Former Australia batter Usman Khawaja has alleged he was racially abused by a Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) member during the Ashes Test at Lord's in 2023.
The incident came after England's Jonny Bairstow was controversially stumped by Australia wicketkeeper Alex Carey in the second Test, and Khawaja describes the members as like "a pack of dogs" in his newly released autobiography.
Television footage at the time showed Khawaja and David Warner were involved in clashes with spectators as Australia walked off for lunch.
As a result, the MCC expelled one member and suspended two others. They were all found to have used "abusive, offensive or inappropriate behaviour or language", with one member given a four-and-a-half-year suspension and the other serving 30 months.
But Khawaja goes on to say he told one man not to shout at him again, which resulted in another person racially abusing him.
"We didn't realise what was waiting for us in the Long Room. Unfortunately, the MCC members in the room that day showed their true colours," Khawaja said.
"All of us always talked so highly of the MCC members, who were usually the kindest, most gentle, cricket-loving members in the world. You could get a hundred or a duck and they'd clap you as you walked off, all the same.
