***Official*** India and England in Australia ODI Tri-Series 2015

[Riggins]

 

[Swingpanzee]

This is the best thing I've ever seen.

Thoroughly deserves both likes Swingpanzee has somehow managed to give it.

Holy **** has that actually been so? Screenshot pls

 

[Swingpanzee]

I think given the nature of the confrontations nowadays, it's an understandable fear. The confrontations are happening within arm's reach, and inevitably a third man comes in too, to make things worse.

tbf it'd take a while for third man to reach the pitch, quite a far way off.

 

[Daemon]

Haha no ****ing idea how some have convinced themselves that he spoke in English. Same goes the other way.

Both are perfectly reasonable assumptions. Swearing at someone in your own language is natural and probably due to emotion rather than wanting to put the player off his game. Rohit could have done that and Warner's comment would have been fine. The other side of the story is also feasible. Really no clue how you can be adamant it was one or the other.

 

[Jono]

Will India v England be shown on channel 9 BTW?

Hopefully not. If it is on Gem its in HD right?

 

[wpdavid]

I don't know. Warner is taking obnoxiousness to previously unseen levels; I wouldn't be surprised if someone bops him.

Not many tears would be shed, tbs.

It's a shame Warner wasn't around a few years back. It would have been fun to see him sledging guys like Viv Richards, Brian McMillan, Javed Miandad or Peter Willey.

 

[Jono]

the usual suspects have been saying it for years. if you don't like sledging because it's demeaning and brings down the standard of the game that's one thing, but to constantly bring up the spectre of physical violence is sensationalist at best when it hasn't occurred at all.

Not when the main culprit Warner, whether off the field and alcohol induced or not, has thrown a punch at a player before. This same bloke get in players' face (note, not sledging from slip) consistently. Other times players have had to be dragged apart (Kohli and Warner Adelaide 2012). I think they bring it up because once it happens that's it, its done. Cricket legitimately would change imo.

 

[Spark]

Not when the main culprit Warner, whether off the field and alcohol induced or not, has thrown a punch at a player before. This same bloke get in players' face (note, not sledging from slip) consistently. Other times players have had to be dragged apart (Kohli and Warner Adelaide 2012). I think they bring it up because once it happens that's it, its done. Cricket legitimately would change imo.

Perhaps it becomes slightly so believable now but I still struggle to give it that much credibility when the people saying it have been saying it long, long before David Warner was around, and given that physical confrontations have occurred in the game at least at a low level before -- without causing the game to degenerate into the sort of free-for-alls Chappelli et al suggest.

Here, on the other hand, is a good, measured contribution on the topic that doesn't appeal to base "think of the children!" sensibilities.

 

[Antihippy]

Remember when javed miandad nearly threw his bat at lilee for mock tapping him with his foot?

 

[dogwalker]

Currently fielding at deep fine leg despite being banned from school grounds.

Who is at fine leg? Wee Davey Warner or his disgusting dog?

 

[91Jmay]

David Warner should restrict aggression to his batting

That Warner was being "polite" in asking Rohit Sharma to say what he has to say in English. "Polite" would have been for Warner to learn to speak Hindi. On a couple of Australian tours to India and in half a dozen seasons in the IPL, Warner has had more opportunity to learn Hindi than Sharma has had exposure to English. But really, "polite" would have been to bite his tongue, since it was wagging way out of turn anyway.

I also hope that as it is a massive matter of principle for him Davey only sledges India in Hindi, the Saffers in Afrikaans and Pakistan in Urud. Theoretically speaking of course.

 

[Jono]

Perhaps it becomes slightly so believable now but I still struggle to give it that much credibility when the people saying it have been saying it long, long before David Warner was around, and given that physical confrontations have occurred in the game at least at a low level before -- without causing the game to degenerate into the sort of free-for-alls Chappelli et al suggest.

Here, on the other hand, is a good, measured contribution on the topic that doesn't appeal to base "think of the children!" sensibilities.

Blaming TV is a cop out. Understand he had suggestions of administrators etc. but the idea that TV makes it look worse than it actually is is genuinely bull****.

 

[OverratedSanity]

This sort of logic obviously does not extend to Harbhajan Singh, known speaker of the Queen's language.

I was accused of Cevnoing when I made the same point. I shall assume Cevnoing = QFTing

 

[G.I.Joe]

I was accused of Cevnoing when I made the same point. I shall assume Cevnoing = QFTing

Should never have doubted yourself.

 

[Robart Denram]

This series can help India to understand Australia pitches

 

[Niall]

Warner should also apologise for inspiring one of the worst articles of the year from Martin Crowe

Martin Crowe: Why cricket needs yellow and red cards | Cricinfo Magazine | ESPN Cricinfo

***ism, and sulking about guff like "spirit of cricket" and "gentleman's game", is this all he moans about these days?

 

[dogwalker]

What do you want him to moan about?

 

[harsh.ag]

Warner should also apologise for inspiring one of the worst articles of the year from Martin Crowe

Martin Crowe: Why cricket needs yellow and red cards | Cricinfo Magazine | ESPN Cricinfo

***ism, and sulking about guff like "spirit of cricket" and "gentleman's game", is this all he moans about these days?

Perhaps it would be wiser to let Crowe be as of now Niall. He may have a different perspective on life and what it means from where he is right now that none of us would be able to understand.

 

[Furball]

Pish. Do you want some of the subcontinental players to submit a list of known languages so the Aussies could do the honourable thing and sledge them in a language they do understand?

There's a difference between sledging which has an element of calculation to it, and plain swearing which is more emotional and does not take into account the proficiency of those around you.

That's more or less what I was getting at. Poor choice of phrase.

 

[BigBrother]

Reckon that was out tbh

Hate captains like Dhoni who waste time going up to the bowler after every ball.



Yes, did look out.

It was umpire's call, would have stayed not out. No real howlers that in that game, Finch one was umpires call too, as was the Sandhu one given in the 1st innings. The only wrong ones were the Patel dismissal and the Ashwin non dismissal in the 1st innings death. Unless I missed something this was really one instance where decisions evened themselves out for both teams. But it's still **** that we have to rely purely on luck for that kind of thing and not use the help on offer with technology.