a jibe at Bairstow for taking his eye off the ball.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019ve seen it done a handful of times growing up over the years, obviously never in a Test match,\u2019 Josh Hazlewood said.<\/p>\n

\"Tempers <\/p>\n

Tempers boiled over during England\u2019s second innings at the Home of Cricket after pantomime villain Alex Carey stumped the former Test wicketkeeper, Bairstow (pictured), who had bizarrely chosen to step out of his crease<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The decision sent the Lord\u2019s crowd into uproar, with multiple Australian players being heckled and abused by members of the crowd, including some in the famous Long Room (Alex Carey, pictured)\u00a0<\/p>\n

He would go on to criticise Bairstow for taking his eye off the ball.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019ve seen it done at school cricket, club cricket, going through the year. I remember a few keepers getting away with it.<\/p>\n

\u2018Pretty lazy from Jonny, and we took advantage, I guess.\u2019<\/p>\n

The decision sent the Lord\u2019s crowd into uproar, with multiple Australian players being heckled and abused by members of the crowd, including some in the famous Long Room. Three MCC members were subsequently banned in the fallout.<\/p>\n

There was outcry from many around the UK, with the former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak even chiming in to lambast Cummins\u2019 side for a lack of sportsmanship.<\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s out every day of the week,\u2019 Aussie spinner Nathan Lyon added during the interview with Fox Cricket.<\/p>\n

\u2018Brilliant work from Alex… absolutely brilliant.\u2019<\/p>\n

Glenn Maxwell, meanwhile, agreed with Hazlewood, stating that Bairstow\u2019s \u2018laziness\u2019 cost him.<\/p>\n

\"Three <\/p>\n

Three MCC members were banned for verbally abusing the Aussie players as they walked through the Long Room<\/p>\n

Glenn Maxwell said: \u2018I tell you what, that was bloody good from Alex Carey.<\/p>\n

\u2018For him to pick it up as clean as he did… because it was an awkward take… for it to bounce in front of him and in one movement go straight to underarm – it worked out beautifully. It was actually just brilliant. It was so good.<\/p>\n

\u2018It was lazy to just wander out of your crease and not have the awareness of what\u2019s going on.\u2019<\/p>\n

He added: \u2018The funny thing is, Bairstow has done that to a lot of batters. It wasn\u2019t like it was out of the blue…\u2019<\/p>\n

After the series, Bairstow stated that he had \u2018moved on\u2019 from the controversial moment, but still took a moment to shoot a barb back at Australia.<\/p>\n

\u2018The decision was that I was out, and I moved on,\u2019 Bairstow said.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019ve not brought it up since. I\u2019ve kept quiet. It\u2019s on them. If that\u2019s how they want to go about it and win a cricket game or what have you, then so be it.\u2019<\/p>\n

While England would go on to lose the match, both Joe Root and Stokes have sided with the Australians, claiming it was a fair dismissal.<\/p>\n

\"During <\/p>\n

During the interview, several Aussie stars, including Glenn Maxwell (pictured) and Josh Hazlewood claimed that Bairstow was being ‘lazy’ when he walked out of his crease<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The moment left a bitter taste in the mouth of some English players, with Ben Stokes (pictured) saying: \u2018Would I want to win a game in that manner? The answer for me is no’<\/p>\n

\"Fears <\/p>\n

Fears had mounted over pace bowler Josh Hazlewood’s fitness for the first Test after he appeared to pull up feeling tightness in his hamstring. Scans later revealed some good news for Australia, with the pace bowler being cleared of serious injury<\/p>\n

But the moment left a bitter taste in the mouth of some English players.<\/p>\n

\u2018Would I want to win a game in that manner? The answer for me is no,\u2019 Stokes had said.<\/p>\n

Cameron Green\u2019s comments on the incident were perhaps the most interesting, with the Aussie star, who had bowled the delivery, telling Fox Cricket that perhaps he would have liked not to have been involved in the incident.<\/p>\n

\u2018The only thing I can really comment on was that I got the Test stumping. I\u2019m going to stay clear and just… yeah, have a bit of fun with it.<\/p>\n

\u2018As a fast bowler, you kind of hope you never get a Test stumping.<\/p>\n

\u2018So… unfortunately, I was involved in that in some way.\u2019<\/p>\n

Carey ready to play the villain again<\/p>\n

Tensions between both sides have been gradually building ahead of the upcoming series, with former England pace bowler Stuart Broad stoking the flames by claiming that this was the \u2018worst Australian team since 2010.\u2019<\/p>\n

\"Carey <\/p>\n

Carey (right) is relishing the arrival of the Barmy Army Down Under, stating that he wants to get back in the thick of the action again<\/p>\n

\u00a0Australia are sweating on the fitness of bowlers Hazlewood and Sean Abbott, who both underwent scans on Wednesday, with it looking likely that the latter will miss the first Test. Australia will also be without their captain Pat Cummins for the first Test, after he was ruled out with a back injury.<\/p>\n

Carey was pressed on Broad\u2019s comments last month, before hitting back at the Sky Sports pundit.<\/p>\n

‘Is that what he said, did he? We’ll wait and see,’ Carey said.<\/p>\n

‘We’ve got a really experienced cricket team who have had a lot of success over the last three, four years, five years under Patty Cummins.<\/p>\n

‘To win a World Test Championship, to retain the Ashes over there, and to make another World Test Championship last year was pretty good recognition for the success that this team has had.<\/p>\n

‘All the guys have played against Stuart in the past, and we know how big a competitor he is and how much he’s done for Test cricket. When you see players transition into the media, they’re absolutely open to their opinions and the playing group doesn’t hold any comments against anyone.’<\/p>\n

Carey is also relishing the arrival of the Barmy Army Down Under, stating that he wants to get back in the thick of the action.<\/p>\n

\u2018It’s going to be exciting… the Barmy Army, I think I’ve seen a few chants come through already, which is great,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

\u2018That sort of stuff just, it’s in the history of the game, it will get spoken about forever. But as a player and as a playing group, you want to be in those big moments.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s cricket stars have added fuel to the Ashes powderkeg by laughing at England\u2019s Jonny Bairstow for his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279879,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,100,1208,588,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-279878","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cricket","11":"tag-dailymail","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-sport","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}