London: Khawaja was seen getting into a heated argument with an MCC member in videos that went viral just after the first session of Day 5's proceedings in London ended. The MCC member had voiced his anger with Jonny Bairstow's dismissal. Before a member of the security crew stepped in to separate the two players, David Warner was also stopped by the MCC member. Khawaja called the event "pretty disrespectful" in an interview .
"It was really disappointing. Lord's is one of my favourite places to come. There's always respect shown at Lord's, particularly in the Members Pavilion in the Long Room, but there wasn't today. It was very disappointing," Khawaja said.
"If anyone asked me where the best place is to play I always say Lord's. The crowd is great, particularly the members are great, and some of the stuff that was coming out of the members' mouths is really disappointing and I wasn't just going stand by and cop it. So I just talked to a few of them. A few of them throwing out some pretty big allegations and I just called them up on it and they kept going, and I was like, well, this is your membership here. So I'm just pointing them out. But it's pretty disrespectful, to be honest. I just expect a lot better from the members."
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At Lord's, tensions were high after Bairstow was out in an extremely unusual manner. After evading Cameron Green's short delivery, the England hitter left the crease, but Alex Carey swiftly threw the ball to knock the stumps down. The form of dismissal, which was initially mistaken for a run-out, was actually'stumped,' meaning that play was already largely underway when it occurred. Following the ejection, enraged English supporters booed loudly and referred to the Australian players as "cheaters" in their boos.
This is new. Words were exchanged even in the long room. Warner and Khawaja in a heated discussion with a one of the members.pic.twitter.com/miZzCMsc66
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Cricket Australia issued a statement shortly after the incident went viral on social media, and the management of the Australian squad is said to have requested an investigation. "It is alleged players and staff from the Australian team were verbally abused, with some being physically contacted, as they made their way to lunch through the members area," Cricket Australia said
Later, MCC issued an unreserved apology to the members of the Australia team but revealed that none of them were ejected. "The Long Room is unique in world cricket and the great privilege of players passing through the Pavilion is very special," an MCC spokesperson said. "After this morning's play, emotions were running high, and words were unfortunately exchanged with some of the Australian team, by a small number of Members.
"We have unreservedly apologised to the Australian Team and will deal with any Member who has not maintained the standard we expect through our disciplinary processes. It was not necessary to eject anyone from the ground and I am pleased to say that there was no repeat of this as the players resumed the field for this afternoon's session."
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Khawaja was seen getting into a heated argument with an MCC member in videos that went viral just after the first session of Day 5's proceedings in London ended. The MCC member had voiced his anger with Jonny Bairstow's dismissal. Before a member of the security crew stepped in to separate the two players, David Warner was also stopped by the MCC member. Khawaja called the event "pretty disrespectful" in an interview .
"It was really disappointing. Lord's is one of my favourite places to come. There's always respect shown at Lord's, particularly in the Members Pavilion in the Long Room, but there wasn't today. It was very disappointing," Khawaja said.
"If anyone asked me where the best place is to play I always say Lord's. The crowd is great, particularly the members are great, and some of the stuff that was coming out of the members' mouths is really disappointing and I wasn't just going stand by and cop it. So I just talked to a few of them. A few of them throwing out some pretty big allegations and I just called them up on it and they kept going, and I was like, well, this is your membership here. So I'm just pointing them out. But it's pretty disrespectful, to be honest. I just expect a lot better from the members."
At Lord's, tensions were high after Bairstow was out in an extremely unusual manner. After evading Cameron Green's short delivery, the England hitter left the crease, but Alex Carey swiftly threw the ball to knock the stumps down. The form of dismissal, which was initially mistaken for a run-out, was actually'stumped,' meaning that play was already largely underway when it occurred. Following the ejection, enraged English supporters booed loudly and referred to the Australian players as "cheaters" in their boos.
Cricket Australia issued a statement shortly after the incident went viral on social media, and the management of the Australian squad is said to have requested an investigation. "It is alleged players and staff from the Australian team were verbally abused, with some being physically contacted, as they made their way to lunch through the members area," Cricket Australia said
Later, MCC issued an unreserved apology to the members of the Australia team but revealed that none of them were ejected. "The Long Room is unique in world cricket and the great privilege of players passing through the Pavilion is very special," an MCC spokesperson said. "After this morning's play, emotions were running high, and words were unfortunately exchanged with some of the Australian team, by a small number of Members.
"We have unreservedly apologised to the Australian Team and will deal with any Member who has not maintained the standard we expect through our disciplinary processes. It was not necessary to eject anyone from the ground and I am pleased to say that there was no repeat of this as the players resumed the field for this afternoon's session."
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