Ben Stokes fired back at Mitchell Johnson after the former Australian bowler mocked him for his famous night in Bristol.
Following the announcement that English players have replaced handshakes with punches in Sri Lanka due to the coronavirus epidemic, Johnson wrote on his Instagram story: “Is it taking p * ss ? You can block your pump fist England hahahaha but be careful, Stokesy could react with a blow of sucker. “
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Stokes and Johnson are longtime adversaries
The Australian pantomime villain seemed to be referring to an incident that the versatile Englishman is ready to forget.
Stokes was arrested in front of a bar at 2:30 a.m. and charged with a fight in 2017, although he was later cleared after a lengthy legal process.
In response, Stokes tweeted his own version of the famous Barmy Army song that used to go into Johnson’s head in the last Ashes series.
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Stokes replied on Twitter: “Bowls on the left bowls on the right, I wonder if the big bad Mitch likes Marmite.”
The original song, as if someone needed to remind him, was: “He plays to the left, he plays to the right, that Mitchell Johnson, his bowling alley is sh ** e.”
In a rather obscure choice of insult, Stokes seemed to refer to the quarrel between the British Pot and the Australian Vegemite.
The two spreads were involved in a fierce battle during the 2019 Ashes series after posting a series of mocking announcements.
Marmite had the last word, however, with an ad that said, “Dear Vegemite, we may not have the taste of Australia, but love it or hate it, we won’t handle it.”
They even distributed branded sandpaper to Lord’s before the second test.
Fans of England rejoiced in Johnson’s finicky bowling in the Ashes’ triumphs in 2009 and 2010-11, but the former paceman won 37 wickets 5-0 laundering in 2013/14.
The first century of Stokes’ Perth test was a rare moment of respite during one of the worst moments in the recent history of English cricket.
