Khawaja rips Lord's members after heated clash

Australian opener Usman Khawaja has unleashed connected the members' behaviour wrong Lord's celebrated Long Room pursuing a heated confrontation connected time 5 of the 2nd Ashes Test.

The usually placid Long Room assemblage resembled thing retired of a shot lucifer as members hurled maltreatment astatine Australia's players arsenic they went into the rooms up of the luncheon interruption pursuing the arguable dismissal of Jonny Bairstow.

According to a Cricket Australia connection it was alleged that players and unit from the Australian squad were "verbally abused, with immoderate being physically contacted" arsenic they made their mode to lunch.

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Khawaja took offence with what helium deemed to beryllium "pretty large allegations", facing up to 1 of the members wrong the Long Room earlier information intervened and ushered Australia's players up the stairs. David Warner was besides separated from the assemblage by the information soon aft Khawaja.

Following Australia's win, Khawaja revealed what took spot during the fiery confrontation.

Usman Khawaja was little than pleased astatine the behaviour of members wrong the iconic Lord's Long Room connected time 5 (Nine)

"It was truly disappointing," helium told Nine.

"Lord's is 1 of my favourite places to come, determination is truthful overmuch respect shown astatine Lord's, peculiarly successful the members pavilion successful the Long Room, but determination wasn't today. It was precise disappointing.

"If anyone asks maine wherever the champion spot is to play, I ever accidental Lord's, the assemblage is great, peculiarly the members are great, (but) immoderate of the worldly coming retired of the members' mouths was truly disappointing.

"I wasn't going to basal by and bull it, truthful I conscionable talked to a fewer of them. A fewer of them were throwing retired immoderate beauteous large allegations and I conscionable called them up connected it.

"They kept going and I was like, 'Well, it's your rank here', truthful I was conscionable pointing them out. It's beauteous disrespectful to beryllium honest. I conscionable expect a batch amended from the members."

After the match, Australian skipper Pat Cummins said idiosyncratic from the Marylebone Cricket Club apologised for the behaviour of immoderate of the members.

Khawaja was backed up by opening spouse David Warner during the heated confrontation with the fans (Ryan Pierse via Getty Images)

"I deliberation immoderate of them mightiness suffer their memberships implicit the mode they behaved," helium said.

"Other than that 1 time, they were fantastic each week. Normally fantastic, truly welcoming. Something peculiar astir playing astatine Lord's. I rather similar the tradition.

"I deliberation they were conscionable rather assertive and abusive towards immoderate of our players, which I cognize the MCC weren't excessively blessed with."

Former England skipper Eoin Morgan was visibly frustrated by the attraction handed retired to the Australian players aft seeing imaginativeness of the confrontation.

"I arrived present and signed arsenic a 16-year-old kid and I'm fortunate to person played my full vocation present and I've ne'er seen scenes similar that, peculiarly successful the Long Room, ne'er caput each the mode astir the ground," helium said connected Sky Sports' sum during the luncheon break.

"There is simply a immense consciousness of vexation but I can't recognize why, it's implicit naivety astir what's happened with Jonny Bairstow's dismissal."

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Khawaja defended Australian wicketkeeper Alex Carey's stumping of Bairstow aft the match.

"The determination again was successful the umpire's hands," helium said.

"If the umpire deemed it a dormant shot today, it was a dormant ball. Just similar yesterday's drawback (by Mitchell Starc), we don't afloat hold with it, but you person to judge the umpire's decision. That's wherefore the umpires are there.

"So I mean, there's ever grey areas successful cricket. And the mode it played retired I conjecture successful immoderate respects, is benignant of disappointing.

"I emotion Stuey (Stuart) Broad. I deliberation he's 1 of my favourite cricketers. The mode helium plays, the mode he's ever got a grin connected his look and helium was beauteous riled up retired there, which you don't privation to see. But yeah, it is what it is."

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The MCC issued an apology successful a connection soon aft the incidental took place.

"The Long Room is unsocial successful satellite cricket and the large privilege of players passing done the pavilion is precise special," an MCC spokesperson said.

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"After this morning's play, emotions were moving high, and words were unluckily exchanged with immoderate of the Australian team, by a tiny fig of members.

"We person unreservedly apologised to the Australian squad and volition woody with immoderate subordinate who has not maintained the modular we expect done our disciplinary processes.

"It was not indispensable to eject anyone from the crushed and I americium pleased to accidental that determination was nary repetition of this arsenic the players resumed the tract for this afternoon's session."

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