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Michael Vaughan trolls Australian Cricket team after they walked barefoot prior to 2019 World Cup semi-final vs England

Gurpreet Singh
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Michael Vaughan trolls Australian Cricket team after they walked barefoot prior to 2019 World Cup semi-final vs England

Michael Vaughan trolls Australian Cricket team after they walked barefoot at Edgbaston prior their World Cup semi-final match vs England

Former England captain Michael Vaughan has made sure that he keeps on trolling and taking sly digs at players, teams, and even commentators at the slightest of available opportunities during the ongoing 2019 Cricket World Cup.

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His recent one has been directed at the Australia Cricket team who were obliterated by England in the second semi-final of the World Cup, by 8 wickets at Edgbaston. Taking due advantage of the humiliating one-sided Aussie loss for the first time in a World Cup semi-final, Vaughan again took to his Twitter handle to troll the Kangaroos.

What did Michael Vaughan Tweet?

Vaughan took reference of the picture in which the Australian Cricketers under the guidance of their coach Justin Langer, were seen walking barefoot at the Edgbaston ground in an attempt to capture “positive energy coming out of the earth” before their World Cup semi-final against England.

The practice of going barefoot is known as “earthing” or “barefoot healing” and its advocates claim it can reduce stress and inflammation and improve sleep and general well-being.

Vaughan took this picture reference to take a dig at the Aussies and posted the same picture on his social media handle with ‘Barefoot Barminess’ written in Caps below it.

Michael Vaughan trolls Australian Cricket team after they walked barefoot prior to 2019 World Cup semi-final vs England

Former Australian cricketers slam Vaughan

Also, after the first innings when Australia huffed and puffed to a total of 223/10, Vaughan suggested the Australian bowlers to bowl barefoot. “The Aussies should try bowling in Barefoot !!!!”, he tweeted.

Perhaps exasperated by his tweet, former Australian wicket-keeper batsman, Adam Gilchrist called called Vaughan an idiot via his Twitter handle.

While on his ‘Barefoot Barminess’ picture, former Australian batsman- Damien Martyn came up with a fitting reply to Vaughan which read- “Geez that’s a bit harsh considering you have 5 to win to catch up @michaelvaughan”.

It is worth mentioning that Michael Vaughan has had an average ODI career, averaging a paltry 27.15 in the 83 innings that he has played for England, without even a single century under his belt.

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Gurpreet Singh

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Gurpreet Singh is a Cricket writer at The Sportsrush. His platonic relationship with sports had always been there since childhood, but Cricket managed to strike a special, intimate nerve of his heart. Although his initial dream of playing the sport at the highest level couldn't come to fruition, Gurpreet did represent the state of Jharkhand at the under-14 level. However, almost like taking a pledge to never let the undying passion for Cricket fade away even a tad, he made sure to continue the love relationship by assigning the field of journalism as an indirect Cupid. He thus, first finished his bachelor's in journalism and then pursued the PG Diploma course in English journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). Soon after and since 2019, he has been working at The Sportsrush. Apart from sports, he takes keen interest in politics, and in understanding women and gender-related issues.

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