Australia’s David Warner and Steve Smith made their way back into the side for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 after serving their bans for ball tampering during their test series against South Africa. The team is all set to travel to England for the tournament, and for the Aussie side, an England tour generally is quite exacting that too with a rigorous schedule of the World Cup followed by the Ashes.
England’s Barmy Army doesn’t shy away from taking potshots at the Australian side to make it clear in terms of what the five-time world cup winners should expect from the hosts.
The Barmy Army took to social media to post a photoshopped image of David Warner’s official World Cup portrait as they edited Australia and replaced it with “cheats”. Furthermore, they also replaced the ball in Mitchell Starc and Nathon Lyon’s picture with sandpaper.
Australian coach Justin Langer on the Barry Army’s dig stated “If we’re under siege the second we get off the plane, we’re ready for it. The World Cup might be a bit different to start off, but certainly, once the Ashes kicks off there will be plenty of commentary.”
Steve Smith and David Warner currently are a part of the Australian XI who are playing an unofficial ODI series against the New Zealand XI. David Warner was dismissed with troubling the scorers in the first game, whereas Smith ended up being unbeaten on 89
