David Warner and Steve Smith, who were banned for a year by Cricket Australia because of their involvement in the infamous ball-tampering scandal in South Africa, will be travelling to England on national duty, later this month. For the Australian cricket team, a trip to England is never easy, and the visit for the World Cup, followed by an Ashes Test series, is shaping up to be even more challenging than usual.
England’s Barmy Army have already fired the first shots at their arch-rivals with a brutal pot shot on Twitter. They doctored an image of David Warner’s official World Cup player portrait, replacing “Australia” on the front of his shirt with “Cheats”.
They also photo-shopped Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon holding sandpaper. “@cricketcomau release their #CWC19 player portraits!” Barmy Army’s post read.
Warner returned to the Australian team this week after prolific form at the Indian Premier League, while Smith stroked an unbeaten 89 in Brisbane against a New Zealand XI on Wednesday.
