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27th Dec 2013

Video: Piers Morgan gets hit with cricket balls from former Aussie fast bowler

Piers Morgan once again found himself in the firing line but this time he was facing fast balls instead of fast, angry tweets...

JOE

Piers Morgan once again found himself in the firing line but this time he was facing fast balls instead of fast and angry tweets…

Earlier in the month, Piers had a little moan on Twitter about how England’s cricket team are “pathetic”. One of his many angry cricket related tweets read: “Alastair Cook should be fired for that shot. Just dumped as captain right now. Utter, reckless stupidity. Pathetic.”

So when the former Aussie fast bowler Brett Lee challenged Piers to a full over (six balls), the loud mouthed talk show host was only too happy to oblige.

Sadly for Piers – but luckily for everyone else – his smack talking got the better of him…

Following the little bowling session, Piers had a few humbling things to say on Twitter…