Adam Gilchrist from the modern era, except a few instances...Forget the captain, name an australian player who wasn't a douche.
Nah, can't agree with AB at all. Hard man, but a fair & honourable one.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...
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...Nah, can't agree with AB at all. Hard man, but a fair & honourable one.
When I post in CW, I don't have in my agenda to agree with the 'majority' here...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.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.
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.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.
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I see it as a celebration more than having a go at the batsman, even though it's both.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.
Nah I agree tbh, Don't really see why people get all worked up by send-offs.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.
Abusive or non-abusive, the purpose of sledging is to cause a wicket in a non-cricketing way - unlike send-offs.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.
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.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.