England ‘galvanised’ by Bairstow incident

England coach Brendon McCullum believes the Jonny Bairstow incident can act as a lightning rod for a fightback in the Ashes series.

UK PM joins ‘spirit of cricket’ debate

British prime minister Rishi Sunak has aimed a verbal bouncer at Australia’s cricketers after the Lord’s Ashes match.

Lyon out of Ashes series

Nathan Lyon will play no further part in the Ashes, with the Australia off-spinner backing Todd Murphy to pick up where he left off.

Watch: Bairstow, England guilty of hypocrisy?

Jonny Bairstow tried to dismiss Marnus Labuschagne on day three of the Lord’s Test in the same way that he would be dismissed on day five.

Ashes’ emotion shatters Lord’s monastic calm

The usually tranquil Long Room at Lord’s became a seething cauldron of hate on Sunday.

POLL: Should Aussies have withdrawn appeal?

Jonny Bairstow was dismissed in controversial fashion at Lord’s on Sunday. Should Pat Cummins have withdrawn Australia’s appeal?

Stokes targets 3-2 Ashes series win

England captain Ben Stokes wants his players to use the pain of their controversial second Test defeat against Australia as fuel to mount a sensational Ashes fightback.

Stokes: Is Bairstow exit in ‘spirit of game’?

England captain Ben Stokes insists he would not have wanted to win a game of cricket with the kind of dismissal that led to Jonny Bairstow’s controversial exit at Lord’s.

Highlights: 2023 Ashes (2nd Test, Day 5)

Ben Stokes’ brilliant 155 wasn’t enough for England at Lord’s as Australia took a 2-0 Ashes series lead.

Australia survive Stokes’ assault

Australia took a stranglehold on the Ashes series after beating England by 43 runs in a fiery and controversial second Test at Lord’s on Sunday.

Bairstow dismissal sends Lord’s into revolt

Jonny Bairstow’s controversial dismissal in the second Ashes Test on Sunday sent the Lord’s crowd into an unprecedented rage as Australia players clashed with spectators in the famous Pavilion Long Room.

Watch: Aussies booed in Lord’s Long Room

Usman Khawaja was held back by security while the Australians were booed by Long Room members at Lord’s on Sunday.

Watch: Aussies punish dozy Bairstow

Jonny Bairstow was stumped during the final day of the second Ashes Test at Lord’s after mistakenly thinking the ball was dead.

Concussion sub not on Lyon’s mind

Nathan Lyon has criticised suggestions that he went out to bat at Lord’s on Saturday “to get hit in the head”.

Lyon: I knew the risks, I wanted to bat

Injured Australia spinner Nathan Lyon insisted he had no regrets about risking further damage to his torn calf during his extraordinary innings at Lord’s on Saturday.