{"id":38934,"date":"2021-02-25T23:03:36","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T00:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=38934"},"modified":"2021-02-26T07:15:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T07:15:08","slug":"england-cricketers-embroiled-in-awkward-twitter-spat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=38934","title":{"rendered":"England cricketers embroiled in awkward Twitter spat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Englands men&#x27;s and women&#x27;s national cricket stars have become embroiled in an ugly online Twitter spat.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/cricket-england-smashed-inside-two-days-by-india\/37e37bb9-9707-4e2b-b7a3-3d2fad3dd8c4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Following England&#x27;s crushing two-day defeat to India in the Ahmedabad Test,\">Following England&#x27;s crushing two-day defeat to India in the Ahmedabad Test,<\/a> Alexandra Hartley took to Twitter to advertise that the women&#x27;s side were kitting up for their 2nd ODI match against New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>But it&#x27;s the manner in which she did it that has caused a stir with her male compatriots, tweeting: &quot;Nice of the England boys to get this test match finished just before England Women play tonight&quot; with the clapping emojis before adding &quot;Catch them on @btsportcricket.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexHartley93\/status\/1364916937252290562\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexHartley93\/status\/1364916937252290562<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It prompted a quick retort from Rory Burns who hit back: &quot;Very disappointing attitude considering all the boys do to support the Women&#x27;s game.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>James Anderson and Ben Stokes had also liked Burns&#x27; tweet before it was deleted.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/izzywestbury\/status\/1365032454600462337\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/izzywestbury\/status\/1365032454600462337<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ben Duckett was also unimpressed with Hartley&#x27;s message and is yet to take down his post, branding it an &quot;average tweet&quot; while adding &quot;don&#x27;t think any of the men&#x27;s team would be &#x27;clapping emojis&#x27; if the women lost.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenDuckett1\/status\/1365034218678587395\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenDuckett1\/status\/1365034218678587395<\/a><\/p>\n<p>England were dismissed for 112 in their first innings and 81 in their second, India scored 145 in their first innings making the target for their second dig without raising a sweat.<\/p>\n<p>Spinners were dominant, claiming 28 of the 30 wickets that fell on the unpredictable track.<\/p>\n<p>The result means England is out of contention for the World Test Championship final, with India needing a win or draw in the fourth and final Test to book their meeting with New Zealand at Lord&#x27;s in June.<\/p>\n<p>England captain Joe Root, who claimed career-best figures of 5\/8 in 6.2 overs, said that the surface was &quot;very challenging, very difficult&quot; and that it was up to the International Cricket Council, not the players, to decide whether it was &quot;fit for purpose&quot;.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"dd3211a5-b2d6-46e8-af0b-fccd90f21f28\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/dd3211a5-b2d6-46e8-af0b-fccd90f21f28\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Englands men&#x27;s and women&#x27;s national cricket stars have become embroiled in an ugly online Twitter spat. 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