Anthony Albanese has weighed into the row over the Jonny Bairstow stumping at Lord’s on Sunday, responding to claims from his British counterpart that Australia had trashed the spirit of the sport.
“Same old Aussies – always winning!” the Prime Minister stated in a tweet, invoking cries of English followers at Lord’s that Aussies are “always cheating”.
“I’m proud of our men’s and women’s cricket teams, who have both won their opening two Ashes matches against England.”
England have been left shocked after Australian wicket keeper Alex Carey stumped Bairstow moments after he walked out of his crease on the finish of an over, earlier than the ball had been declared useless.
The dismissal was pivotal in an exciting finish of second Ashes check, serving to Australia win the match and placing them up 2-0 within the collection.
Captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum declared put up match the controversial determination was not within the spirit of the sport. Asked on Monday, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak agreed.
“The prime minister agrees with Ben Stokes who said he simply wouldn’t want to win a game in the manner that Australia did,” the spokesman stated.
Asked if he thought Australia had contravened the spirit of cricket, the spokesperson responded: “yes”.
But Mr Sunak wouldn’t be elevating the matter straight with Mr Albanese.
“I think the public would want the prime minister to focus on the core issues of the UK-US-Australia relationship,” the spokesperson stated.
“Whilst there’s always going to be a friendly rivalry, I think they will be focused on more core issues.”
The British Prime Minister is a eager cricket fan and sat with Prince William to observe on from the Lord’s pavilion on Saturday.
While he denounced Australia’s win, a spokesperson stated it was “right” for the Marylebone Cricket Club to take swift motion to abuse hurled on the cricket crew within the Long Room.
“He thinks it was right that the MCC have taken swift action to suspend any members accused of poor behaviour,” the spokesman stated.
The MCC has suspended three of its members and issued an apology to the Australian crew.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
