Piers Morgan has rib broken by Australian fast bowler Brett Lee (VIDEO)

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Controversial TV host Piers Morgan has faced former Ausse fast bowler Brett Lee in a one-over cricket challenge in Melbourne.

Piers's foolhardy challenge against one of the fastest bowlers in world cricket was the result of a Twitter spat – and the 48-year-old CNN talk show host was left rueing his bravery on Twitter, earning a broken rib from one of the bouncers...

Watch Piers Morgan face an over from Brett Lee (contains swearing):

http://youtube.com/v/_ePx61TkXKY

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.