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New footage shows the intense abuse of Aussie stars at Lord’s firing over Bairstow

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More footage has emerged of the deluge of abuse the Australian Test cricket team dealt with at Lord’s with members’ behavior berated by cricket fans.

Earlier footage showed members booing and chanting ‘cheat, cheat, cheat’ at the Aussies, even leading to Usman Khawaja stopping and firing back at one of the members during The Ashes clash.

Since then, three of those members have been identified and suspended from the exclusive club.

Their anger stemmed from the dismissal of Jonny Bairstow, who was controversially stumped on the last ball of an over for just 10 runs, which English media, fans and players said was against the ‘spirit of the game’.

Now more footage has revealed just how outraged die-hard English supporters were when the Aussies returned to their rooms.

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Australian cricketers make their way up the stairs at Lord's as they are abused by members in scenes where three patrons were suspended from the Marylebone Cricket Club

Australian cricketers make their way up the stairs at Lord’s as they are abused by members in scenes where three patrons were suspended from the Marylebone Cricket Club

One particularly angry England supporter pointed at each individual member of the Aussie team and yelled ‘cheat’ at them.

Another member yelled at the Aussies to ‘grab the sandpaper’, referring to the infamous 2019 Cape Town ball sabotage scandal that saw David Warner and Steve Smith suspended for a year by Cricket Australia.

More inaudible insults continue to be heard as the chants grow louder and more intense as the Aussies race up the stairs to their changing rooms.

While members protested the actions of Australian wicketkeeper Alex Carey and skipper Pat Cummins for not withdrawing the appeal, many fans believed the abuse was far worse than the tourists’ tactics.

It’s just not cricket and certainly not in the spirit of the game. Shame MCC shame,” someone posted.

‘The members of the long room should be ashamed! The veneer of decency comes off very easily,” another posted.

“Cricket has an elitism problem and these members are living proof, embarrassing,” added another.

Broad has enjoyed his role as the main antagonist to Australian cricket fans and continues to play the pantomime villain to this day

Broad has enjoyed his role as the main antagonist to Australian cricket fans and continues to play the pantomime villain to this day

The incident involving Bairstow also brought back memories of the 2013 Ashes series when Stuart Broad refused to walk despite being clearly absent.

Broad took a huge nick from an Ashton Agar delivery that was caught safely by former skipper Michael Clarke in the slips.

However, it was not issued by referee Aleem Dar and the Aussies were left with no ratings to challenge.

Broad has maintained to this day that he was not required to run, saying after that game, “Those things are not remembered. It’s winning the series that will be remembered. We do have a win-at-all-cost mentality.’

England skipper Ben Stokes denounced Australia for having the same mentality after England’s loss.

“Had I been captain, I would have thought hard about the spirit of the game,” he said.

It was the winning moment for Australia. Would I want to win a match that way? The answer for me is no.’

England spinner Monty Panesar (pictured, left) has admitted that members of the England cricket team were guilty of ball tampering during The Ashes.

England spinner Monty Panesar (pictured, left) has admitted members of the England cricket team were guilty of ball tampering during The Ashes

Former England opener Marcus Trescothick (pictured celebrating with the Ashes urn) has also admitted his team used mints to tamper with the ball in an Ashes series

Former England opener Marcus Trescothick (pictured celebrating with the Ashes urn) has also admitted his team used mints to tamper with the ball in an Ashes series

The apparent hypocrisy was not lost on Aussie cricket fans.

‘Except that they are remembered. Broad not walking has been brought up several times today,” one fan posted.

“Important to note that Broad continues to defend his decision not to run to this day, so it’s not even something that happened in the past and he’s now ‘evolved’. The hypocrisy is staggering,” another tweeted.

Other Aussies also pointed out that England have admitted blatant cheating in previous Ashes series by changing the condition of the ball with breath mints.

Marcus Trescothick admitted in his autobiography come back to me that he used mints to shine the ball to produce more swing, while spinner Monty Panesar has also admitted that the team was guilty of ball tampering.

“The bottom line is that the team that went as far as tampering with the ball in an Ashes series is trying to take the moral high ground, but there are countless documented examples that prove they are guilty of what they preach. Again,’ posted an Australian cricket fan.

Australia lead the five Test series 2-0, with the third clash to be played at Headingley from July 6.

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