By Paul Newman for the Daily Mail
Published: 20:45 BST, 26 May 2019 | Updated: 20:45 BST, 26 May 2019
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The Australian who insisted he wanted to end England players’ careers ahead of the last Ashes and launched an unprovoked attack on Matt Prior now insists English crowds are ‘ruthless’.
Nathan Lyon’s outburst in Brisbane was a symptom of the wider malaise that reached an explosive conclusion when Steve Smith and David Warner were banned for the cheating scandal that still casts a cloud over Australian cricket.
So it was not without irony that the off-spinner criticised sections of the Southampton crowd who booed the disgraced pair before they batted and when Smith reached his hundred in Australia’s 12-run win in a World Cup warm-up on Saturday at the Ageas Bowl.