In an Ashes series full of debate, Australia's wicket-keeper Alex Carey has produced one of the most controversial moments, running out Jonny Bairstow.
Bairstow ducked under a short pitched delivery from Cameron Green and walked towards the centre of the pitch to have a chat to Ben Stokes at the non-striker's end at the end of the over.
Alex Carey, realising the Englishman had gone quickly, threw the stumps down and was given out.
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Bairstow was in shock at the run out with the third umpire eventually sending him off to the pavilion.
"That's out for mine. Good thinking from Alex Carey, keeping the batter on his toes," Callum Ferguson said on Nine's coverage.
"That's not uncommon from a keeper."
Carey appeared to throw the stumps down immediately after the ball reached his hands, with former England captain Andrew Strauss agreeing with that view.
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"I don't think there was a sort of premeditated plan from Australia, it was dozy from Jonny Bairstow, there's no doubt about it," he said.
Fellow former captain Michael Atherton doubled down on the criticism of Bairstow.
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"Absolutely, Carey just threw the ball in, whether he'd seen Bairstow leave his crease quickly on the earlier balls who knows," he said.
"Gathered the ball, flicked it in before the umpire had called over so the ball was still live, it wasn't dead and that is dozy cricket from Bairstow and costly cricket."
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Former international umpire Simon Taufel also texted Ricky Ponting in commentary to clarify the ruling.
"The ball isn't dead until both sides disregard it as being in play, Carey caught and threw it in one action so the fielding side still considered it to be in play," Atherton read out.
Tensions noticeably rose after the incident with Stuart Broad and Ben Stokes exchanging verbal blows with Australia, noticeably Marnus Labuschagne and Pat Cummins.
Australia were then booed upon walking off at lunch.
Aaron Finch wasn't happy with Broad's antics who asked Australia if he was fine to leave his crease moments later.
"There's a lot of carry on from the English, particularly Stuart Broad, carrying on like a pork chop, it's out," he said on Nine's coverage.
Ferguson was confused too.
"I couldn't really understand the argument Stuart Broad was having out there with the Australian players, clearly got his back up about it," he said.
"And the crowd were actually getting right around that too, it was quite an atmosphere out there, unlike anything we've ever seen at Lord's before.
"Even in the walk through the long room as the players were coming off, we were seeing in the vision before it was getting pretty hairy in there."
It comes after last year when England's Ollie Pope ran out New Zealand all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme from the slips after an LBW appeal.
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