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Piers Morgan Suffers Bruised Rib, Cracked Wrist After Being Repeatedly Battered by Cricket Bowler
Mediaite ^ | December 27, 2013 | Andrew Kirell

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)


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Culture/Society; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: cricket; msm; piersmorgan; sports
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To: hoagy62
And somewhere, Jeremy Clarkson is smiling.

Indeed, he and Brett Lee are probably Facebook friends now.

21 posted on 12/27/2013 9:19:22 PM PST by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: Vince Ferrer
"That was a Googly!!"



22 posted on 12/27/2013 9:22:46 PM PST by hawkeye101 (GOOGLE IS EVIL!!!!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
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23 posted on 12/27/2013 9:31:40 PM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“That was a wicked googly.”


24 posted on 12/27/2013 9:33:09 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: ETL

That is so gross what a thing to smack one in the face with...


25 posted on 12/27/2013 9:33:46 PM PST by restornu (Love One Another)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I may have to start watching the game cricket if this morgan guy is in more games.I wonder how long he would last?


26 posted on 12/27/2013 9:39:10 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Video won’t play.


27 posted on 12/27/2013 9:41:43 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

the Aussie should have used a Sterling


28 posted on 12/27/2013 9:42:28 PM PST by LeoWindhorse
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29 posted on 12/27/2013 9:50:28 PM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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30 posted on 12/27/2013 9:54:37 PM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

LBW: loudmouth before wicket.


31 posted on 12/27/2013 10:11:02 PM PST by OldNewYork
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Brett Lee is an awesome cricketer and human being,

When I heard of this earlier, I assumed it was some other Pierce Morgan.


32 posted on 12/27/2013 10:15:50 PM PST by James C. Bennett (An Australian.)
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To: James C. Bennett
When I heard of this earlier, I assumed it was some other Pierce Morgan.

This is the only Morgan worth knowing from the UK.


33 posted on 12/27/2013 10:28:32 PM PST by spokeshave (OMG.......Schadenfreude overload is not covered under Obamacare :-()
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
“cracked wrist, bruised rib, and massive egg on back of head”

What a little whiny baby. I'm sure Piers ends up hurt more then this after a strenuous night at the local gay bar.

34 posted on 12/27/2013 10:29:25 PM PST by detective
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To: Peter Libra

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.

http://www.3news.co.nz/VIDEO-Full-over-Brett-Lee-bowls-to-CNN-host-Piers-Morgan-Australia-V-England-Ashes-2013-Fourth-Test-MCG/tabid/415/articleID/326515/Default.aspx

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


35 posted on 12/27/2013 10:44:23 PM PST by sukhoi-30mki
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This should happen more often, on Pay per view.


36 posted on 12/27/2013 10:45:39 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

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!!


37 posted on 12/27/2013 10:48:31 PM PST by McBuff
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He’s lucky that Brett Lee has been retired for a couple of years and has probably slowed some 15 -20 mph!

Mel


38 posted on 12/27/2013 10:53:30 PM PST by melsec (Once a Jolly Swagman camped by a Billabong.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Next time the idiot should start something in a bar room.


39 posted on 12/27/2013 11:13:11 PM PST by headstamp 2 (What would Scooby do?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Jiminny Cricket!


40 posted on 12/27/2013 11:19:45 PM PST by dancusa (Molon Labe)
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