Stuart Broad reveals how Jonny Bairstow fumed at Australia players after Ashes controversy - 'Wow'
Jonny Bairstow was livid after Ashes controversy in England and Australia match
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Stuart Broad has revealed how Jonny Bairstow confronted Australia players after his controversial Ashes dismissal back in the summer.
The England star was ran out by Alex Carey after wondering out of his crease.
It sparked boos and jeers around Lord's, with cricket fans at the stadium turning on Aussie players as they made their way to lunch.
David Warner's wife later said her husband and his team-mates were 'kicked and touched' by members.
Australia players were confronted by members at Lord's after Jonny Bairstow's Ashes dismissal
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Footage of the row went viral in the aftermath.
And Broad, speaking in a new book serialised by the Daily Mail, has now revealed how things played out behind the scenes - with Bairstow venting his fury at the Aussies for their show of poor sportsmanship.
"I pointed at Pat [Cummins, Australia captain] quite a lot," he said.
"I was shouting: 'You hear all these boos – they’re for you.'
"Again, I didn’t really believe it – it was just a way of me changing the game up and seeing what would happen.
"At lunch, Stokesy had got his hundred – there was a massive cheer when we walked in the Long Room first.
"Then we turned our corner. I’ve been booed by 50,000 people at the Gabba, and I reckon the Long Room was louder.
"It was unbelievable. I was like, wow!
"Then we saw Sky’s most-watched Twitter clip ever: the members having a go at the Aussies.
"I couldn’t hear what they were saying – the boos drowned it out. I’d never heard boos like that.
He added: "The awkward thing about lunch is you’ve got a table where England sit, then a little gap, then a table where the Aussies sit.
"In the middle, there’s a TV on the wall. They were obviously showing it on Sky.
"All the players were watching it, including Jonny. He hadn’t been up for lunch all week – he always has it in his spot in the dressing room. But he went up that day to see what was going on.
"I think Zak [Crawley] was… not winding Jonny up, but going:'“I can’t believe they’ve done that. They can’t be happy with that.'
"I think he said: 'You should ask them if they’re happy with that.'
"Within point five of a second, Jonny says: 'You happy with that, lads?' They were like: 'Yeah, pretty happy.'
"But the members were lined up all the way from their changing room to the lunch room as well.
"They must have thought: 'have we got this one slightly wrong, maybe?'
While England players including Broad and Bairstow were furious, captain Ben Stokes opted to stay silent.
"He didn’t say a word," he said.
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"He was revving me up. I was saying: 'Do you think I’ve got to calm down here, Stokesy?'
"He said: 'No, keep going. I think they’re properly rattled.'
"The Aussies weren’t talking to each other. They were just turning round and bowling.
"I was just being that facetious prat that I turn into on the odd occasion.
"[Josh] Hazlewood was bowling into the wind with the short boundary, so I said to him: 'It’s nice the captain bowling you at this end, isn’t it? Bet he’ll drop you next week. He’ll bowl that end, and you’ll get dropped. I promise you. You watch.'
"[Mitchell] Starc told me to eff off at one stage. It was me in red-mist, competitive mode."
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