England head coach Brendon McCullum loses cool at security guard at Headingly after being stopped from entering the stadium

It seems like Ashes 2023 is going to witness all kinds of stuff including both on and off the field. Recently, it was the England head coach Brendon McCullum who attracted the headlines for his heated argument with the security guard at the gate of Headingley in Leeds. The security guard stopped McCullum from entry for not having a correct pass.

Subsequently, the guard was insisted by the guy who was with McCullum at the moment but still, he denied to let him enter. Later on, when the security personnel was on a call with a senior officer, the England head coach walked through the gates in anger and disappointment saying “You’ll just have to deal with it.”

England's late attack puts Headingley Test in the balance

Speaking of the action of the match in the ongoing third Ashes 2023 Test at the Headingley, the match is currently looking in a balanced position as Australia had lost 4 wickets on the score of 116 runs at the end of the second day. At the time of stumps, Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh were there in the middle on the individual scores of 18 and 17 runs respectively.

Earlier in the second innings of Australia, the veteran opener Usman Khawaja and the star number three batter Marnus Labuschagne also contributed with the individual knocks of 43 and 33 runs respectively.

Moeen Ali has scalped two wickets so far for England in the second innings; apart from him, Chris Woakes and Stuart Broad have also scalped one wicket each. Australia are currently leading by 142 runs in the second innings; other than this, the visitors are already leading the five-match Ashes 2023 by a margin of 2-0 after winning the first two Tests in a thrilling style.

Now, Australia will be eyeing to take an unassailable lead in the series by winning this ongoing third Ashes 2023 Test at the Headingley. Notably, this edition of the Ashes has already witnessed a lot of controversies and heated moments including the infamous run-out incident of England wicketkeeper-batter Jonny Bairstow by Alex Carey. The entire cricketing fraternity was divided in contrasting emotions on this incident.