England’s discarded allrounder Ben Stokes, who has been facing a suspension by ECB, broke his silence on Monday as he lashed out at Australia’s batting legend Matthew Hayden after he described England as a “rabble” and claimed he did not who “half” the team was. The English all-rounder took to Twitter and launched a scathing attack on Hayden for his comments.
Speaking on Brisbane Heat’s podcast, Hayden said,”The Poms are a rabble. I look down their list of players and I honestly don’t even know who half of these guys are.’
“What they have got is some extremely experienced fast bowlers in Broad and Anderson. You have two particularly good batsmen as well in Cook and Joe Root,’ he added.
Responding to Hayden’s comments, Stokes tweeted,”Hayden says he doesn’t know who half our squad is….only 2 from the squad haven’t played at International level…..he’s a cricket pundit yeah??”
The first Ashes Test starts on Thursday at The Gabba in Brisbane. Stokes is not part of the England squad for this Ashes series following his arrest in Bristol on September 25.
