The England and Australia cricket teams were warned about potential disruptions from Just Stop Oil activists during the second Ashes Test at Lord's. The England and Wales Cricket Board's security unit advised players to avoid any protesters who might enter the pitch. Despite the advice, Jonny Bairstow chose to disregard it and intercepted one of the activists running toward the wicket, lifting him into the air and carrying him beyond the boundary.

Three protesters were arrested for aggravated trespass, with one elderly woman not making it onto the field. Two individuals sprinted toward different sets of stumps, each carrying bags of orange powder paint. Bairstow and other players managed to stop one, while Ben Stokes, the England captain, and Australia's David Warner ushered the other away before a steward tackled him.

The crowd responded with boos as stewards escorted two of the protesters out of the ground, while the one carried by Bairstow refused to cooperate and was eventually lifted by police officers. The MCC, which oversees Lord's, strongly condemned the pitch invasion and the behavior of the protesters, highlighting the dangers they posed to themselves and others attending the event.

Unlike a previous incident at the World Snooker Championship, where a protester spilled orange paint on a table, disrupting the game, ground staff swiftly cleaned the powder using brooms and a leaf blower. Play resumed after a short delay during which Bairstow changed his orange-dusted shirt. Just Stop Oil, in a statement, drew attention to the financial services firm JP Morgan, Lord's principal commercial partner, and its significant financing of fossil fuel companies. They argued that cricket, like other sports, would be heavily affected by the climate crisis.

This is the second time Just Stop Oil targeted cricket this summer, having previously caused a delay in the England team's arrival for a Test match against Ireland at Lord's. They also interrupted the Premiership rugby final between Saracens and Sale at Twickenham last month.