Rishi Sunak slams Australia for Ashes ‘cheat’ row – saying it’s not how he would have wanted to win
RISHI Sunak today took a swing at the Australians over the Ashes “cheating” storm – saying it was just not cricket.
Weighing in on the row, the cricket-mad PM backed the England team over a controversial wicket during the second Test at Lord’s yesterday.
Fury erupted when England’s Jonny Bairstow was stumped after leaving his crease thinking it was the end of the over
GettyRishi Sunak was at Lords over the weekend[/caption]
Fury erupted when England’s Jonny Bairstow was stumped after leaving his crease thinking it was the end of the over.
Mr Sunak’s spokesman said: “The Prime Minister agrees with Ben Stokes, and he said he simply wouldn’t want to win a game in the manner Australia did.
“The game did provide an opportunity to see Ben Stokes at his best and it was an incredible test match and he has confidence in the wall bounce back at Headingly”.
It came as a video has emerged of MCC members HISSING at Australia players after Bairstow’s controversial dismissal.
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Members felt the Aussies had gone against the spirit of the game by stumping the batsman after he ventured from his crease thinking the ball was dead.
They made their feelings known when the Australia team returned to the pavilion for lunch, with members captured hissing and booing.
Loud cries of “cheats” also rang out but the Aussies did not appear to be affected by the hostility.
Captain Pat Cummins had a wry smile on his face as he walked up the stairs, though David Warner and Usman Khawaja stopped to respond to members with the latter unhappy with some of the comments he heard.
The batsman said he was disappointed at some of the allegations being made by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) members.
Usman Khawaja and David Warner were involved in an altercation with members
