The Australians were constantly booed and there were chants of “cheat”,behaviour that was repeated in the Long Room when the players left the ground for lunch. Lord’s is the only Test venue in the world where players walk past members indoors as they enter and leave the ground.

The investigation into the Long Room incident is being aided by other MCC members appalled by the behaviour of some colleagues. Some have provided witness statements to the club.

Three members have already been suspended pending further inquiries and more may follow.

England coach Brendon McCullum further inflamed the situation by doubling down with his criticism of Australia in the UK media on Monday.

“I imagine it will affect it[the spirit of series],I think it has to,” McCullum said. “In the end,they made a play,they’ve got to live with that,we would have made a different play but that’s life. From our point of view,we believe that we can still come back in this series,and that’s where our focus has got to be.”

McCullum has been forced to defend similar dismissals when he was New Zealand wicketkeeper and later captain a decade ago.

Protagonist Stuart Broad also weighed in with his column in theDaily Mail.

“What amazed me,and what I told the Australians I could not believe as we left the field for lunch,was that not one senior player among them ... questioned what they had done.”

Cricket officials are preparing for the possibility that animosity towards the Australians for running out Bairstow after he walked out of his crease on the final day may boil over on his home ground of Headingley,which always has a raucous crowd. The third Test starts on Thursday,with England already 0-2 down in the five-match series.

Security has been increased to not only ensure the players’ safety but also prevent a repeat of Just Stop Oil protesters charging onto the ground at Lord’s after the first over of the match and reaching players,who protected the pitch. While one protester was eventually tackled by security,Bairstow carried the other 60 metres to the boundary before handing them over to security.

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