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Ashes 2021 Live: WAGS watch on as wild brawl erupts between cricket fans before police intervene during Brisbane Test – Check pics

Ashes 2021 Live: WAGS watch on as wild brawl erupts between cricket fans before police intervene during Brisbane Test – Check pics

Ashes 2021 Live: Gabba brawl – It’s just the 1st Test and the rivalry between England and Australia is already hotting up. At the Gabba, Brisbane on Day 3 of the 1st Test, a wild brawl erupted in the stands, prompting the wives and partners of Australian and English cricketers to take a peek. Police […]

Ashes 2021 Live: Gabba brawl – It’s just the 1st Test and the rivalry between England and Australia is already hotting up. At the Gabba, Brisbane on Day 3 of the 1st Test, a wild brawl erupted in the stands, prompting the wives and partners of Australian and English cricketers to take a peek. Police had to intervene to break the scuffle. Follow AUS vs ENG Live Updates on InsideSport.IN.

The scuffle, the reason of which is still unknown, got so intense that one of the fans ended up on the ground with his shirt torn before security and spectators tried to separate the feuding men.

Ashes 2021 Live: WAGS watch on as wild brawl erupts between cricket fans before police intervene during Brisbane Test – Check pics

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Shocked spectators watched on as security struggle to pull the feuding men apart

The brawl took place directly above the corporate boxes where WAGs from Australia and England were cheering their men on. Sources told Daily Mail Australia the two WAG groups seemed to be friendly with each other, unlike some of the spectators in the crowd.

Ashes 2021 Live: WAGS watch on as wild brawl erupts between cricket fans before police intervene during Brisbane Test – Check pics

In one of the now-viral pictures Emma McCarthy, the fiancee of Australian spin bowler Nathan Lyon who is one short of his 400th Test scalp, can be seen watching the brawl while talking on the phone.

The English cricket WAGs (pictured) were sitting directly above the ugly brawl

A spokesman told Daily Mail Australia 13 fans were evicted from the Gabba on Thursday, including two pitch invaders who ran onto the field and disrupted play.

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One will be dealt with under the Youth Justice Act and the other has been issued with a Notice of Public Nuisance.

Ashes 2021 Live: WAGS watch on as wild brawl erupts between cricket fans before police intervene during Brisbane Test – Check pics

Several wives and girlfriends (pictured) of the England cricket team have joined partners for the Ashes tour

As for the match, the Three Lions struggled on the first two days of the first Test in Brisbane with Australia in driver’s seat. But England captain Joe Root along with Dawid Malan led the fightback with unbeaten 86 and 80 at the end of Day 3 play. England are 220/2 and still trail Australia by 58 runs.

Ashes 2021 Live: WAGS watch on as wild brawl erupts between cricket fans before police intervene during Brisbane Test

Police and security were called to separate brawling fans (pictured) at the Gabba on Thursday

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Ashes 2021 Live: WAGS watch on as wild brawl erupts between cricket fans before police intervene during Brisbane Test

Picture courtesy: Daily Mail Australia

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