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S Sreesanth's Behavour

shortpitched713

shortpitched713

International Captain
He does carry on like a git at times though. Crosses the boundary line of gamesmanship to insanity occasionally and thats not really the line I'd like an international player to be straddling.

Its a shame, because he does seem to be a genuine prospect as a Test class seamer for India, and lord knows they really could do with one of those at the moment.
 
Perm

Perm

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Nah, get stuck on son. The problem isn't with his behaviour, it's his bowling.
 
andyc

andyc

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Haha, that was so stupid by Sreesanth. The guy had just made 87 off 83, and you give him a send off?
 
Goughy

Goughy

Hall of Fame Member
Whats as annoying as the behaviour is that he cant pull it off. He isnt intimidating at all and looks like a 12 yrs old boy trying to play the tough guy.

Embarrassing. Concentrate on the bowling and dont worry about the other stuff

Athlai said:
You can really see the ***ual tension between Symonds and Sreesanth.
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Pretty sure I know who would give and who would take take if push came to shove in that relationship
 
adharcric

adharcric

International Coach
He certainly doesn't get the meaning of "aggression" and acts like an idiot far too often on the field. Looks like he's trying to play with passion and doesn't realize that he's actually making a farce of it and wasting his enormous talent. That said, some reactions here are quite "moronic" as well - Sreesanth's behavior may be embarrassing but the only thing seriously wrong with it is that it negatively affects his performance. Dhoni might just be the right captain for Sreesanth - he appears to be actively working to fix the attitude problem. Yes, Indian cricket will be far better off with him in the team if he can get his act together. Otherwise, he may as welll make way for someone who will focus on cricket.
 
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SJS

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
Sreesanth is an absolute idiot.

What is surprising, however, is that he continues to do all this. How come ?

Has he or has he not been cautioned by the Indian team management to cool it ? If he has then how come he is still at it ? And what action is going to be taken against him.

If he hasn't (been cautioned) then the Indian team management stands indicted by inference and needs to explain itself.

I am not a great fan of the Aussies behaviour on the field. They have mostly conducted themselves between being very irritating to obnoxious. But I do not see what that has to do with Sreesanth's being obnoxious too. We have to decide whether we are going to take a stand on what is poor behaviour or are we going to be hypocrites calling into question the behaviour of opponents and then using the same to justify our own.

If the latter is what we think is to be done then lets justsay its a free for all and stop preaching to anyone else too.

Two wongs have never made a right and we use this very phrase ourselves when it suits us. It aplies here as well.

Thefact that Sreesanth doesn't even have the performance to support his aggression is a silly argument since it makes it sound that the players who are performing have some sort of a license to misbehave on the field.

By misbehaving Sreesanth is being a disgrace to his team and the game, by not performing on top of that he is also looking ridiculous besides being obnoxious.
 
adharcric

adharcric

International Coach
SJS said:
Sreesanth is an absolute idiot.

What is surprising, however, is that he continues to do all this. How come ?

Has he or has he not been cautioned by the Indian team management to cool it ? If he has then how come he is still at it ? And what action is going to be taken against him.

If he hasn't (been cautioned) then the Indian team management stands indicted by inference and needs to explain itself.
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Dhoni has called him out for his poor behavior on several occasions already, something which Dravid rarely did. One gets the feeling that something is finally happening.
SJS said:
I am not a great fan of the Aussies behaviour on the field. They have mostly conducted themselves between being very irritating to obnoxious. But I do not see what that has to do with Sreesanth's being obnoxious too. We have to decide whether we are going to take a stand on what is poor behaviour or are we going to be hypocrites calling into question the behaviour of opponents and then using the same to justify our own.

If the latter is what we think is to be done then lets justsay its a free for all and stop preaching to anyone else too.

Two wongs have never made a right and we use this very phrase ourselves when it suits us. It aplies here as well.

Thefact that Sreesanth doesn't even have the performance to support his aggression is a silly argument since it makes it sound that the players who are performing have some sort of a license to misbehave on the field.

By misbehaving Sreesanth is being a disgrace to his team and the game, by not performing on top of that he is also looking ridiculous besides being obnoxious.
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You've made some good points there. The supreme performers (ie, McGrath) don't have a license to act obnoxious - it's just that they don't look as stupid doing it. That doesn't make their behavior any less obnoxious though.
 
SJS

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
adharcric said:
Dhoni has called him out for his poor behavior on several occasions already, something which Dravid rarely did.
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And yet in the very next game he does it again, this time as 12th man ?

Makes one wonder whether he doesn't care for what the skipper tells him (and I agree Dhoni has said he did in a press conference) in which case there should be further disciplinary action taken against him of which we havn't heard anything.

OR

He wasn't reprimanded as strongly as we may have read into Dhoni's words in which case Dhoni needs to use much stronger words this time, and with some firmer action.

I am not just upset about his being obnoxious which is bad enough but also, from what it apears, because he is being grossly indisciplined. Thats a big big problem from someone we expect to be an important part of the team.
 
adharcric

adharcric

International Coach
SJS said:
And yet in the very next game he does it again, this time as 12th man ?

Makes one wonder whether he doesn't care for what the skipper tells him (and I agree Dhoni has said he did in a press conference) in which case there should be further disciplinary action taken against him of which we havn't heard anything.

OR

He wasn't reprimanded as strongly as we may have read into Dhoni's words in which case Dhoni needs to use much stronger words this time, and with some firmer action.

I am not just upset about his being obnoxious which is bad enough but also, from what it apears, because he is being grossly indisciplined. Thats a big big problem from someone we expect to be an important part of the team.
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Can we be sure that he was dropped for the previous match purely for injury reasons?
 
adharcric

adharcric

International Coach
Athlai said:
Probably, why would he be kept as 12th man if it was because of his behaviour? Plus he's one of India's best seamers.
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Would you make an injured cricketer your 12th man?
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I actually wasn't aware of any injury at all. I assumed he had been dropped for leaking too many runs.
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You may be right but despite leaking runs, Sreesanth had been India's most threatening new-ball bowler in this series. He was better than Zaheer and RP coming into Chandigarh.
 
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adharcric

adharcric

International Coach
Athlai said:
Obviously not a seriously injured man, but if its a minor injury, holding drinks and standing around isn't to bad so why not?
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Perhaps. Somehow, I still think there was more to it than a simple injury, especially when you consider other recent events concerning Sreesanth's behavior.
 
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