How a frosty lunch at Lord’s following Jonny Bairstow’s controversial stumping in the Ashes left Australia in stitches as Marnus Labuschagne lifts the lid on David Warner’s feisty two-word response to angry England star
How a frosty lunch at Lord’s after Jonny Bairstow’s controversial stumping in the Ashes let Australia down as Marnus Labuschagne lifts the lid on David Warner’s pithy two-word response to the angry English star
- The Australian cricketers have revealed what happened at Lord’s over lunch
- Tensions ran high after Jonny Bairstow’s controversial performance
- David Warner snapped back at the Englishman in the lunchroom
Australian stars have spilled the beans over a very awkward lunch at Lord’s, in the immediate aftermath of Jonny Bairstow’s controversial punching.
Wicket-keeper Alex Carey’s quick reaction to sack Bairstow, when the Englishman assumed a delivery from Cameron Green was dead, set the tone for an explosive series between England and Australia in the Ashes.
The incident sparked a major debate over ‘the spirit of cricket’, with Australia insisting their consciences remained clear, despite some fans and pundits questioning the morality of the move.
The stumping happened just before lunch at the Home of Cricket, and speaking to 7Sport, a handful of Australian stars revealed that there was a frosty atmosphere between both groups of players over the meal.
Marnus Labuschagne revealed that Bairstow refused to eat anything before firing a shot at opener David Warner, to which the veteran responded curtly.
Australia’s stars have spilled the beans on a very awkward luncheon at Lord’s in the Ashes
‘I was in the lunchroom,’ he said. “Jonny was steaming, absolutely steaming. He walked into the lunchroom and did not eat lunch.
“The Sky crew knew Jonny was there and they just replayed it on screen. And while you do, everyone is watching. Obviously he sees us all looking and says, “Are you happy with that?”
David Warner spits out his chicken and says, “Yeah, whole.” The only words that were said.’
Steve Smith added, “It was funny,” while Mitch Marsh said the Aussies struggled to suppress their laughter after Warner’s comment.
“Remember when at school the teacher tells you not to laugh? Well I was trying to eat my soup so if you can imagine I’m eating my soup and I’m shaking like this and I’m just trying to look down and I look up at Jonny and I had pumpkin soup my whites down come.’
Travis Head said: ‘I had my back to Jonny but I could imagine Jonny watching us and when David said ‘very’ I and a few others got pats on the back.
Jonny Bairstow was controversially dismissed on the fifth day of the second Ashes Test
Bairstow didn’t eat lunch after the dismissal that made tongues wag in cricket
“He (Bairstow) would have seen three shoulders bump with their heads down.”
And Usman Khawaja claimed that even some English stars found the exchange funny.
“I walked out with some English boys and they were giggling,” he said.
“Bairstow still hasn’t eaten anything. He’s been sitting the whole time. So I finished and left and Jonny hadn’t touched a thing.’
Hostilities continued for the rest of the series, culminating in the players not sharing beer after the fifth Test at the Oval.