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MCC members are being punished for calling Australian players, CHEATS.
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https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/at-arm-s-length-mcc-members-pay-the-price-for-lord-s-bairstow-fracas-20240628-p5jphk.html
Marylebone Cricket Club members may never again get as close to
Australia’s cricketers as they did last year in the Long Room fracas
that followed the Jonny Bairstow stumping in the Lord’s Test.
At the time, England captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum
questioned whether Australia had acted in the spirit of the game when
wicketkeeper Alex Carey threw down the stumps as Bairstow walked out of
his crease before over was called.
But almost a year on, the MCC’s chief executive Guy Lavender has not
only stated his belief that there was no transgression of the spirit of
cricket by the Australians during the Ashes Test but also revealed he
has taken steps to put greater space between the players and the members
in the famed Lord’s Long Room.
The lasting images from day five of the second Test at Lord’s on July 2
last year are mobile phone videos of MCC members chanting “cheat, cheat,
cheat” as the players walked through the Long Room and up the stairs to
lunch.
There is context. This Australian team were still carrying the spectre
of the 2018 sandpapergate scandal, when then captain Steve Smith and
vice-captain David Warner were banned for a year, and England are not
going to let them forget.
But despite the furore, Lavender said he believed Australia had acted
within the spirit and the law of the game.
“If a matter is explicitly permitted within the Laws of Cricket, then it
really can’t be considered to have been a breach the spirit of cricket,”
Lavender said. “Some people get confused about these terms.”
Some MCC members were so confused they made their feelings known to
Usman Khawaja and Warner in particular as they walked through the Long
Room. One of those members was subsequently expelled from the MCC and
two were suspended.
There was humour amid the madness. One member shouting “cowards,
cowards” changed his tune when he saw another member stick a leg out to
try to trip up Warner as he went up the stairs, chanting instead “too
far, too far”.
Awkwardly, the players share the same lunchroom at Lord’s. An angry
Bairstow asked the Australians, “Are you guys happy with that?” Warner
replied “Yeah, very”, prompting Bairstow to storm out.
Khawaja said the Lord’s Long Room should be specially policed because of
the proximity of the members.
“There was a lot of stuff said that I didn’t agree with, especially
around the playing area and the changing rooms and where we walk on and
off,” he said. “If there’s anywhere around the world, that has to be one
place that’s protected.
“I was getting sprayed left, right and centre at fine leg or deep long
on, I was getting absolutely nailed. But that area’s got nothing to do
with me. It’s only when they get close to my change rooms where I was
like ‘You’re in a privileged position to sit near the players and the
change rooms’, so there’s a certain behaviour that should go with that.”
With MCC members now on notice that their place in cricket’s most
privileged club is at stake, Lavender believes there will never be a
repeat of last year’s unruly scenes, and changes to the Long Room will
help ensure that.
When Australia next play there, in a one-day international in September,
the area will be much tighter cordoned and access to the stairwells on
either side of the pavilion will be closed entirely when the players
need to use them.
“There are a couple of operational adjustments,” Lavender told this
masthead. “The first one is to widen the walkway between the players and
members to create more space, which we thought was sensible, and then
close the stairways to members moving up and down as the players exit
the changing room and go down to the field of play.
“Looking back a year, it was a moment in time when it’s clear that
emotions are running very high during what was an incredible Ashes Test
match and the series, more broadly. It was electric,” he said. “My broad
view is, I don’t think there’s a likelihood of it happening again.
“Everyone’s reflected on that day. Lord’s is a really unique and special
place. And the Long Room and pavilion particularly is a sort of unique
and special environment. It’s really enjoyed by the members, and I think
by players as well. It’s unique in that regard. And I think everyone
understands that that’s really, really important.”
While the International Cricket Council is the game’s governing body,
history and tradition have left the MCC as custodians of the game’s laws.
Law 20.1.2 of the MCC’s Laws of Cricket states: “The ball shall be
considered to be dead when it is clear to the bowler’s end umpire that
the fielding side and both batters at the wicket have ceased to regard
it as in play.”
Lavender said the MCC had reviewed the law and found it “fit for
purpose”, with no changes required.
After Australia won last year’s Lord’s Test by 43 runs, despite another
inspired Stokes century, the England captain invoked the spirit of cricket.
“If the shoe was on the other foot, I would have put more pressure on
the umpires and asked whether they had called over and had a deep think
about the whole spirit of the game and whether I would want to do
something like that,” Stokes said. “For Australia, it was the
match-winning moment. Would I want to win a game in that manner? The
answer is no.”
McCullum said: “I can’t imagine we’ll be having a beer any time soon”
with the Australian team, which also made Cummins laugh given how much
McCullum enjoyed a drink during his playing days as a New Zealand great.
The biggest loser was Carey. The torrent of abuse aimed at him extended
to death threats and clearly impacted him. Despite his insistence that
he was fine, his performances declined and his teammates were worried
about him.
