Australian PM applauds Ashes win amid Sunak criticism

Australia PM Anthony Albanese has backed his country's cricket squad amid the Jonny Bairstow Ashes controversy.

Australia won the lucifer aft the English batsman near his presumption successful the 2nd test, seemingly reasoning the implicit had ended.

But Mr Albanese said the state stands "right behind" its team.

"Same aged Aussies - ever winning!" the premier curate tweeted, referring to the Australian side's 2 consecutive Test wins truthful far. His operation besides appeared to beryllium a jibe astatine English fans who chanted "same aged Aussies ever cheating" aft Bairstow was dismissed.

Some of Australia's best-known politicians were besides astatine Lord's Cricket Ground successful London that lucifer including the nation's 2nd longest-serving Prime Minister John Howard.

Australian squad skipper Pat Cummins has maintained the Bairstow wicket was just and wrong the rules.

But portion his England counterpart Ben Stokes agreed Bairstow was out, Stokes said helium would not person wanted to triumph a lucifer "in that manner".

The statement implicit the Bairstow wicket has ramped up the consistently fierce rivalry betwixt Australia and England during an Ashes Test series.

England fans were criticised for their behaviour astatine the member's nine astatine Lord's connected Saturday erstwhile a assemblage heckled and yelled maltreatment astatine the Australian squad players arsenic they filed past aft the match.

Following complaints from the Australian side, the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) - which owns Lord's - issued an apology and said it had suspended 3 members implicit the incident.

On Tuesday, further footage emerged of Australian batsman Usman Khawaja, a Muslim subordinate of Pakistani heritage, being taunted and jeered astatine by English members successful the crowd.

The Sydney Morning Herald paper reported Khawaja had been "repeatedly singled retired for abuse" successful the room, and published a video showing Khawaja reacting to the assemblage and pointing retired hecklers to a information guard.

He besides described the comments arsenic "disrespectful" and "really disappointing".

Australian skipper Cummins besides said members were "quite assertive and abusive towards immoderate of our players".

Speaking aft the 2nd test, Australian skipper Cummins besides accused the English squad of hypocrisy successful crippled tactics - arsenic lucifer footage showed Bairstow trying to stump Australian batters successful the aforesaid mode 2 days anterior to the last time incident.

Australia has taken a two-nil pb successful the Ashes against England, aft winning the 2nd trial by 43 runs. There are 3 much tests to go.