Players 'kicked': Warner, Candice spill on Lord's disgrace

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David Warner and woman Candice person opened up connected the Lord's maltreatment that turned the 2023 Ashes bid nasty, with the under-pressure Australian opener claiming helium had "never experienced thing similar it".

Candice described the acquisition arsenic "pretty grubby" with some horrified by the disfigured scenes that played retired successful the ground's celebrated Long Room.

Despite facing aggravated scrutiny on his form, 36-year-old Warner, who has announced his volition to discontinue from Test cricket aft January's Sydney Test, held onto his spot for the 4th Test successful Manchester, wherever hostilities volition resume connected Wednesday aft a 10-day break.

Speaking connected a podcast hosted by erstwhile England players Michael Vaughan and Phil Tuffnel, Warner gave an penetration into however confronting things became aft Australia's Alex Carey threw Jonny Bairstow's stumps down successful arguable circumstances.

Usman Khawaja is heckled successful the Long Room. (Nine)

"It was perfectly incredible, I person ne'er experienced thing similar it," Warner told the Vaughany and Tuffers Cricket Club podcast.

"I person copped immoderate worldly earlier from people, but due grown men, mature radical who are meant to beryllium the quietest astatine the location of cricket, it was thing to behold.

"I privation I had a microphone truthful radical could get a consciousness of however large it was successful there. It was crazy. I can't repetition it connected here."

Warner's absorption followed details of a caller altercation, spilled by injured off-spinner Nathan Lyon, who joked that helium had to basal betwixt Bairstow and immoderate Australian players successful the luncheon country soon aft the Carey stumping.

"Jonny had a fewer words present and there, but that's each portion of it, I'm each for it," Lyon told the Willow Talk podcast.

"There were a fewer Australian guys and a fewer English guys successful the lunchroom and I hobbled up connected my crutches and stood successful the mediate of it and tried to calm things down a small bit."

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Speaking connected Fox Sports' The Back Page connected Tuesday night, Candice Warner added that Bairstow and Warner had been progressive successful a verbal altercation, with the erstwhile IPL teammates trading barbs implicit the tone of cricket.

"Jonny got up and had a fewer words, David had a fewer words backmost astatine him," she said.

"That full Test was beauteous grubby to beryllium wholly honest. It was precise disappointing, adjacent aft the crippled erstwhile the supporters stuck around. There were players similar Starcy [Mitchell Starc] and Pat Cummins trying to bash their media, the vile maltreatment kept going.

"It wasn't conscionable those images [where Warner and Khawaja confronted MCC members earlier information intervened]. It continued up 2 flights of stairs to the alteration country and 2 much flights of stairs up to wherever the boys were having lunch. You don't privation to spot that anywhere.

"There were immoderate players who really were touched, were kicked. Usman Khawaja was truly upset astatine what was directed astatine him arsenic well."

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