The Cricket World Cup begins tomorrow in Australia and New Zealand. England have always enjoyed a great sporting rivalry with the Aussies and the locals have taken this opportunity to rile up their opponents ahead of the clash between the two nations.
These posters are everywhere around @MCG plus a helicopter circled England practice with a banner with same message pic.twitter.com/93sHAb4jeM
— Adam Mountford (@tmsproducer) February 13, 2015
A bit of 'sledging' from Australia ahead of the #CWC15 clash against England? #missingballs http://t.co/am890bK3Lq pic.twitter.com/Vmt7k0g6fU — MailOnline Sport (@MailSport) February 10, 2015
Melbourne plays host to the game between the two teams on Saturday and posters looking for "missing balls" have appeared around the city. The poster continues "If found please return to the English cricket team" and can be found on billboards and subways. A spokeswoman for Cricket Australia had to confirm that they were in no way responsible for the posters but that hasn't stopped the hashtag #MissingBalls trending down under.
1,000 posters and two 1,000 square foot banners. It’s the world’s largest sledge! #MissingBalls pic.twitter.com/cZqqOXbl4A
— Sportsbet.com.au (@sportsbetcomau) February 13, 2015
The English players never need an excuse to want to put one over on their antipodean rivals but this prank has ensured that they will be especially impassioned ahead of the encounter.
