Piers Morgan has weighed in on the sexism row engulfing the England ladies’s cricket staff, after the ECB introduced Brendon McCullum’s sacking throughout their first ever Take a look at match at Lord’s.
The cricketing board revealed yesterday afternoon that McCullum could be leaving his submit as the lads’s Take a look at match coach halfway by means of Day Three of the ladies’s conflict with India.
It was a transfer which sparked controversy, with pundits accusing the ECB of ‘attempting to overshadow the whole lot the ladies do’ by making such an announcement earlier than their historic match had even come to an finish.
Sports activities reporter Elizabeth Ammon wrote on X: ‘Might the ECB haven’t waited 24 hours to announce that (information of McCullum’s sacking)? They and their man have actually finished their very, best this summer season to overshadow the whole lot the ladies tried to do. I am truly actually cross about this and the entire fing summer season. Knives being sharpened’.
And now-retired England ladies’s cricketer Alex Hartley blasted the ECB’s determination dwell on the BBC’s Take a look at Match Particular.
She informed former England quick bowler Steven Finn: ‘It simply would not make sense, wait till Tuesday. This recreation is finished in the truth that England aren’t going to win this Take a look at match, however there is a Take a look at match to save lots of. It is historic.
England ladies’s cricketer Issy Wong was seen fixing a Rubik’s Dice and movie star wildly together with her facet on the verge of being thrashed by India at Lord’s
It got here amid a sexism row over the ECB’s determination to sack Brendon McCullum halfway by means of the ladies’s first ever Take a look at match on the Residence of Cricket. Alex Hartley (pictured) blasted the choice on Take a look at Match Particular
‘There’s an ODI collection beginning Tuesday and I fully perceive that they need to get the information out earlier than then however, I am sorry, there’s one thing extra vital for me and ladies’s cricket.’
The information got here with the ladies’s staff staring down the barrel at an enormous defeat to India.
Having posted simply 170 of their first innings, England started their second – and the ultimate of the match – needing a whopping 457 to win.
Their run chase, nevertheless, obtained off to the worst potential begin when Tammi Beaumont was dismissed for a first-ball duck earlier than a collapse ensued. Ultimately, Charlotte Edwards’ facet have been all out for 187 – which means they misplaced by some 270 runs.
Footage of quick bowler Issy Wong fixing a Rubik’s Dice had earlier gone viral as her team-mates struggled out within the center.
Wong was filmed celebrating wildly after finishing the puzzle, earlier than trying to throw one in every of her match shirts throughout a balcony to a fan. The shirt, nevertheless, was swept away by the wind and fell onto the seats in entrance of the well-known previous pavilion at Lord’s. Ultimately, head coach Edwards was pressured to go down and retrieve it.
The clip sparked one thing of a livid response on social media, with followers questioning why the nationwide staff have been goofing round once they regarded sure to lose.
‘We’re about to lose by 300 runs,’ one wrote.
One other penned: ‘Think about the lads have been getting thrashed in a check match and also you had Ollie Robinson doing a rubix dice on the balcony.’
Earlier than Piers Morgan, replying to the video of Wong, waded in: ‘Flawed stuff. (Fastened it for you). If a male participant did this whereas England have been being thrashed, all hell would break free.’
The ECB was blasted over its determination to announce McCullum’s sacking final night time
Followers additionally took to social media to criticise Issy Wong for fixing the Rubik’s Dice
Broadcaster Piers Morgan later waded into the talk by posting on X
The 61-year-old was crucial of Wong for goofing round whereas her facet have been ‘being thrashed’
McCullum was dismissed after overseeing a disappointing run of kind for the Take a look at facet
The broadcaster additionally responded to the clip of Hartley giving her opinion on the matter, describing her view as a ‘load of tosh’.
‘Respectfully, what a load of tosh,’ the 61-year-old wrote on X. ‘The England ladies’s staff have been so all in favour of their very own Take a look at match they have been taking part in Rubik’s cubes and throwing shirts over followers.’
McCullum was sacked simply weeks after former captain Ben Stokes introduced his retirement from worldwide cricket through the males’s third Take a look at in opposition to New Zealand.
The two-1 collection defeat – England’s first residence loss in a collection of three or extra matches in 13 years – proved to be the ultimate straw for the Kiwi after England’s dismal defeat within the Ashes just a few months in the past.
Andy Flower, now 58, is the favorite to exchange McCullum forward of England’s subsequent residence Take a look at collection in opposition to Pakistan starting in August.
‘I’ve completely beloved teaching the Take a look at facet and I’m extremely happy with what we’ve achieved collectively,’ mentioned McCullum, whose 49 Exams in cost produced 27 wins, 20 defeats and two attracts.
‘There’ve been some unbelievable highs and some powerful days alongside the way in which, however that’s all a part of taking over a problem like this. It’s been a privilege and an honour, and I’m grateful. Grateful to the gamers, the workers and the followers who supported us on the journey.
‘In fact I’m gutted to not be persevering with, however I respect the choice. My focus now could be on giving the whole lot I’ve obtained to the white-ball groups and serving to England preserve shifting ahead.
‘I want the Take a look at staff nothing however success. There’s a hell of plenty of expertise in that dressing-room and so they’re a particular bunch of lads. I’ll all the time be backing the boys, with a smile on my face, and hoping they preserve taking the sport on. I do know they will proceed to make folks proud.’
