Jonny Bairstow‘s controversial dismissal was not in step with the spirit of the sport, Sunak’s spokesman instructed reporters.
“The prime minister agrees with (England captain) Ben Stokes who stated he merely would not wish to win a sport within the method that Australia did,” the spokesman stated.
However Sunak, a eager cricket fan who watched with Prince William from the Lord’s pavilion on Saturday, additionally deplored the Lengthy Room abuse directed on the Australians by Marylebone Cricket Membership members.
“He thinks it was proper that the MCC have taken swift motion to droop any members accused of poor behaviour,” the spokesman stated.
Sunak believed that the standing ovation given by MCC members to Australia’s hobbling spinner Nathan Lyon, as he got here out to bat on Saturday, was “far more in step with the spirit of the sport”.
However Sunak has no intention of lodging an official protest with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, to reprise the intense diplomatic strains created by England’s “Bodyline” ways within the 1932-33 Ashes Down Beneath.
Whereas there’s a “pleasant rivalry” over sport between the 2 leaders, Sunak doesn’t view cricket as a core diplomatic situation, the spokesman remarked.
“The sport did present a chance to see Ben Stokes at his greatest and it was an unbelievable Take a look at match — he has confidence that England will bounce again at Headingley,” he added, after Stokes hit a blazing 155.
