It is going to be a long series! Barmy Army trolls Australian cricket team with cheeky photoshop of team pics ahead of World Cup
- English cricket fan page pokes fun at David Warner ahead of the ICC World Cup
- Barmy Army shared an image of Warner in a jersey with the word 'Cheats' on
- It also shared image of Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon holding sandpaper
- The images refer to the 2018 ball tampering scandal Warner was involved in
An English cricket fan page has taken a swipe at the Australian side with some playful photoshopped pictures of the team ahead of the impending Cricket World Cup.
The Barmy Army Facebook page gave former vice captain David Warner and his mates a taste of the banter to come when they arrive in England later this month.
The notorious fan page poked fun at the infamous ball tampering scandal the 32-year-old sportsman was embroiled in when he toured South Africa in 2018.
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The Barmy Army Facebook page has given the former vice captain David Warner (pictured bottom) and his colleagues Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon (pictured)
In an image of Warner pointing at the wording on his national jersey, which originally said Australia, the fan page amended the wording to read: 'Cheats'.
While the page also took aim at bowlers Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon and doctored images of them both to make it look like they were holding rolls of sandpaper.
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The images were uploaded alongside a sarcastic caption which read: 'The Australia squad look ready for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019!'.
Both Australian and English cricket fans were quick to comment on the controversial images of the three national players.
The notorious fanpage poked fun at the infamous ball tampering scandal 32-year-old Warner (pictured alongside his wife Candice Warner) was involved in
While some Australian fans disapproved of the joke, the majority of social media users heaped praise on the humorous post.
'As an Aussie who cares, I love it bring on the banter it makes for a great match when we take on the Poms! Imagine the talk behind the stumps it's going to be awesome,' one fan wrote.
'And, so, it begins! The summer is here,' another added.
'Quality once again from the Barmy Army,' a third said.
'I'm an Aussie [and] I love this hahaha.. it's on English soil GO ENGLAND,' one unpatriotic Australian wrote.
While one Australian hit back at the English side with an unarguable point.
He wrote: 'Last time England won the world cup was 1966. Oh wait that was soccer.'
Cameron Bancroft (pictured left) and Steve Smith (pictured right) were both involved in the 2018 ball tampering scandal alongside Warner
In March last year Warner was found to be complicit to a plan to interfere with the ball during and after the third Test match against South Africa in Cape Town.
The scam was uncovered when television cameras captured Cameron Bancroft attempting to rough up one side of the ball with sandpaper.
Sanding down one side of the ball would cause it to swing while in flight.
Captain Steve Smith was also found to have had a hand in the con.
All three were handed unprecedented sanctions from Cricket Australia.
Warner later gave a press conference in Sydney in which he described his actions as 'inexcusable' and 'deeply regrettable'.
