The Ashes 2023: Usman Khawaja calls MCC member comments in Long Room 'disrespectful'

Marylebone Cricket Club members made "disrespectful" comments to Australia players successful the Long Room astatine Lord's, says Australia batter Usman Khawaja.

The incidental came aft Jonny Bairstow was controversially stumped by Australia wicketkeeper Alex Carey.

The MCC has apologised "unreservedly".

"It was truly disappointing," said Khawaja.

"Lord's is 1 of my favourite places to come. There's ever respect shown astatine Lord's, peculiarly successful the Members Pavilion successful the Long Room, but determination wasn't today.

"Some of the worldly that was coming retired of the members' mouths is truly disappointing and I wasn't conscionable going basal by and bull it. So I conscionable talked to a fewer of them.

"A fewer of them were throwing retired immoderate beauteous large allegations and I conscionable called them up connected it and they kept going, and I was like, well, this is your rank here.

"It's beauteous disrespectful, to beryllium honest. I conscionable expect a batch amended from the members."

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Australia person asked the MCC to investigate.

Based astatine Lord's, which it owns, the MCC acts arsenic custodian and arbiter of the laws and tone of cricket.

"We person unreservedly apologised to the Australian team," the MCC said successful a statement.

Tempers flared aft Carey threw down the stumps to disregard Bairstow, who near his crease aft seemingly believing the shot was dormant astatine the extremity of the over.

Australia's players were booed and players from some sides exchanged words arsenic they walked disconnected the tract astatine luncheon earlier Khawaja and Warner appeared to beryllium confronted by members wrong the pavilion.

"MCC came and apologised for the behaviour of immoderate of the members," said Australia skipper Pat Cummins.

"I deliberation immoderate of them mightiness suffer their memberships implicit the mode they behaved. Other than that 1 time, they were fantastic each week. Normally fantastic, truly welcoming.

"They were conscionable rather assertive and abusive towards immoderate of our players, which I cognize the MCC weren't excessively blessed with."

A spokesperson for Australia said: "Australian absorption has requested the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) investigates respective incidents involving spectators successful the members country during luncheon connected time 5 of the Lord's Test.

"It is alleged players and unit from the Australian squad were verbally abused, with immoderate being physically contacted, arsenic they made their mode to luncheon done the members area."

A MCC spokesperson added: "The Long Room is unsocial successful satellite cricket and the large privilege of players passing done the pavilion is precise special.

"After this morning's play, emotions were moving high, and words were unluckily exchanged with immoderate of the Australian team, by a tiny fig of members.

"We person unreservedly apologised to the Australian squad and volition woody with immoderate subordinate who has not maintained the modular we expect done our disciplinary processes.

"It was not indispensable to eject anyone from the crushed and I americium pleased to accidental that determination was nary repetition of this arsenic the players resumed the tract for this afternoon's session."