***Official*** Australia in India 2017

[Burgey]

Man obviously has good taste. This is fantastic. Bet he hits up the Indian Palace. Best Indian in Sydney tbh.

 

[social]

Much as I admire Starceh's talent, if all our quicks are fit (like that will ever happen) I'd rate him 4th behind Haze, Cummins and Patto

He'd probably get a game due to being a leftie but I do think the others are better bowlers

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

I am really trying to see it from the other side, I really am. Maybe it wasn't the most sensitive but I don't really see how it was all that inappropriate. He took the comparison to an extreme, which perhaps he shouldn't have, but I'm just not seeing any disrespect.


WITH THAT SAID, If I was Laxman, I'd call the Aussie dressing room and apologize because I think it's clearly being taken in a way it was never meant - but you have to respect those feelings from people who went through that situation a lot closer than you did.

I don't think the comment was incredibly offensive or anything but I'll have a go.

Whether or not it was inappropriate, I certainly think it was a bad, cliche, lame bit of commentary - basically saying "you shouldn't make fun of someone's minor injury because sometimes people die". Which is a dumb point to make because those things are totally incomparable. I mean think of the Dhawan mocking Watson for getting injured thing and imagine someone said "well what if Watson just found out he had terminal cancer, would you still make fun of him then? No? Well don't make fun of a calf injury then!". Now take the overwhelming lameness of that point and consider that the example given here was the actual on-field death of a cricket player, one that a lot of the Australian team knew and that several of them were present for.

That's basically why I think it's a really dumb comment. My first reaction was like yours, that the response was a bit overblown, but I do think it's a dumb point, poorly made, and the chosen example is especially inappropriate and used to make a point that shouldn't have been bothered with.

 

[stephen]

I agree Social. Starc has a guaranteed place due to the left-arm variety he provides even if in test matches he isn't as good as the others.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

I don't think the comment was incredibly offensive or anything but I'll have a go.

Whether or not it was inappropriate, I certainly think it was a bad, cliche, lame bit of commentary - basically saying "you shouldn't make fun of someone's minor injury because sometimes people die". Which is a dumb point to make because those things are totally incomparable. I mean think of the Dhawan mocking Watson for getting injured thing and imagine someone said "well what if Watson just found out he had terminal cancer, would you still make fun of him then? No? Well don't make fun of a calf injury then!". Now take the overwhelming lameness of that point and consider that the example given here was the actual on-field death of a cricket player, one that a lot of the Australian team knew and that several of them were present for.

That's basically why I think it's a really dumb comment. My first reaction was like yours, that the response was a bit overblown, but I do think it's a dumb point, poorly made, and the chosen example is especially inappropriate and used to make a point that shouldn't have been bothered with.

 

[burr]

VVS only has himself to blame, poor chap. If he hadn’t jumped so quickly to sanctimony he wouldn’t have found himself drawing a false equivalence between a minor shoulder strain and death on a cricket field to lecture good friends of the dead player on their morally retrograde character.

Anyway, I've noticed how poor ABC is these days. Like, Adam Collins, really? I can only assume their budget has been cut to something on par with the local university radio station.

 

[Burgey]

Gonna stalk Laxman so hard if he's living in Balmain. Seriously, I love the bloke, his comments nws.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Just remembered Maxwell wasn't in the Victorian Shield side at the start of the season

Also what an inspired selection Cummins turned out to be. I'm very gradually changing my opinion of him.

 

[silentstriker]

I don't think the comment was incredibly offensive or anything but I'll have a go.

Whether or not it was inappropriate, I certainly think it was a bad, cliche, lame bit of commentary - basically saying "you shouldn't make fun of someone's minor injury because sometimes people die". Which is a dumb point to make because those things are totally incomparable. I mean think of the Dhawan mocking Watson for getting injured thing and imagine someone said "well what if Watson just found out he had terminal cancer, would you still make fun of him then? No? Well don't make fun of a calf injury then!". Now take the overwhelming lameness of that point and consider that the example given here was the actual on-field death of a cricket player, one that a lot of the Australian team knew and that several of them were present for.

That's basically why I think it's a really dumb comment. My first reaction was like yours, that the response was a bit overblown, but I do think it's a dumb point, poorly made, and the chosen example is especially inappropriate and used to make a point that shouldn't have been bothered with.

I'm not disagreeing with the meat of your argument - I agree it was a dumb comment.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Gonna stalk Laxman so hard if he's living in Balmain. Seriously, I love the bloke, his comments nws.

He's been living in Sydney too long. Stupid comments are hardly unusual.

 

[Tangles]

So Aus in the driving seat if they can get a lead with India batting last. Not that I'll be feeling comfortable watching. Been so many twists and turns in the series you wonder what's next.

 

[Gnske]

How is it that the conversation actually degraded after I finally got my just desserts?

Can't we just unite in our love for ChePu?

 

[Burgey]

He's been living in Sydney too long. Stupid comments are hardly unusual.

You'd never be allowed into Balmain. We have standards.

 

[cnerd123]

Gnske is back

 

[Spark]

VVS only has himself to blame, poor chap. If he hadn’t jumped so quickly to sanctimony he wouldn’t have found himself drawing a false equivalence between a minor shoulder strain and death on a cricket field to lecture good friends of the dead player on their morally retrograde character.

Anyway, I've noticed how poor ABC is these days. Like, Adam Collins, really? I can only assume their budget has been cut to something on par with the local university radio station.

I enjoyed their work for the first two Tests but their B-team is pretty grim.

 

[Debris]

You'd never be allowed into Balmain. We have standards.

It is kinda sad because he obviously spends a lot of time thinking about Sydney. Never misses an opportunity to mention Sydney if he can somehow cram it into a post.

 

[vcs]

If we can last one more session, that would be nice. Aussies have done a great job keeping India's RR down.

 

[GotSpin]

We have to make early inroads. Hope they drink whatever they did at tea yesterday

 

[Daemon]

Come on Poojara give them nothing. Saha needs to step up like he did against NZ.

 

[Contra]

wow first ball..