There hasn't been such uproar among the sedentary patrons of Lord's since the Chablis served at lunch was a touch warm.
But if the Aussies thought they got a rough ride in the Long Room after their sharp practice to dismiss Jonny Bairstow, just wait until the chaps from Bash Street find their voices on Headingley's famously articulate Western Terrace on Thursday.
Freddie Flintoff once observed that Lancashire players cheerfully referred to Twenty20 assignments against Yorkshire as dates with one of Europe's most volatile and febrile football crowds.