Piers Morgan gloats over England’s World Cup win and posts a VERY controversial tweet – as indignant Matildas followers hit again

British TV host Piers Morgan has infuriated Aussie soccer followers with a collection of gloating tweets about England‘s World Cup victory over the Matildas – with one in all his posts courting controversy over a current tragedy.

Morgan – who branded Aussie cricketers ‘dishonest convicts’ once they retained the Ashes final month – could not assist referencing the scandal-hit collection as he crowed in regards to the Lioness’ 3-1 win on Wednesday evening.

After tweeting, ‘You realize what to do Lionesses, make Ashes of the Matildas,’ earlier than the match, he adopted up with one other pointed cricket reference after the ultimate whistle.

‘BREAKING: England’s fabulous @Lionesses crush Australia’s wilting Matildas 3-1 in their very own again yard to succeed in the Ladies’s World Cup Last … candy revenge for the Jonny Bairstow Ashes runout debacle. Congrats women – you’ve got made your nation proud,’ he wrote.

Morgan referred to as Australia’s cricketers ‘dishonest convicts’ over a controversial dismissal within the Ashes – and it is clearly nonetheless on his thoughts, judging by his tweet in regards to the Matildas

Aussie sports activities followers slammed the British broadcaster for mentioning a males’s sporting occasion as a substitute of letting the Ladies’s World Cup outcome communicate for itself 

Bairstow was given out in extremely controversial circumstances within the second Check at Lord’s when he left his crease and Aussie wicketkeeper Alex Carey stumped him.

Whereas the dismissal was fully throughout the legal guidelines of the sport, it noticed the Aussies accused of not following the spirit of cricket in an act that left Morgan livid.

Aussie followers have been fast to hit again and rub salt into his Ashes wound.

‘My God! He is nonetheless whining in regards to the Ashes run out! one wrote.

‘Piers, cannot you simply be comfortable for the women, with out having to say the cricket, once more and the schoolboy error by Bairstow,’ one other commented.

‘Are you able to let girls obtain one thing with out making it about males?’ a 3rd posted.

‘Yeah BUT they nonetheless have to return and dwell in England, so actually, we win… once more!’ added one other. 

The broadcaster then adopted up by re-tweeting a publish from the US embassy in Australia, which featured a well-known portray of George Washington crossing a river in a ship throughout the American Revolutionary Struggle, however with Matildas jerseys, hats and flags digitally added.

Morgan teamed the picture with the phrases ‘UPDATE: Boat sunk.’

Morgan was additionally blasted for the above publish, which got here simply days after six Afghan migrants drowned when their boats sank within the English Channel

Matildas skipper Sam Kerr was distraught after the loss to England (pictured)  

The look on Ellie Carpenter’s face after the ultimate whistle summed up the best way Aussies have been feeling after the 3-1 defeat

That was seen as controversial given six Afghan migrants drowned when their boats sank within the English Channel final Sunday.

‘Unsure in regards to the timing of this one mate,’ one commenter wrote.

Others added, ‘What’s improper with you’, ‘Tasteless!’ and ‘That is not very humorous or applicable’.

It isn’t the primary time Morgan’s barbs over the Ashes have resulted in Aussies having a return at him.

Cricket legend Merv Hughes traded verbal volleys with him on Twitter throughout the collection after the previous quick bowler turned down the prospect to look on the ‘Piers Morgan Uncensored’ present, and was incensed when Morgan shared his refusal on social media.

‘Life’s fairly good whenever you leap on social media and also you see some moron like Pies Morgan having a crack at you,’ Hughes mentioned.

‘A producer of his present requested me privately if I needed to go on his present and I declined respectively and mentioned ‘no I don’t need to’ after which he places it to social media.

‘Like I mentioned, he’s an attention-seeker and a flog.’