The recriminations were immediate and the day turned into one of the most bizarre in Ashes history. As soon as Jonny Bairstow’s dismissal thanks to Alex Carey’s opportunistic/scandalous (delete as you see fit) stumping was confirmed by the TV umpire, the boos rang round the normally sedate Lord’s Cricket Ground. Quickly followed by relentless chants of “same old Aussies, always cheating”.
Bairstow and captain Ben Stokes, left stranded out in the middle as his last recognised batting partner headed back to the hutch, looked livid. It didn’t stop there. Stuart Broad – who has made a career of antagonising and being antagonised by Australia both on and off the field, including a memorable incident during the 2013 Ashes where he refused to walk after edging to slip – strode on to the field with a look of thunder in his eyes and immediately told Carey, “That’s all you’ll ever be remembered for, that.”
