Tim Paine, Australia’s Test Captain after his exposure in the sexting scandal was exonerated by social media.
On Friday, Paine, who was in tears after receiving explicit texts from a female colleague of staff last year made it public.
Cricket Australia conducted an investigation into the husband-and-wife of two children in 2018, after Cricket Tasmania employees complained. However, the matter was cleared of misconduct.
Tim Paine, the Australia Test captain who resigned from his position has been ridiculed on social media
After his involvement in the sexting scandal four years back was revealed, Paine decided to resign.
After his misdemeanour, Twitter users were quick to mock the 36-year old cricket fan.
The 36-year-old sent a photo of his penis to a female co-worker along with a stream of lewd text messages, with one reading: ‘Will you want to taste my d***?? F*** me, I’m seriously hard.’
Paine, as a player is quite vocal and sometimes gets in the way of his opponents. Social media took a lot of delight in his Twitter faux pas.
Comedy stand up Adam RozenbachsHe was quick to stick the boot and wrote, “Tim Paine must know that a great cricketer does not expose his middle stump.” #TheAshes’.
Australian broadcaster Michael SmythPaine was not the only one who laughed. Smyth uploaded a photo of Cain’s 1896 statue in Paris’s Tuileries Garden. It shows the marble statue with its head in it’s hand. Smyth wrote: “New Statue of Tim Paine unveiled outside Adelaide Oval.. #TimPaine.. #Cricket.”
Australia is now looking for a third captain after Paine’s resignation. This comes just a few years after Steve Smith had to resign due to his involvement in the infamous ‘Sandpapergate’ ball-tampering scam during Australia’s 2018 South Africa tour.
This fact is also being shared on social media.
Steve Smith wept when his scandal made him resign as Test captain for 2018.
Wiltshire-based cricket team Ashton KeynesTweet this pun: “Tim Paine has been caught ball tampering too!” What will they do?
Josh MoloneyHe shared an image from photoshop showing Cricket Australia refusing to allow ball tampering, but permitting a sexually explicit text to be sent. He captioned it: ‘Cricket Australia got some f***** up priorities when making Tim Paine captain…’
AlA mockup of an image with the caption: “0 Days Since Last Cricket Australia Scandal” was also created.
England’s Barmy ArmyAccount mocked Paine’s crying at his press conference. He also made comparisons to Smith doing it when Smith was forced to step down. Marc Van de VeldeSimilar tweets were also made.
Paine is often seen as an inferior captain to disgraced Smith. BrightyWriter: “To sum up Tim Paine’s career as captain Australia, he couldn’t even cry better that Steve Smith.”
