Brendon McCullum slaps down 'beer' with the Aussies over Ashes drama
The England captain was left bitter over the controversy in the second Ashes test.
England coach Brendon McCullum is clearly feeling the pressure after claiming he won't be going for a beer with the Aussie team after controversy erupted on the final day at Lord's. England were left bitter and absolutely fuming after Jonny Bairstow was run out in controversial circumstances when Alex Carey caught him napping at the crease.
Fans around Lord's Cricket Ground were fuming as footage emerged of fans in the Long Room targeting the Australian players. Usman Khawaja and David Warner were seen arguing with members of the Long Room in horrible scenes.
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The aftermath continued after the game with Australian captain Pat Cummins calling the wicket a fair dismissal, which Bairstow has also tried to replicate in a previous innings.
England will be further frustrated over the move having gone 2-0 down in the series and their hype-train well and truly halted. Ben Stokes said the dismissal was going against the 'Spirit of Cricket', but plenty of videos have emerged of the England team causing controversy as well.
And to top it off, New Zealand great - and current England coach - McCullum appears to be in no mood to share a beer with the Aussies after his team continues to fall behind.
"I can't imagine we'll be having a beer with them any time soon," McCullum told the BBC. "We have three Tests to land some blows and try and win the Ashes. That is where our focus will be."
Brendon McCullum calls out Aussie team
McCullum claimed the England team may have made a different decision if they were in Australia's position on day 5.
"I was lucky enough to play for a long period of time and you learn over a long period that the game and the spirit of the game is so vital to this great game," McCullum said. "It's one thing we've got that other sports maybe don't have, and to uphold that is such an important part of it.
"In the end you've got to live with the decisions you make, and that's life. But I feel from our point of view, if we were in the same situation, we might've made a different decision."
Winning captain Cummins looked at the situation differently and claimed, like many former players on broadcast, that the dismissal was fair. "I think Carey saw it happen a few balls previously. There was no pause. Catch it and throw it at the stumps. I thought it was totally fair play," Cummins said.
"That's how the rule is. Some people might disagree, just like the catch yesterday, the rule is there."
Stokes and McCullum will have to reflect on the team's performance as a whole, rather than the single moment, with Australia outplaying England for the majority of the test match.
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