Waleed’s backhanded ‘compliment’ to Aussie captain

Fresh off one other Cricket World Cup victory, the Australian captain was interviewed on The Project the place Waleed Aly not solely mistook her for one more participant — however made certain to provide the game a backhanded praise too.

Meg Lanning had simply extremely gained her fourth title as captain and The Project host was eager to sing her praises.

Aly, nonetheless, received his wires crossed when addressing her achievements.

The Offsiders panellist and avid cricket fan additionally unknowingly delivered a backhanded praise concerning the high quality of ladies’s cricket when chatting with Lanning.

“Meg, stop sharing the credit around, this is about you because you took 5/12 against New Zealand and you were Australia’s second-highest scorer, were you playing in the under-12s?” he mentioned.

Lanning bats at three for Australia and doesn’t bowl — in contrast to all-rounder Ash Gardner — who he had mistaken her for.

Lanning didn’t look like fussed by the error, letting it undergo to the keeper, however did handle his feedback concerning the taking part in normal.

“Ah no (it wasn’t an under 12s standard),” she mentioned.

“I think it was a tougher tournament than it came across as.

“We were put under the pump a fair bit and we were able to respond.

“That’s the best part about this group, we really thrive under pressure when things get a little bit tough and we are able to come through.”

The feedback weren’t seen off by viewers, nonetheless, with customers on Twitter fast to get on the entrance foot to the 2 embarrassing howlers.