Ashes: Australia branded CHEATS as Jonny Bairstow is controversially stunned by Alex Carey

Australian cricketers Usman Khawaja and David Warner confronted members of the Marylebone Cricket Club in Lord’s Long Room today after the controversial punching of England’s Jonny Bairstow.

England cricket fans were left furious when Alex Carey controversially stumped Bairstow on day five of the second Ashes Test.

Australia received vociferous criticism on the pitch after Alex Carey controversially punched Bairstow on day five of the second Ashes Test.

England supporters launched chants of ‘same old Aussies, always cheating’ and booed the team in a display that shockingly continued in the Long Room.

As the players went to lunch, the Aussies were greeted with boos from MCC members as the players moved down the hallway.

Khawaja was seen arguing with a member of the club before being pulled away by a teammate and an associate. Warner was also confronted by onlookers.

Unheard of in the sport, the Long Room interaction has gained traction online, with even Piers Morgan criticizing the team for showing so little respect for the “spirit of the game.”

Carey threw the ball back to the stumps as Bairstow had strayed out of his ground

Tempers flared between the teams as Aussie skipper Pat Cummins went ahead with the appeal

England supporters on social media were similarly angry and shared their views on the incident.

England’s fast bowler Jofra Archer led the response as he simply said, ‘Wow.’

Meanwhile, Piers Morgan added: ‘You can’t be serious, can you??!! Australia, that’s pathetic. How could you want to win an Ashes Test match like that?’

Mail Sport’s Paul Newman also said: ‘That’s very poor from Australia.’

Former cricketer and Sky Sports presenter Ian Ward said: ‘I’ve never seen anything like it in cricket’s home ground.

“The crowd entered Australia when they were on the field, which continued as the players through their long room.”

Bairstow couldn’t quite believe what had happened and was clearly not happy when he left

Stuart Broad was next man and exchanged strong words with the Australian players

Several cricket fans expressed anger and disbelief at the dismissal on social media

Ben Duckett and Ben Stokes started the day well at 114-4, needing 371 to win as the England captain passed 50.

Duckett was eventually dismissed for a well-made 83 as Carey took a sensational one-handed catch down the leg side.

However, just as Bairstow and Stokes were developing a promising partnership, the England goalkeeper was bizarrely sacked.

After dodging a bouncer from Cameron Green, he wandered out of his crease, believing the ball was dead.

However, Carey threw the ball back to the stumps and hit them, with Bairstow out of his ground, meaning the Aussies picked up an extremely cheap wicket as tempers flared.

The Lord’s mob was furious at the unsportsmanlike actions of the visitors who booed them and in particular Carey and skipper Pat Cummins – who decided to go ahead with the appeal.

Stuart Broad was next man and he was also furious, exchanging intense words with Marnus Labuschagne and Cummins.

It began a bizarre passage of play before lunch when a hunted Stokes took the attack to Australia, scoring 50 runs in the next five overs as he raced to a superb hundred.

England were 243-6 at the end of the first session, needing another 128 to win.