It took a long time in the wake of the 2018 sandpaper scandal for Australia’s cricket team to persuade even its own public that a leopard could change its spots. As far as the English went, well, many were never convinced it had.
That was even before events at Lord’s last Sunday, when the controversial stumping of Jonny Bairstow during England’s second Test run-chase lit the fuse on what to that point had been a notably good-natured series, the two sets of players on annoyingly fond terms in the eyes of some grizzled ex-players.
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