WATCH: Australia and UK Prime Ministers indulge in banter over Ashes at NATO meet

Ashes 2023 (Source: Twitter)

The Ashes 2023 has been very exhilarating to watch. The die-hard cricket fans in England have got their money's worth as every Test so far has gone down to the wire. Ahead of the 4th Test, the scoreline stands 2-1 in favour of Australia. Many people from around the world are already labelling it as the best Ashes ever. Such has been the intensity that the Ashes fever got to the England and Australian Prime Minister.

The craze for the Ashes is there even at the NATO summit in Lithuania. On Tuesday England Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese indulged in banter over the Ashes. It started with Albanese taking out a paper printout of the Ashes scoreline in the series so far. Sunak in response took out printed pictures of Mark Wood and Chris Woakes in a tight embrace after a hard-fought win at Headingley.

Here is the video:

Ashes have peaked.

The moment when Prime Ministers of Australia & UK met yesterday.pic.twitter.com/iemkSlVsYb

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) July 12, 2023

England won the third Ashes Test at Headingley by three wickets

Albanese quickly hit back by bringing out the picture of Jonny Bairstow's stumping in the second Test at Lords. Bairstow was out stumped by Australia wicketkeeper Alex Carey who was caught napping as he strode out of the crease without informing any of the Australian fielders which resulted in his run out. After that happened, a vast debate aroused with regard to the spirit of cricket.

Sunak then took a jibe at Albanese by saying, "I'm sorry I didn't bring my sandpaper with me," this was in reference to the ball-tampering scandal which took place in 2018 at Cape Town in South Africa which featured some players from the Australian Cricket Team. Australia have had a great time in 2023 ever since they set foot on English shores as they won the World Test Championship (WTC) final against India at the Oval ahead of the Ashes.

The Three Lions registering a 3-wicket win at Headingley, have opened up the Ashes series. Now the teams will have to play two Test matches. The fourth Test will be held at Old Trafford in Manchester. The fans will also hope for more riveting action in the remaining Test matches.