Posted on 12/27/2013 8:27:00 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
On Thursday evening, CNN’s Piers Morgan appeared before 2,000 Australian cricket fans who watched as he took bowls (they look like pitches to us Americans) from a peeved Aussie bowler.
Morgan had apparently long been taunting the Aussies as he was fed up with watching his native English cricket players getting dominated by their Australian counterparts.
This led to a public challenge of sorts, where Morgan faced bowler Brett Lee and received several welts from 80 mph throws that struck his body in various spots.
Throughout the ordeal, Morgan remained defiant, telling the bowler to “bring it on” after each toss struck a cringe-inducing blow.
After the event, Morgan reported his full injury list to Twitter:
Piers Morgan ✔ @piersmorgan
Full injury list post @BrettLee_58 showdown - cracked wrist, bruised rib, and massive egg on back of head from...the throw-down guy.
11:50 PM - 26 Dec 2013
363 Retweets 194 favorites
We’re not going to try and parse the cricket terminology to understand what exactly was going on, because America, baseball, etc. But suffice it to say, if you enjoy watching Piers Morgan get repeatedly pelted with a ball, have a look below:
(VIDEO-AT-LINK)
Indeed, he and Brett Lee are probably Facebook friends now.
“That was a wicked googly.”
That is so gross what a thing to smack one in the face with...
I may have to start watching the game cricket if this morgan guy is in more games.I wonder how long he would last?
Video won’t play.
the Aussie should have used a Sterling
LBW: loudmouth before wicket.
Brett Lee is an awesome cricketer and human being,
When I heard of this earlier, I assumed it was some other Pierce Morgan.
This is the only Morgan worth knowing from the UK.
What a little whiny baby. I'm sure Piers ends up hurt more then this after a strenuous night at the local gay bar.
Having seen Brett Lee in action for more than a decade, I don’t see anything in his action in this six-ball over that is against the rules. It’s quiet another thing that Morgan was trying to bite off far more than he could chew. He was absolutely clueless, so no point blaming Lee for it.
For comparison, here’s how a Sri Lankan batsman, who is much shorter than Morgan, played Lee (when he was younger, fitter and faster) a decade ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiuAIkQ8h6U
This should happen more often, on Pay per view.
Actually watching Piers getting twacked made him almost seem human. If he would do this every time on his show, I bet his rating would go thru the roof!!
He’s lucky that Brett Lee has been retired for a couple of years and has probably slowed some 15 -20 mph!
Mel
Next time the idiot should start something in a bar room.
Jiminny Cricket!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.