Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has received a series of embarrassing comments after she took to social media to celebrate a major milestone in Australian sporting history.
This year’s Boxing Day Test broke a record that has stood for 87 years, with 350,700 people flocking to the MCG to see Australia record a thrilling victory against India and take a 2-1 lead in the Border series -Gavaskar.
It surpassed the total attendance of 350,534 who flocked to the iconic stadium to watch Don Bradman smash 270 runs against England in the 1937 Ashes Series.
Many have taken to social media to celebrate the huge milestone, with Victorian Premier Allen writing on
Unfortunately, the comments under her celebratory message were filled with many embarrassing messages.
One X user wrote: “Give back all the immigrants.”
“Congratulations on the mass immigration that no one asked for,” said another.
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan took to social media to celebrate the record crowd at the MCG this week for the Boxing Day Test.
But the responses to the post were full of disgusting comments. Daily Mail Australia has chosen not to publish them all
Allan, who takes over as Victorian premier in 2023, also posted a second post saying: “Shout out to all the Australian and Indian fans who made this possible.”
There were many other messages in the comments of Allan’s post, but Daily Mail Australia decided not to publish them.
The record at the MCG was broken after an incredible 74,362 people passed through the turnstiles on Monday to see Pat Cummins’ team achieve a thrilling victory on the final day.
India had been set a target of 340 runs in 92 overs after Australia posted a score of 234 in their second innings.
Rohit Sharma’s team advanced to the crease but faltered under pressure from Australia’s bowlers, with India captain KL Rahul and Virat Kohli falling for 33 runs on the final day.
Yashasvi Jaiswal backed up his first innings score of 82 with a knock of 84 before being controversially dismissed. An Australian DRS review appeared to show that the opener had hit a Cummins delivery to Alex Carey, but Snicko showed no spike after the ball crossed his bat and glove.
The third umpire overturned the on-field decision not to come out, citing the significant deviation in the ball’s flight, leaving many Indian fans outraged, including Cricket Board of India vice-president Rajeev Shukla.
‘Yashasvi Jaiswal was clearly not out. The third referee should have taken note of what the technology suggested. While overruling the field referee, the third referee should have solid reasons,” he wrote in X.
Some, however, thought it was a clear call, including former Australian captain Ricky Ponting.
This year’s Boxing Day test match broke a record that has stood for 87 years, with 350,700 people flocking to the MCG throughout the week.
Australia took a 2-1 lead in the Border Gavaskar series on Monday after beating India by 184 runs.
“They can make of it what they want, that’s clearly the coup,” Ponting said.
‘I called him at that moment, Jaiswal started walking, as soon as the Australians went upstairs, he started taking a couple of steps away.
“Snicko hasn’t proven it was correct, but the referee noticed the deviation, froze it where the ball was at the end of the glove and as far as I’m concerned there was no argument.”
Rohit Sharma also spoke on the matter, admitting that he appeared to hit Jaiswal’s glove on the way to Carey.
“I don’t know what to make of it because the technology didn’t show anything, but at first glance it looked like it touched something,” the Indian cricket captain said.
However, he questioned the use of review technology.
“I don’t know how the referees want to use the technology, but to be fair, I think he touched the ball,” Sharma added.
Despite that, play continued, with India trailing 140-7, but just five overs later, another controversial incident occurred after Akash Deep misjudged a Travis Head shot at silly midwicket.
Pat Cummins’ team had set India a target of 340 runs in 92 overs on Monday morning.
Controversy surrounded the dismissal of Yashasvi Jaiswal, after the third umpire overturned an on-field and off-field decision.
There were initially questions over whether Deep had hit Scott Boland’s delivery with his bat, and the Cummins side opted to review the initial not out decision.
This time, Snicko fired as the ball crossed the bat, and the third umpire again overturned the decision on the field.
From there, Scott Boland completed his hat-trick of the day, dismissing Jasprit Bumrah, before Nathan Lyon caught Mohammed Siraj to end the match.
This leaves Australia 2-1 up in the Border-Gavaskar series, with both teams facing a quick three-day turnaround.
However, there are some doubts over some members of the team, with concerns over the fitness of Mitchell Starc, who had been left grimacing at the start of each period while warming up.
“We’ll see how everyone recovers tomorrow,” Australia coach Andrew McDonald said. ‘Clearly bowling at the end was quite a draining game, something we’re not used to in recent years.
‘We’ll see how the bodies are. Clearly ‘Starcy’ carries something of some description. We will evaluate it. But other than that, it seems like we came out pretty unscathed.
“Recovery is important and we will assess how the team looks in Sydney based on the surface, as we always do.”
“Any time you get through a game, it’s always a good indicator that you have a chance to play the next game. He didn’t stop (Starc). Clearly, there was a little discomfort at the beginning of the periods, but once he warmed up, It seems that he was quite free.