AGENCIES
MUMBAI
Quality banter or tasteless cricket sideshow. England’s miserable series against India has reached a new low during the fourth Test in Mumbai with English supporters taking their frustrations out on an unsuspecting big screen message board.
With the tourists finishing day four six wickets down still needing to score another 49 runs to make India bat again, England fans found an avenue to vent their frustrations via the live tweet message service offering to screen messages discussing the Test on a giant display inside the Wankhede Stadium.
The supporters proceeded to successfully sneak under the guard of the big screen operators to publish disturbing and cheeky messages from victims of tragic criminal investigations. It included a controversial message from missing child Madeleine McCann, who disappeared with her parents during a holiday to Portugal in 2007. Her whereabouts remain unknown.
“So grateful for my parents to bring me to the Cricket! Great day so far :) “ Madeleine McCann,” a tweet flashed on the giant screen read. The supporters managed to sneak a message from Elisabeth Fritzl onto the giant screen. Elisabeth Fritzl was held captive inside a rape dungeon for 24 years by her father Josef Fritzl in an Austrian home. “I came here in memory of my father Josef, who loved to watch cricket with me in the basement in our home country, Austria “ Elisabeth Fritzl,” the giant screen displayed.
The fans also tried to make fun of the case of English footballer Adam Johnson, who was found guilty of sexual activity with a child earlier this year after having been found to have had sex with a 15-year-old girl. “Lovely to see so many young cricket fans here today,” the message said.
The fans also took a shot at controversial conservative politician Nigel Farage, who was a prominent supporter of the push to have the United Kingdom leave the European Union during the “BREXIT” referendum earlier this year. "Great to see so many Indian faces... In India! :) Cmmon England! - Nigel Farage," read another message.
The fans also made light of an Irish Republican Army member who died from a hunger strike in 1981. They also had a laugh at Tony Pulis, the manager of West Brom in the English Premier League. At the end of the day, the scoreboard distraction was not enough to salvage England’s miserable day.
