Video: Bancroft has his say on Bairstow ‘headbutt’ at hilarious press conference

Australia skipper Steve Smith in hysterics as opening batsman explains Bairstow ‘just says hello differently’

Cameron Bancroft Jonny Bairstow headbutt Ashes cricket
Cameron Bancroft and Steve Smith speak to media after the first Ashes Test 
(Image credit: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Allegations that England’s Jonny Bairstow “headbutted” Australia batsman Cameron Bancroft in a Perth bar have sparked a media scramble - but Bancroft today laughed off the incident.

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