Just Stop Oil Protest in London entered Lord’s Test in Ashes on the first day on Wednesday (June 28). Two protestors invaded the pitch after the first over and it briefly disrupted play at the Mecca of Cricket. The protestors ran in from the grandstand of the stadium and approached the taking part in floor solely to be denied by the gamers.
One of the invaders was actually carried away by England wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow off the field. The jam-packed crowd at Lord’s loved the second at the same time as David Warner and Ben Stokes joined palms to cease the different protestor from reaching the pitch. The video of the incident has gone viral on social media and Bairstow’s actions are leaving the followers in splits.
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After the incident, the groundstaff quickly swept up and blew off the powder paint that spilled on the outfield. Bairstow additionally ran off the field to put on new set of whites. The complete incident wasted six minutes of play as there was delay in beginning the second over of the day. Just Stop Oil, a coalition of environmental motion teams, have already disrupted a number of high-profile sporting occasions earlier than together with Premier League soccer matches, the ultimate of rugby union’s Premiership and the World Snooker Championship.
Nevertheless, Australia openers David Warner and Usman Khawaja did not deter with the incident as they stood robust in robust situations and deny England an early wicket who opted to bowl first after profitable the toss.
Australia (Playing XI): David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey(w), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins(c), Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood
England (Playing XI): Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes(c), Jonny Bairstow(w), Stuart Broad, Ollie Robinson, Josh Tongue, James Anderson
