{"id":199404,"date":"2022-02-24T23:48:01","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T00:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=199404"},"modified":"2022-02-25T15:59:05","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T15:59:05","slug":"piers-morgan-still-haunted-by-psychopath-brett-lee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=199404","title":{"rendered":"Piers Morgan still haunted by 'psychopath' Brett Lee"},"content":{"rendered":"

British television personality Piers Morgan has been forced to re-live his infamous Melbourne net session with Brett Lee<\/a> that left him with broken ribs, a broken wrist and a bruised ego.<\/p>\n

Morgan had been particularly outspoken during England's disastrous 2013-14 Ashes campaign, criticising both Graeme Swann<\/a> and Jonathan Trott<\/a> for leaving the tour early.<\/p>\n

"Two players given up, and the Ashes lost…all before Christmas. What a complete and utter shambles," he said at the time.<\/p>\n

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"Graeme Swann's been a great player for England, but it's not 'courageous' to quit an Ashes series before it finishes. It's selfish."<\/p>\n

Challenged to put up or shut up, Morgan found himself facing an over from Lee, who took 310 Test wickets, in the nets during the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne.<\/p>\n

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During an appearance on Nine's Today,<\/em> Morgan was shown the 'highlights' of the net session, that left him battered and bruised.<\/p>\n

"Someone said to me, how's it going in Sydney? I went, well the weather's great, but actually the good news is I haven't had my ribs broken yet by Brett Lee," Morgan said.<\/p>\n

"Which was, as my sister described it, the nearest thing to a public stoning she'd ever witnessed."<\/p>\n

When the footage was shown, Morgan joked that he still hadn't recovered.<\/p>\n

\"Piers<\/p>\n

"This is going to give me PTSD," he said.<\/p>\n

"He tried to kill me.<\/p>\n

"The third (ball) broke my rib. I was wearing this massive guard over my front, and then the fourth (ball) hit the broken rib.<\/p>\n

"And Brett Lee ran down and went, 'Oh mate, did you hear that one crack!'<\/p>\n

"I was like, you are a psychopath!"<\/p>\n

England's fortunes in Australia haven't improved since then, they've lost 13 of their last 15 Tests in this country, with only draws in Melbourne in 2017-18 and Sydney in 2021-22 breaking Australia's winning streak.<\/p>\n

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