A member of the crowd has been charged with animal cruelty after he smuggled a pig into the ground disguised as a baby in a pram.

It appeared the intention was to let it loose at the ground, possibly with the word "Broad" written on its side in an attempt to unsettle England's rampant seamer.

The incident was a reprise of the 1982-83 Ashes Test at the Gabba where a group of vets brought in an anaesthetised pig that had "Beefy", for Ian Botham, written on one side and "Eddie", for Hemmings, on the other and let it on to the pitch.

This time round the cunning plan was nipped in the bud when security guards apprehended the man and his pig, named Ash, and turned them over to the police.

The pig was treated for dehydration at the RSPCA. It was another streaky Ashes result.