Kevin Pietersen Slams Eoin Morgan For 'Being Scared of Mitchell Starc' During ENG vs AUS, CWC 2019; England Captain Gets Upset On Being Asked About It (Watch Video)
Yesterday, England faced Australia in the 32nd game of the CWC 2019 at the Lord’s Cricket Stadium.
Yesterday, England faced Australia in the 32nd game of the CWC 2019 at the Lord’s Cricket Stadium. The hosts faced a major upset as they lost to England by 64 runs further endangering their chances for the semi-finals especially because of the fact that Pakistan is still in the hunt for the final four. The home team pinned hopes of their captain, Eoin Morgan, as they chased a total of 284 runs. But he soon made way to the pavilion on the score of 4 runs after being dismissed by Mitchell Starc. This surely did not go down well with the former England skipper Kevin Pietersen. Eoin Morgan was asked about the same in the post-match conference and he obviously was quite upset with the comment. England vs Australia Cricket Score 32th ODI Match.
He took to social media and lashed out at Morgan for being scared of Starc and seemed quite upset with the England skipper. “The England captain stepping to square leg when Starc bowled his first delivery to him made me think England could have a little problem over the next week or so. I hope not, but I’ve not seen a captain show such a weakness for a while,” read the tweet.
During the post-match conference, Morgan had put up a smiling face and was quite calm until the question was asked. As the journalist quizzed Morgan about KP’s tweet, the England captain lost his smile and had a mixed reaction and looked quite upset with the comment. Check out his reaction below:
Talking about the game, England won the toss and elected to bowl first. The Aussies put a total of 284 runs on the board and in reply, the hosts got bundled out on 221 runs. With this win, England stays on number four of the CWC 2019 Points table whereas Australia is now on number one.
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