{"id":296037,"date":"2023-11-23T15:23:57","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T15:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=296037"},"modified":"2023-11-23T15:23:57","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T15:23:57","slug":"oscar-piastri-pays-tribute-to-australias-cricket-world-cup-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/racing\/f1\/oscar-piastri-pays-tribute-to-australias-cricket-world-cup-heroes\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar Piastri pays tribute to Australia&apos;s Cricket World Cup heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Oscar Piastri pays tribute to Australia&#8217;s Cricket World Cup heroes ahead of Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as Formula One star flaunts gift from Brett Lee<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Oscar Piastri wore an Australia cricket shirt in Abu Dhabi\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The F1 star paid tribute to the men&#8217;s team&#8217;s World Cup win\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He said the shirt was gifted to him by Brett Lee\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Oscar Piastri rocked up to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix wearing an Australian cricket top gifted to him by Brett Lee in an ode to the men&#8217;s team after their World Cup triumph.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Piastri watched from afar as Pat Cummins&#8217;s side stormed to a six-wicket victory over tournament hosts and overwhelming favourites India on Sunday, becoming world champions for a record sixth time.<\/p>\n<p>The McLaren star is a big cricket fan and took on teammate Lando Norris in the &#8216;F1 Ashes&#8217; earlier this year, winning comfortably, and has now paid tribute to his countrymen ahead of the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Bowled up to the paddock like this today,&#8217; he tweeted alongside a photo of himself in the famous green and gold.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;[Thank you] Brett Lee\u00a0for your 2003 WC shirt&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Lee responded on Instagram: &#8216;Absolute legend mate! It suits you. Go the Aussies&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/23\/10\/78153703-0-image-a-19_1700736929823.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Oscar Piastri has paid tribute to Australia&#8217;s World Cup heroes in Abu Dhabi<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/23\/10\/78153787-0-image-a-20_1700736934397.jpg\" height=\"161\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Piastri revealed he was gifted an Australia cricket shirt by bowling legend Brett Lee<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/23\/11\/78154331-12783681-image-a-21_1700737272661.jpg\" height=\"126\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The former pace bowler called Piastri an &#8216;absolute legend&#8217; for his fashion choice<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/23\/11\/78154333-12783681-image-a-22_1700737276468.jpg\" height=\"759\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Lee and Piastri met earlier this year and are now good mates<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cz-vtCoNAf9\/<\/p>\n<p>A post shared by Oscar Piastri (@oscarpiastri)<\/p>\n<p>Piastri and Lee are good friends, with the former pace bowler attending several races to support the young Australian.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Piastri challenged India tragic and former F1 driver Karun Chandhok to wear an Australia shirt as punishment for his side&#8217;s defeat in Ahmedabad.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Want you entering the Abu Dhabi paddock in an Aussie cricket top please @karunchandhok,&#8217; he tweeted. &#8216;Only fair&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for Piastri, Chandhok is not on punditry duty this weekend, with the Sky Sports expert completing his final race of 2023 in Las Vegas.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/formulaone\/article-12783681\/Oscar-Piastri-pays-tribute-Australias-Cricket-World-Cup-heroes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Oscar Piastri pays tribute to Australia&#8217;s Cricket World Cup heroes ahead of Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as Formula One star flaunts gift from Brett Lee <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/racing\/f1\/oscar-piastri-pays-tribute-to-australias-cricket-world-cup-heroes\/\" title=\"Oscar Piastri pays tribute to Australia&amp;apos;s Cricket World Cup heroes\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296036,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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