Thought of a few, completely random:
Haynes pointing the bat at Healy
Lara accusing Healy of being a cheat over a stumping
Ranatunga reacting appallingly to Healy calling him a fat ****.*
*Common thread here is these players all having it in for Healy.
Ganguly cheating in the 03 WC final.
Harbhajan's career basically. Racism and all.
Tendulkar ball tampering. Blatant cheating.
Tendulkar's cochlea implants failing in Sydney, 2008
Gambhir elbowing Watson
Dhoni with the worst half volley ever claimed in cricket off Pietersen a few years back as the oh so innocent Indian slips cordon watched on and let him walk off.
Kumble whining about the "spirit of cricket" two tests after giving Md Yousuf the most appalling spray when he was bowling to him in a test match.
The appalling behavior of the Indian team on day five of the Madras tie. Sickening stuff.
Gavaskar's racism towards WI fans in his book.
Gavaskar's dummy spit and taking his opening partner off the field with him.
Sreesanth being born.
Indian book makers tempting innocent Australian players for weather information.
Zaheer Khan abusing Hayden and Gilchrist 2003 WC final (this was actually funny - like a five year old trying to scare an MMA world champion).
Ishant Sharma's mullet.
The IPL.
I'm sure I'll think of a few more.
may be you are trundling to postI've been sitting here for exactly 4 minutes now, thinking of how to insult you and your opinion on medium pacers. Will let someone else do the honours.
good one!Thought of a few, completely random:
Haynes pointing the bat at Healy
Lara accusing Healy of being a cheat over a stumping
Ranatunga reacting appallingly to Healy calling him a fat ****.*
*Common thread here is these players all having it in for Healy.
Ganguly cheating in the 03 WC final.
Harbhajan's career basically. Racism and all.
Tendulkar ball tampering. Blatant cheating.
Tendulkar's cochlea implants failing in Sydney, 2008
Gambhir elbowing Watson
Dhoni with the worst half volley ever claimed in cricket off Pietersen a few years back as the oh so innocent Indian slips cordon watched on and let him walk off.
Kumble whining about the "spirit of cricket" two tests after giving Md Yousuf the most appalling spray when he was bowling to him in a test match.
The appalling behavior of the Indian team on day five of the Madras tie. Sickening stuff.
Gavaskar's racism towards WI fans in his book.
Gavaskar's dummy spit and taking his opening partner off the field with him.
Sreesanth being born.
Indian book makers tempting innocent Australian players for weather information.
Zaheer Khan abusing Hayden and Gilchrist 2003 WC final (this was actually funny - like a five year old trying to scare an MMA world champion).
Ishant Sharma's mullet.
The IPL.
I'm sure I'll think of a few more.
I see what you're saying. But a match saving innings that lasts for about 4 hours or more from which the total runs accrued is around the 50 mark is imo much more deserving of applause than someone spanking a triple century out of a completely awful bowling attack. Let's compare for instance, Paul Collingwood's innings against Australia in Cardiff in 2009, and Ravi Bopara slapping an awful West Indies attack all over the place at Lords not long before. There's little doubt in my mind that the former innings deserves far more plaudits than the latter, and I doubt you'd find many who would disagree. One should look to the nature and context of the performance, rather than the score itself imo. Besides, if the crowd want to give a standing ovation to a batsman who is walking off, I'm not going to begrudge them lifting their bat to acknowledge their appreciation in return.Maybe for an 9,10,11 but even then if he got out it means the result isn't assured.
Seeing G Swann raise his bat after a 35 is a joke. What next a crafty 20?
It fits the BT headwobble theory (he was boofhead AFL player). If you start brining the kids out to the field for 150 games, or celebrate milestones like 50, 100, 150, 200, 250 games it loses its meaning and in cricket it puts something special, a test hundred, alongside a run of the mill average performance.
Nah, forums are all about arguing and insultingmay be you are trundling to post
on a serious note, there is no point in getting worked up. forums are abt opinions .... most of us are champions at not only dishing out insults (if we want to) but also taking them on our stride so such attempts are childish
wanted to ignore your post but thought abt giving a friendly advise as sometimes ppl don't know what they could get into
haha, but I hope it didn't take you 4 mins to think that^ upNah, forums are all about arguing and insulting
Really? **** me that's dire from us.I remember there was an NZ fan who threw a broken beer bottle at Michael Bevan while he was fielding. Bevan came off really badly injured as well.
I see what you did hereNo but you need to be more considerate of a very, very sensitive section of the membership. Personally I don't care. But loosely chucking in the term "pegging" may lead to Migara's involvement in the thread, that's all. I'm just keeping a considerate eye out on anything may offend other supporters. You don't want to be seen to consistently bag out one set of players or supporters over multiple threads where you attempt to elevate your own players over those from other countries who are regarded by many as better.
Not that you're doing that.
Not that it's going on at all in CC at the moment either.
Oh wait.....
It's a brilliant theory. Bristler and co's big contribution to sports psychology.Redbacks is bristling!
It's a brilliant theory. Bristler and co's big contribution to sports psychology.
I love it how they single out guys for the picioane who are too keen to shake hands at the end of the match.
Murray mints and an Enlish all rouder getting caught with ganja.Most disgraceful incident ever was when Afridi tried to wreck the pitch against England.