When It Comes To Cricket, You Probably Couldn't Mention A More Irrelevant Person: Pat Cummins Takes Dig At Piers Morgan

Australia captain Pat Cummins took a dig at English TV presenter Piers Morgan during a chat show. Pat Cummins termed Piers Morgan as an irrelevant personality when it comes to cricket.

Morgan is among the greatest critics of the Australian team. Morgan slammed the Australian team after the incident of Jonny Bairstow’s controversial dismissal during the Lord’s Test of Ashes 2023.

Jonny Bairstow’s controversial stumping during the Lord’s Test became a highlight of Ashes 2023. Many slammed the Australian team for not following the spirit of the game during the incident and Piers Morgan was one of them.

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Pat Cummins Takes Dig At Piers Morgan

During The Late Show with Matty Johns, Australia skipper Pat Cummins was asked about his reaction to Piers Morgan’s criticism of the Australian team. To this, Cummins took a brutal dig at Morgan by calling him an irrelevant person when it comes to cricket.

“When it comes to cricket, you probably couldn’t mention a more irrelevant person,” Cummins said.

“You cannot be serious??!! Australia, that is pathetic. How can you possibly want to win an Ashes Test match like that?” Morgan had tweeted after Jonny Bairstow’s dismissal.

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Piers Morgan recently criticised Australian players for revealing the lunchroom incidents at Lord’s involving Jonny Bairstow. The England wicketkeeper expressed his anger at the Australia team in the lunchroom after his dismissal.

There were also heated arguments and an exchange of words between Bairstow and some Australian players. While Jonny Bairstow’s dismissal became a big controversy during the Ashes 2023 series, his lunchroom incident only came to light later.

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After Aussie players returned to Australia, they revealed the lunchroom incidents involving Bairstow during chat shows. During the chat show, Cummins and Usman Khawaja also revealed some incidents in the long room at Lord’s

“I must say it would probably the least scary mob I’ve ever seen, Cummins said. “It took us off guard. They were coming at you like a pack of dogs. One guy was literally frothing at his mouth,” Khawaja added.

Meanwhile, Pat Cummins is not part of the ongoing Australia tour of South Africa 2023 due to an injury. Mitchell Marsh is leading the Australia side in ODIs in the absence of Cummins.