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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
George Sessions

Prime Minister praises ‘swift hands’ of Jonny Bairstow in halting Lord’s protest

PA Wire

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak praised the “swift hands” of Jonny Bairstow after England’s wicketkeeper carried a Just Stop Oil protester off the Lord’s pitch on the first morning of the second Ashes Test.

Bairstow took matters into his own hands when two men from the activist group ran on to the field armed with orange paint dust in a clear attempt to halt the match.

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