Wasim Jaffer had a sly dig at Michael Vaughan ready and all set to pursue England were humbled by South Africa in Leeds.
A component of the last couple of years of a growing India-England competition has actually been the war of words online in between previous batters for each nation. Wasim Jaffer and Michael Vaughan have actually frequently locked horns, particularly on social networks, delighted to rub more salt into the injury whenever the other’s group suffers a bad outcome or a problem.
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With England suffering a chastening defeat at the hands of South Africa in the opening ODI match of their three-match series versus the Proteas, being bowled out for simply 131, the group slipped down as far as 8th in the ICC’s guys’s ODI rankings. This is well off the rate for a group which raised the ODI World Cup simply 6 years earlier and frequently wishes to be thought about among the world’s finest throughout all formats.
With this uncomfortable outcome assisting England reach a nadir that no one in the greater levels of English cricket will be happy of, the best time had actually shown up for Jaffer to direct a dig right towards Michael Vaughan. With an image of the ranking leaderboard that revealed England all the method down in 8th while India were living it up at the top of the charts, Jaffer tagged Vaughan’s X account and sent out some ribbing his method.
“England at No. 8 … certainly versus the spirit of cricket. ICC ought to check out this,” composed the previous Indian batter, striking 2 birds with one stone as he not just buffooned England’s slip down the ranking table however likewise raised some old injuries in relation to previous arguments relating to the English issue for the spirit of cricket.
Dissatisfied hours for England cricket in ODIs
England’s battles in the 50-over format continue after a forgettable trip in the 2023 World Cup while attempting to safeguard their prize, and another all-hands-on-deck crisis which cost Jos Buttler his function as captain after a definite failure in the Champions Trophy. Harry Brook actioned in to take control of the captaincy reins, however begin to life hasn’t treated him too kindly either.
It was Keshav Maharaj who did the damage in the very first ODI as he continued his strong year in global cricket at the age of 35, while Aiden Markram scored a 23-ball half-century to stroll the chase home with ease.
