Appropriate Punishment for Smith from CA

[TheJediBrah]

I can't quite understand what's so significant (or funny) about this tbh. Not being your wife's first partner isn't that much of a big deal.

When the whole world knows exactly what, when and who your wife did it would be IMO

also it was SBW another famous sportsman

 

[Prince EWS]

Is the Aus public really that unhappy or is this just media hype?

Nah people really are that pissed off. Australian cricket is a bit of a funny thing, where lots of people who don't even watch it at all still kind of follow it in a sort of jingoist way, as it's become part of the national identity. Ball-tampering is often seen of by this class of casual non-watchers as more or less just "something they do in inferior shithole countries". The word "unaustralian" has been uttered many times in very removed takes on the whole saga.

The media has definitely tried to beat it up a bit, but they've basically been successful in those attempts. Obviously some people don't care, but a lot of people do, even if their extent of cricket-following is literally just following the results of the home summer games on the evening news.

That's not to say this isn't a big deal in a cricketing sense. It absolutely is. They cheated in a (poorly, but still) calculated and pre-meditated fashion, and those involved have shown they don't have the character to captain the side. But it really shouldn't be news outside of cricketing circles, and it absolutely is, due to the weird place cricket holds within Australian culture.

 

[Spark]

Remember the Clarke/Bingle circus? Now that was truly ridiculous.

 

[MagicPoopShovel]

Can vouch for people in Aus being up in arms. Never seen anything cricket related get so much attention in this country in my time here.

 

[Borges]

Stripped of the captaincy permanently & suspended for one game.

 

[mr_mister]

I can't quite understand what's so significant (or funny) about this tbh. Not being your wife's first partner isn't that much of a big deal.

It happening in a public toilet is a factor tho

 

[Spark]

Can vouch for people in Aus being up in arms. Never seen anything cricket related get so much attention in this country in my time here.

I can think of one thing...

 

[Adders]

I can think of one thing...

Yep

 

[Spark]

Yep

What a ****ing surreal (in a fairly literal sense) week that was. Urgh.

 

[straw man]

I think he should be stripped... publicly and sandpaper applied to his balls

sorry what were we talking about?

 

[Starfighter]

What grit?

 

[Zinzan]

As far as Warner's concerned, the whole world knowing and laughing about his wife's ***ual past is already punishment enough for anything he does IMO

Really feel for the guy. There's no escaping that.

I'd like to agree, but find it hard having sympathy for Dave Warner. He's just so incredibly unlikeable.

 

[TheJediBrah]

I can think of one thing...

Yep

What a ****ing surreal (in a fairly literal sense) week that was. Urgh.

Someone's going to have to explain this

 

[Prince EWS]

Someone's going to have to explain this

Really?

Hughes.

 

[fredfertang]

My favoured punishment for Smith would be to have to spend an English summer as Lancashire's overseas player

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Is a 6 month ban worth it as Australia play little to no cricket in that time. I say 3 test ban including the one this week and never to captain the side again.

As for IPL contract that should be up to his franchise but seeing as IPL is corrupt he will fit in perfectly.

 

[andruid]

Is a 6 month ban worth it as Australia play little to no cricket in that time. I say 3 test ban including the one this week and never to captain the side again.

As for IPL contract that should be up to his franchise but seeing as IPL is corrupt he will fit in perfectly.

Then let them make it a six months worth of international cricket ban.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Is a 6 month ban worth it as Australia play little to no cricket in that time. I say 3 test ban including the one this week and never to captain the side again.

As for IPL contract that should be up to his franchise but seeing as IPL is corrupt he will fit in perfectly.

Then let them make it a six months worth of international cricket ban.

Were we saying something about the calls for overly harsh punishments being largely from the non-cricket following public and not from people on here?

 

[SeamUp]

I'd like to agree, but find it hard having sympathy for Dave Warner. He's just so incredibly unlikeable.

https://twitter.com/MailSport/status/978402479963541510?s=19

 

[SteveNZ]

As far as Warner's concerned, the whole world knowing and laughing about his wife's ***ual past is already punishment enough for anything he does IMO

Really feel for the guy. There's no escaping that.

I'd feel more sorry for her. She's married to David Warner. What awful sins did she commit to deserve such an atrocity? Seriously.