Ryan Harris involved in 'drunken' Twitter rant
Oops! I was Drunk!
Australian pace-man Ryan Harris, who was instrumental in the Return of the Urn to Australia, was involved in a late night twitter rant after he was refused entry in a Perth Casino for being drunk. Harris, who was celebrating the win in Perth which gave Australia an unassailable lead in the ongoing Ashes series, was already drunk when he arrived to attend a party hosted by former great Shane Warne.
The tweet was posted at about 3.30am local time contained many expletives aimed towards Crown Casino, which had earlier denied him entry. Here’s a screenshot of the tweet which one of his many followers managed to gather. The tweet was removed soon after the incident.
Another Australian, all-rounder Nathan Coulter-Nile, also part of the celebrations tweeted:
“Crown casino wouldn’t let the team that won the Ashes onto the premises because security were on a power trip. Worst place!.”
Harris’s rant drew widespread sympathy on social media.
“Poor old Ryan Harris. Apparently denied entry to the Crown in Perth for being too drunk last night. Australian Fun Police at their finest,” said one tweet.
Another said: “Feel ya pain son.’
Crown Casino declined to comment on this.
The quickie had earlier given the following statement when asked on Fox Sports’ coverage about how many beers he might have as the team celebrated its win: “Oh I’m gonna have a lot, I’ll give you the hot tip now”.
Though the same was not the case of Micheal Clarke and wife Kyly who both posted positive reviews on social media after attending the party.
Can’t thank @warne888 enough for having us last night. The boys and their partners had a night we will remember forever. #crown #amazing
— Michael Clarke (@MClarke23) December 18, 2013
Kyly posted on Instagram: What a night of celebrations. Thanks @shanewarne23 for your hospitality & @CrownMetropol Unreal time with my Husband #memories
Shane Watson, who was also in attendance, cheekily suggested that security at Crown was more secure than the defence of the England batsmen.
“Shane Warne was very kind to put on a party for us at the Crown Casino. It was a brilliant night to get everyone together,” Watson said.
“The families were there as well who endure a lot through the ups and downs every day of playing cricket for Australia. It was just a really special time to be there and make the most of it.”
When asked whether the security may have stood a bit firmer than the English, he said: “Well I wasn’t there for it, but maybe they did.”
“Obviously things for a period of time might not have gone exactly right. But in the end we were just there to have a great time.
“There was no intention other than making the most of winning the Ashes back. You do have to make the most of those good times because they’re not always there. So it was extremely special last night.”
Earlier this year, another Australian, David Warner was under fire for unleashing an expletive-laden tirade at News Limited journalists Malcolm Conn and Robert Craddock in May this year, he was later fined was fined $5750 for the same.
Cricket Australia was also forced to apologize earlier for a photo caption deemed to be racist ahead of the second Test in Adelaide, when CA posted a photo of people dressed as Teletubbies and wearing turbans with the comment, ‘will the real Monty Panesar please stand up?’.
The croaky-voiced pace-man apologized for his late night antics after arriving in Melbourne.
“Obviously I made a silly mistake this morning and I tweeted something I probably shouldn’t have,” he said.
“It was a silly thing to do – they let me in in the end, so they did the right thing.
“But they have to do their job and they were doing it.
“As I’ve heard many times before, don’t tweet when you’ve had a drink.”
Two sleepless nights might have taken its toll on Harris, with the quickie admitting he’d barely slept before the final day of the third Test.
“I reckon I got about three hours sleep last night, so I was nervous the whole night and morning,” he said.
“It’s just an amazing feeling to do what we’ve done in three Tests. It’s been a long time coming but we’ve finally got the urn back”
This might also not be the bowler’s last celebration of the summer, as Australia eye a whitewash in the ongoing series.
“We thought we could win from the start but we didn’t expect to be 3-0 up in Perth,” he said.
“The carrot’s dangling for us…to be able to win it on our own soil after three Tests but then to go to five nil would be just amazing.”
Harris has been phenomenal in the Ashes so far, with the pace-man taking 12 wickets across the three Tests and scoring an unbeaten 55 with the bat in the second Test in Adelaide. He also got Alistair Cook for a Golden Duck with a peach of delivery, a first of Cook’s career coming in his 100th test.