Batter calls for ‘brilliant atmosphere’ in third Ashes TestTensions remain high after Bairstow controversy at Lord’s
Joe Root has called on supporters to scale back their barracking of Australia’s players when the Ashes action moves to his home ground of Headingley on Thursday for the third Ashes Test, as the row over Jonny Bairstow’s dismissal on Sunday continues to simmer.
While fans at Lord’s – and MCC members in that ground’s fabled Long Room – furiously turned on Australia after the incident on Sunday, Root pleaded with those in Yorkshire to concentrate on getting behind their own team.
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