SKY SPORTS have hired bodyguards to protect Australian pundits after a controversial second Ashes test.
The action is back underway at Headingley today.
GettyMark Taylor will get a bodyguard from Sky[/caption]
PAMel Jones will also get given extra security[/caption]
Jonny Bairstow was controversially stumped out
Twitter / _FaridKhanAussie players were involved in an altercation after the incident[/caption]
Australia are 2-0 up but there was controversy on Sunday when Alex Carey got Jonny Bairstow out in the second Test.
England’s batsman ducked under a bouncer and wandered away from his crease only for the Aussie wicket keeper to throw the ball at the stumps.
The crowd was furious at Lord’s and accused them of cheating.
It led to ex-Aussie captain Ricky Ponting being shouted at by angry supporters and the players being involved in an argument with MCC members as they went for lunch.
Today’s action in the third Test will be played amid a hostile environment and Sky are taking no chances.
The Mail report that they have employed security to protect their pundits that hail from Down Under.
Ex-opener Mark Taylor and women’s star Mel Jones will be looked after.
It is a precautionary measure from Sky to ensure their safety.
Ponting will not be in attendance at Headingley as he is supposedly on holiday.
England were left fuming at Australia’s actions in the second test.
Both Ben Stokes and Joe Root slammed their bitter rivals.
Stokes revealed he is expecting a loud “ramped up” atmosphere in Yorkshire.
Aussie captain Pat Cummings has stood by the Aussies move and expressed that he is “comfortable with it”.