14th Match - India v Australia

[mr_mister]

I'm not sure Smith even cares that much about the booing. Could be wrong but yeah he's definitely expected and prepared for it all

 

[Howe_zat]

I wouldn't say unacceptable but it's definitely childish and crap.

 

[Adders]

Yes it is unacceptable to constantly boo a player, have your fun then grow up. What is the desired result here, do you want him to leave cricket.

Yeah I recall you saying exactly the same thing about your crowds and Stuart Broad in '13.

 

[Adders]

I wouldn't say unacceptable but it's definitely childish and crap.

Agreed, but hearing the same Aussies who previously hated Kohli and were front row centre in the Broad targeting is just plain sickening.

 

[TNT]

Yeah I recall you saying exactly the same thing about your crowds and Stuart Broad in '13.

You carried that around for a long time, it has festered a little.

 

[the big bambino]

Contrast the class shown by Kohli with perennial English crybaby snivelling about Broad. Rub the boowa if it still hurts.

 

[Adders]

At least my opinions are consistent

 

[the big bambino]

Yes they are. They’re also brown and stinky.

 

[TNT]

At least my opinions are consistent

OK thats settled you have more consistent opinions.

 

[OverratedSanity]

I wouldn't say unacceptable but it's definitely childish and crap.

Maybe.

I don't expect anyone to really agree with me on this but watching a sportsman playing in front of a hostile (but not particularly disrespectful or dangerous) crowd makes for very compelling viewing and produces some of the most memorable moments. I'm not defending it from the pov of the crowd having the 'right' to do it or anything, just that it can add to the entertainment greatly at times and is, at the end of the day, pretty harmless.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Kohli is nothing if not impulsive. You're always going to get wildly contrasting behavior from him but it will rarely be premeditated, other than platitudes of playing with intent and expressing yourself in pressers.

 

[Arachnodouche]

And LOL at all you Aussie Kohli fanbois.......interesting that is the most parochial of you wetting your panties over him. Who'd have thought him standing up for your skip against some mean Poms would have won you over so easily

Don't think there were too many Englishmen in that crowd. He was asking Indian fans to can it.

 

[CricAddict]

Maybe.

I don't expect anyone to really agree with me on this but watching a sportsman playing in front of a hostile (but not particularly disrespectful or dangerous) crowd makes for very compelling viewing and produces some of the most memorable moments. I'm not defending it from the pov of the crowd having the 'right' to do it or anything, just that it can add to the entertainment greatly at times and is, at the end of the day, pretty harmless.

I agree with the rest of your post except this. Constant booing in every match can break a person. Smith has done his time and I don't think he deserves this.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Maybe.

I don't expect anyone to really agree with me on this but watching a sportsman playing in front of a hostile (but not particularly disrespectful or dangerous) crowd makes for very compelling viewing and produces some of the most memorable moments. I'm not defending it from the pov of the crowd having the 'right' to do it or anything, just that it can add to the entertainment greatly at times and is, at the end of the day, pretty harmless.

Based on what we've seen of Smith since his comeback, I very much doubt anything's going to break him. He'll come back to England in a few months and score more than 500 runs easy.

 

[Spark]

top_cat plz

i was saying it first (idr if i was, but i'm gonna claim it anyway)

 

[Spark]

Maybe.

I don't expect anyone to really agree with me on this but watching a sportsman playing in front of a hostile (but not particularly disrespectful or dangerous) crowd makes for very compelling viewing and produces some of the most memorable moments. I'm not defending it from the pov of the crowd having the 'right' to do it or anything, just that it can add to the entertainment greatly at times and is, at the end of the day, pretty harmless.

i mean there's been no signs so far that smith has actually been affected or bothered adversely by it at all. it's struck me as pretty pantomine so far.

 

[vcs]

Yeah Smith's not going to be fazed by a bit of booing, and given how Aussie crowds have behaved at times, I don't really care much if a few of their players get barracked a bit. He'll make runs and shut them up pretty soon.

 

[TNT]

Based on what we've seen of Smith since his comeback, I very much doubt anything's going to break him. He'll come back to England in a few months and score more than 500 runs easy.

If it starts to get to his family he could just walk away.

 

[Burgey]

If finch hadn't hesitated would he have made his ground and everyone would have commented great running by Warner? He was only 2 feet out and it was a big hesitation

Was always a risky run imo. Was a shame as Finch looked the goods. I expected his front pad to be belted to oblivion

 

[Spikey]

the one time I call an Arun Finch century and he runs himself out.