Live hosting and broadcasting is one of the most difficult jobs, you have to be error-free and speak on the go without a script and former England captain John Morgan I experienced the unfortunate side of this during the second Ashes Test at Lord’s. Morgan, who has become a commentator and cricket expert for Sky Sports in England after his retirement in July 2022, was speaking during an analysis show on the third day of the Lord’s Test on Friday, June 30, where he analyzed England’s batting line-up. were talking about up. And made a big mistake.
Morgan called out “Ollie Poop” in place of Ollie Pope and fans couldn’t believe what he said on live TV. Though a slip of the tongue is natural and normal during the broadcast, the clip has gone viral on social media, causing a lot of laughter.
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As far as the match is concerned, England are in danger of losing their 2-0 lead to Australia as the hosts went into play on 114/4 on the final day and needed 257 runs to win against an attacking Australian bowling attack. More were needed. While the visitors will miss the services of their premier spinner Nathan Lyon For the rest of the match, and probably for the series, but the pacer is making money off his line and length.
After the short-ball plot worked in the first innings, they continued to fire bouncers in the second innings as well, however, the England batsmen were not good against not only bouncers but also the accuracy of Cummins and Starc. Starc dismissed Jack Crawley and Pope cheaply before getting rid of the big fish to Cummins Joe Root and Harry Brook in the same over.
Ben Duckett and skipper Ben Stokes have since steadied the ship with an unbeaten 69-run partnership and will need the duo to play for at least the second season. Earlier, Australia scored 279 in their second innings to set England a target of 371.