Sehwag likely to be the next test captain

[Shri]

Forget the captain, name an australian player who wasn't a douche.

 

[weldone]

Forget the captain, name an australian player who wasn't a douche.

Adam Gilchrist from the modern era, except a few instances...

Among players of the far past - Alan Davidson, Ray Lindwall, Richie Benaud, Clarrie Grimmett.

 

[BoyBrumby]

So, Ponting is the first Aussie captain who was a douche you think? He merely followed the path laid down by the Chappell brothers and Mr. Allan Border...

Nah, can't agree with AB at all. Hard man, but a fair & honourable one.

 

[uvelocity]

AB a what? give yourself an uppercut

 

[benchmark00]

Just poor posting, that's all it is.

 

[Spikey]

victor richardson was a douche by all reports






reports may be made up so as to suit me

 

[honestbharani]

yeah.. in terms of douchebags as players/captains we are finally catching up with Australia.










Too bad we can't do that in the actual cricket.

 

[Jono]

Nah we're not just yet, unless we actually name Kohli or Gambhir (who isn't anywhere near as douchey as Ganguly was).

Sehwag and Dhoni aren't in Ganguly's class of dickhead.

 

[weldone]

Nah, can't agree with AB at all. Hard man, but a fair & honourable one.

Won't call AB a 'douche'...but during his era, Aussies became 'famous' for sledging...As a captain, he has to take responsibility for that...It wouldn't have been possible without his consent and active participation...

 

[Jono]

Most people on CW don't see sledging as "dickhead behaviour" though.

Send-offs, over-the-top celebrations, whinging etc. more seen as dickhead behaviour here.

So for e.g. Steve Waugh's mental disintegration is fine, but Watto jumping up and down like a girl when he gets Gayle out is not.

 

[weldone]

Most people on CW don't see sledging as "dickhead behaviour" though.

Send-offs, over-the-top celebrations, whinging etc. more seen as dickhead behaviour here.

So for e.g. Steve Waugh's mental disintegration is fine, but Watto jumping up and down like a girl when he gets Gayle out is not.

When I post in CW, I don't have in my agenda to agree with the 'majority' here...

...because I'm not going to stand as a candidate in any CW election...

 

[Jono]

Can't argue with that, fair enough.

 

[Prince EWS]

Most people on CW don't see sledging as "dickhead behaviour" though.

Send-offs, over-the-top celebrations, whinging etc. more seen as dickhead behaviour here.

So for e.g. Steve Waugh's mental disintegration is fine, but Watto jumping up and down like a girl when he gets Gayle out is not.

Maybe it just shows how much of a douche I am, but I've never really had any problem with a bowler getting really excited about taking a wicket and sending a batsman off. I love it tbh. The only exception was Watto's one really - just made him look like a weirdo more than anything else. Never had any problem with sledging either.

[/douche cricketer]

 

[weldone]

Any 'planned' sledging is much worse than any exchanges done in the heat of the moment IMO.

 

[Spark]

Slightly OT, but why has sledging suddenly become synonymous with abuse nowadays? By far the best and most incisive sledges I heard when I was playing cricket were non-abusive.

 

[Jono]

Maybe it just shows how much of a douche I am, but I've never really had any problem with a bowler getting really excited about taking a wicket and sending a batsman off. I love it tbh. The only exception was Watto's one really - just made him look like a weirdo more than anything else. Never had any problem with sledging either.

[/douche cricketer]

I'm not necessarily completely anti-send-off (Shoaib's used to make me laugh) but on the whole, it's the fact that sledging is used to get the batsman out. Once the batsman is out its almost cowardly to have a go at them.

 

[Prince EWS]

I'm not necessarily completely anti-send-off (Shoaib's used to make me laugh) but on the whole, it's the fact that sledging is used to get the batsman out. Once the batsman is out its almost cowardly to have a go at them.

I see it as a celebration more than having a go at the batsman, even though it's both.

Sport's meant to be competitive, and there's no better feeling in cricket than taking a wicket IMO, even if the batsman is on 130 - maybe even especially so, so I have no qualms with the bowler celebrating and letting the batsman know he's been defeated by that delivery. I've given a few send offs in my time and I've copped a few back (probably largely as a result ) but I never feel as a batsman that the bowler is being a dickhead when it happens. I just view it all differently I guess.

 

[Johnners]

I see it as a celebration more than having a go at the batsman, even though it's both.

Sport's meant to be competitive, and there's no better feeling in cricket than taking a wicket IMO, even if the batsman is on 130 - maybe even especially so, so I have no qualms with the bowler celebrating and letting the batsman know he's been defeated by that delivery. I've given a few send offs in my time and I've copped a few back (probably largely as a result ) but I never feel as a batsman that the bowler is being a dickhead when it happens. I just view it all differently I guess.

Nah I agree tbh, Don't really see why people get all worked up by send-offs.

 

[weldone]

Slightly OT, but why has sledging suddenly become synonymous with abuse nowadays? By far the best and most incisive sledges I heard when I was playing cricket were non-abusive.

Abusive or non-abusive, the purpose of sledging is to cause a wicket in a non-cricketing way - unlike send-offs.

A send-off can't change the result of the game in any way (unless a batsman is affected in the 2nd innings by the send-off he got in the 1st, or something like that), but the purpose of sledging is just that...

Maybe there's a reason the word 'sledging' came from sledge-hammer.

 

[Black_Warrior]

I'm not necessarily completely anti-send-off (Shoaib's used to make me laugh) but on the whole, it's the fact that sledging is used to get the batsman out. Once the batsman is out its almost cowardly to have a go at them.

I totally disagree.. When you are in a moment like that, and you are competitive and you are up against a batsman who is competitive, a send off is anything but cowardly. I personally love send offs but controlled ones...pointing towards the pavilion is fine...what Watson did was just prove that his mental age was 16 years old.