Sanjay Manjrekar trolls 'English batsmen' after Ashes fiasco

"As long as we have English batsmen, we will have balls of the century," Manjrekar tweeted on Tuesday.

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New Delhi: England desperately needed rain gods to intervene and wash out the final day's play in the third Test against Australia at the WACA in Perth on Monday, but it didn't happen. Australia wiped out the last six English wickets quickly after the rain delay to win the match by an innings and 41 runs, thereby reclaiming the Ashes. It followed a mocking tweet on England batting by former India batsman Sanjay Manjrekar, which was enjoyed and criticised in equal measure by the Twitterati. 

The win gave Australia an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series. 

Manjrekar framed his scathing comment around Mitchell Starc's delivery that's being hailed as the 'Ball of the Ashes' by some and 'Ball of the Century' by others. It claimed England batsman James Vince who had no clue as the ball moved off the pitch before ramming into his stumps. 

"As long as we have English batsmen, we will have balls of the century," Manjrekar tweeted.

As long as we have English batsmen, we will have balls of the century. — Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) December 19, 2017

While some of the twitter users enjoyed Manjrekar's sarcasm, others couldn't stomach it as their angry responses suggest.

Sanjay Manjrekar commenting on players who hv had a better record than him in half his total playing years  — Rajat Gupta (@rajat2812) December 19, 2017

Sanjay I respect you a lot, but being a cricketer never under estimate other players.. English players are champs — Siva kumar (@imSivaKumar7) December 19, 2017

Introspection required. Please think the way you batted. Was more or less similar to the batsmen you are referring to. — SURYANARAYANAN G (@g_snarayanan) December 19, 2017

Hahahahaha. This is some trolling — asim hafeez (@asim900) December 19, 2017

Twit of the century, congrats . Sarcasm at it's best. Cheers.

— sangram keshari (@beingsangram_) December 19, 2017

Nailed it — ROHaN (@rohanleads) December 19, 2017

Watch: 'The Ball of the Ashes'

That's just absurd #Ashes pic.twitter.com/TtkEDPjbJH

— cricket.com.au (@CricketAus) December 17, 2017

Bowling legend and former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram too was left mesmerized with Starc's delivery and referred to it as a "Jaffa".

"That’s called a JAFFA! What a delivery @mstarc56 you reminded me of my bowling days and I enjoyed it to the hilt! You made left armers proud!" Akram tweeted