The controversial events at Lord’s got plenty of tongues wagging this week….

Stumped. Bairstow’s regrettable wander at Lord’s
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A CRICKETER absentmindedly walks out of his crease and another cricketer under-armed his stumps down. In a split second the cricket world, and then very much the wider one, lost their collective marbles.
Players past and present, commentators, columnists, keyboard warriors and prime ministers weren’t shy in wading into the debate. More remarkably, members of the MCC went after the Australians in the Long Room in footage that had to be seen to...