MCC members are being punished for calling Australian players, CHEATS.
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https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/at-arm-s-length-mcc-members-pay-the-price-for-lord-s-bairstow-fracas-20240628-p5jphk.html
Marylebone Cricket Club members may never again get as close to
Australia’s cricketers as they did last year in the Long Room fracas
that followed the Jonny Bairstow stumping in the Lord’s Test.
At the time, England captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum
questioned whether Australia had acted in the spirit of the game when
wicketkeeper Alex Carey threw down the stumps as Bairstow walked out of
his crease before over was called.
But almost a year on, the MCC’s chief executive Guy Lavender has not
only stated his belief that there was no transgression of the spirit of
cricket by the Australians during the Ashes Test but also revealed he
has taken steps to put greater space between the players and the members
in the famed Lord’s Long Room.
The lasting images from day five of the second Test at Lord’s on July 2
last year are mobile phone videos of MCC members chanting “cheat, cheat,
cheat” as the players walked through the Long Room and up the stairs to
lunch.
There is context. This Australian team were still carrying the spectre
of the 2018 sandpapergate scandal, when then captain Steve Smith and
vice-captain David Warner were banned for a year, and England are not
going to let them forget.
But despite the furore, Lavender said he believed Australia had acted
within the spirit and the law of the game.
“If a matter is explicitly permitted within the Laws of Cricket, then it
really can’t be considered to have been a breach the spirit of cricket,”
Lavender said. “Some people get confused about these terms.”
Some MCC members were so confused they made their feelings known to
Usman Khawaja and Warner in particular as they walked through the Long
Room. One of those members was subsequently expelled from the MCC and
two were suspended.
There was humour amid the madness. One member shouting “cowards,
cowards” changed his tune when he saw another member stick a leg out to
try to trip up Warner as he went up the stairs, chanting instead “too
far, too far”.
Awkwardly, the players share the same lunchroom at Lord’s. An angry
Bairstow asked the Australians, “Are you guys happy with that?” Warner
replied “Yeah, very”, prompting Bairstow to storm out.
Khawaja said the Lord’s Long Room should be specially policed because of
the proximity of the members.
“There was a lot of stuff said that I didn’t agree with, especially
around the playing area and the changing rooms and where we walk on and
off,” he said. “If there’s anywhere around the world, that has to be one
place that’s protected.
“I was getting sprayed left, right and centre at fine leg or deep long
on, I was getting absolutely nailed. But that area’s got nothing to do
with me. It’s only when they get close to my change rooms where I was
like ‘You’re in a privileged position to sit near the players and the
change rooms’, so there’s a certain behaviour that should go with that.”
With MCC members now on notice that their place in cricket’s most
privileged club is at stake, Lavender believes there will never be a
repeat of last year’s unruly scenes, and changes to the Long Room will
help ensure that.
When Australia next play there, in a one-day international in September,
the area will be much tighter cordoned and access to the stairwells on
either side of the pavilion will be closed entirely when the players
need to use them.
“There are a couple of operational adjustments,” Lavender told this
masthead. “The first one is to widen the walkway between the players and
members to create more space, which we thought was sensible, and then
close the stairways to members moving up and down as the players exit
the changing room and go down to the field of play.
“Looking back a year, it was a moment in time when it’s clear that
emotions are running very high during what was an incredible Ashes Test
match and the series, more broadly. It was electric,” he said. “My broad
view is, I don’t think there’s a likelihood of it happening again.
“Everyone’s reflected on that day. Lord’s is a really unique and special
place. And the Long Room and pavilion particularly is a sort of unique
and special environment. It’s really enjoyed by the members, and I think
by players as well. It’s unique in that regard. And I think everyone
understands that that’s really, really important.”
While the International Cricket Council is the game’s governing body,
history and tradition have left the MCC as custodians of the game’s laws.
Law 20.1.2 of the MCC’s Laws of Cricket states: “The ball shall be
considered to be dead when it is clear to the bowler’s end umpire that
the fielding side and both batters at the wicket have ceased to regard
it as in play.”
Lavender said the MCC had reviewed the law and found it “fit for
purpose”, with no changes required.
After Australia won last year’s Lord’s Test by 43 runs, despite another
inspired Stokes century, the England captain invoked the spirit of cricket.
“If the shoe was on the other foot, I would have put more pressure on
the umpires and asked whether they had called over and had a deep think
about the whole spirit of the game and whether I would want to do
something like that,” Stokes said. “For Australia, it was the
match-winning moment. Would I want to win a game in that manner? The
answer is no.”
McCullum said: “I can’t imagine we’ll be having a beer any time soon”
with the Australian team, which also made Cummins laugh given how much
McCullum enjoyed a drink during his playing days as a New Zealand great.
The biggest loser was Carey. The torrent of abuse aimed at him extended
to death threats and clearly impacted him. Despite his insistence that
he was fine, his performances declined and his teammates were worried
about him.