Barmy Army labels Warner,AUS 'CHEATS'; Langer responds

Barmy Army has also doctored Nathan Lyon and Mitchell Starc's pictures and replaced the ball in their hands with sandpapers

Hyderabad: The Australian cricket team is yet to land in England, but that didn't stop Barmy Army to give them a taste of what they are going to deal with in the forthcoming World Cup in England and Wales starting on May 30. England and Australia will face each other on June 25 at the Lord's.

Barmy Army, a notorious fan club of England cricket team, made David Warner a victim of their antic act. Warner and Australia were labelled as 'CHEATS' in a post on Twitter by Barmy Army.

Warner recently came back to Australia squad after completing 12-month long ban for his involvement in the ball tampering scandal in Cape Town Test against South Africa.

Barmy Army allegedly morphed a few images from the Australian team's photo shoot and replaced Australia with 'CHEATS' on Warner's gold and a green t-shirt.

It has also doctored Nathan Lyon and Mitchell Starc's pictures and replaced the ball in their hands with sandpapers.

The brutal jibe didn't go well with Australia

Coach Justin Langer responded to the bizarre post and said, “we’re ready for it.” "We are not going to be rattled by a hostile reception. It doesn’t matter if we are under siege the moment we get off the plane. We are ready for it," he added.

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  — England's Barmy Army (@TheBarmyArmy) May 8, 2019

David Warner and Steve Smtih recently made a foray to Australia team after serving their 12-month ban for tampering with the ball in an away Test match against South Africa.

The sandpaper controversy saw them facing a year ban from all kinds of cricket.

It would not be out of place to say that things starting to heat up before the start of the World Cup between England and Australia. The World Cup will be followed by the gruelling Ashes series in England.