The Ashes stumping controversy has threatened to spill into a full diplomatic row after Rishi Sunak accused Australia of not playing in the spirit of cricket, and Anthony Albanese firmly threw his support behind the Aussie team.
Fury engulfed the final day of a scintillating Test match at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London after England wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow was stumped by Australian wicketkeeper Alex Carey who threw down the stumps after the batter ducked the final ball of the over and set off to talk to partner Ben Stokes in the apparent belief the over had ended.
