Twitter reacts as Mitchell Starc bowls 'the ball of the tournament'

BySoumil Khare, SportsCafe Editor

06/25/2019

Back to back defeats for England as Australia outplayed the hosts in all departments. Ben Stokes looked in great touch but Mitchell Starc’s deadly Yorker ended his innings on 89. Fans on Twitter lost their cool and showered praise on Starc after witnessing his toe-crushing yorker to Ben Stokes

Brief Scores: Australia 285/7 in 50 overs (Aaron Finch 100, David Warner 53; Chris Woakes 2-46, Ben Stokes 1-29) beat England 221/10 in 44.4 overs (Ben Stokes 89, Jonny Bairstow 27; Jason Behrendorff 5-44, Mitchell Starc 4-43)

It was absolutely unplayable!

Mitchell Starc’s ball to dismiss @benstokes38 was probably the best ball of this World Cup. #ENGvsAUS
— Uttkarsh Sogani (@uttkarshs17) June 25, 2019

Another batting collapse!

Ben Stokes could do nothing about the Mitchell Starc ball but we should never have been in the position where Stokes was at the crease anyway. Top order batting collapses now embarrassing
— Tim Adams (@TimAdams76) June 25, 2019

Starc at his best!

That inswinging Yorker from Starc to Stokes will be the ball of the tournament.

Fast Bowling at its best. 😍😍😍#CWC2019
— Salman Ali (@salmy06) June 25, 2019

Hahahaha!

You see that terrible Yorker by starc ! That's exactly how my life treating me now 😂😂#ENGvAUS
— Aamish Singh (@Btechbuoy) June 25, 2019

Excluding Rafa! 😂

Starc...wow!! Best left hand sportsman on the planet 😉.. thoughts @_jonnyhill (maybe excluding Rafa)
— Oliver Atkins (@OliverAtkins32) June 25, 2019

Brilliant stuff from Australia

Australia showing everyone why they are the best team out there!

Brilliant stuff #ENGvAUS
— Tooth fairy 💫 (@TeenuVijayan) June 25, 2019

Bad day for England!

Outbatted , outfielded, outbowled not good enough I'm afraid #ENGvAUS #CWC19
— rob fletcher (@Robbiefletch) June 25, 2019

Pakistan fans right now!

So Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are well back in the tournament after todays match.

Hoping and praying for Pakistan to win against New Zealand. İnShallah #ENGvAUS
— Yasir (@TheYsrWarraich) June 25, 2019

Another bottle job!

England doing what they do best bottling it #ENGvAUS
— Ste (@SteSlinger) June 25, 2019

Third loss for England!

Aussies on fire🔥 creating difficulties for the England to road of semi final. #ENGvAUS #WorldCup2019
— Danish Sabir Abbasi (@Dr_Danny992) June 25, 2019

Now, who did this?

#ENGvAUS pic.twitter.com/r3IXPPATPW
— Nishi (@ShahNishat) June 25, 2019

Australia look like the Australia of 2015. This is a mighty team. Excellent bowling and fielding!!!

Potential finalists too #ENGvAUS
— Arnab Fan (@fan_arnab) June 25, 2019

It was an absolute ripper!

That Starc Yorker. Cleaned up a well-set Stokes. Ball of the tournament??? Since Starc is an Aussie...it does qualify ☺️🙌 #EngvAus #CWC19
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) June 25, 2019

Best yorker!

That, from Mitch Starc to Ben Stokes, has to be one of the best yorkers you will see. Almost certainly the ball that guarantees Australia a place in the semi-final.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) June 25, 2019

It has to be the ball of the tournament!