Australia have been knocked out of the T20 World Cup in humiliating circumstances – and an outdated foe was fast to poke enjoyable at Mitchell Marsh’s crew.
The 2021 champions wanted Eire to beat Zimbabwe to remain alive – however their match was washed out and not using a ball being bowled in Kandy in a single day.
It meant Zimbabwe will be part of Sri Lanka as qualifiers from Group B and can face the West Indies, India and South Africa within the subsequent stage of the event.
After disastrous losses to Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, the Aussies had been booted out and English mouthpiece Piers Morgan was fast to put the boot in.
‘My ideas with CricketAus at this very tough time,’ Morgan sarcastically posted on X, with an emoji that confirmed fingers praying.
A budget shot from the outspoken commentator was not shocking given his historical past of trolling the Aussie crew once they often come up quick in huge tournaments.
English commentator Piers Morgan mocked the Aussie facet on its shock T20 World Cup exit
Morgan’s tongue-in-cheek tweet was typical of the Englishman, who was humbled throughout the Ashes sequence
A dejected Mitchell Marsh seems to be on after his crew’s loss in opposition to Sri Lanka in Kandy
However it wasn’t solely Morgan who was fast to criticise the Aussie crew.
Ex-Australian gamers had their say, with wicketkeeping nice Ian Healy claiming the facet was ‘gentle’.
‘We declare to be intelligent at growing the longer term, but it surely’s all gone gentle on us within the comfortable little membership on the prime of Australian T20 cricket,’ Healy mentioned on SEN.
‘The (present) Australian crew will not be ok and is taking part in poorly.
‘How did we get to this? Having put a lot thought into this, what occurred? That is an Australian cricket low level.’
Healy, like many together with Mark Waugh, was additionally shocked on the reluctance to choose the in-form Steve Smith within the XI.
‘We had the incorrect gamers in there. There isn’t a reply to why Steve Smith was not taking part in,’ he mentioned.
Waugh mentioned Smith not solely ought to have been within the facet, he ought to have been the primary participant picked.
Ian Healy labelled components of Cricket Australia ‘gentle’ following their exit from the T20 World Cup
Mark Waugh mentioned it was an insult to Steve Smith after selectors repeatedly determined to not decide him within the T20 facet
Steve Smith was one of the vital in-form when swinging the willow within the current Large Bash (pictured, after scoring a century for the Sydney Sixers)
‘I do know you’ll be able to’t please all people, and typically there are robust calls that may go both approach, however to me, the non-selection of Steve Smith within the squad initially is essentially the most baffling non-selection I can bear in mind for ages,’ Waugh advised SENQ Breakfast.
‘He ought to have been first picked, and he wasn’t picked within the squad.
‘To have your greatest participant by 100 yards sitting on the sideline in Steve Smith…I feel it is an insult, to be trustworthy.’
World Cup profitable spinner Brad Hogg was equally scathing, stating the Aussies bought what they deserved.
‘We actually weren’t ready sufficient for this specific World Cup,’ Hogg advised talkSPORT.
‘They weren’t match sufficient and so they’ve solely bought themselves guilty.’
It comes because the T20 World Cup has barely raised a ripple in Australia, with many followers not even watching the event as a result of it is being streamed on Amazon’s Prime Video.
Most supporters have not bothered to stream the video games stay, whereas there have been loads of empty stands on the event co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka.
The second Australia was knocked out of the T20 World Cup as Eire and Zimbabwe gamers shake fingers after their sport was washed out
The actual fact the event is held each two years as a substitute of each 4 like different main sporting occasions such because the ODI World Cup, Soccer World Cup and Olympics, has made it much less significant.
That is the fourth T20 World Cup staged since 2021.
‘They (Aussie stars) do not even care about all this, they’ve received every part in cricket,’ one fan responded to Morgan.
‘They by no means take T20 World Cup significantly,’ one other mentioned on X.
‘We’ve got the Ashes, that is all that issues,’ a 3rd identified.
Australia have one sport remaining on the T20 World Cup in opposition to Oman on Friday AEDT.
