If the keeper and slips sledge abusively, the game should be immediately forfeited, and they should be given life bans from all forms of cricket. There is no place in cricket for workplace bullying. This is 2013 ffs. Some people on this thread have extremely old fashioned unreconstructed attitudes.
England In Australia - The Ashes 2013/14
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If the keeper and slips sledge abusively, the game should be immediately forfeited, and they should be given life bans from all forms of cricket. There is no place in cricket for workplace bullying. This is 2013 ffs. Some people on this thread have extremely old fashioned unreconstructed attitudes.
Beeswax
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There wouldn't be a keeper left in the game if you kicked them out for sledging.
Nairbe, Clarke was pointing out in a rather crass way that Mitchell Johnson was bowling pretty damn fast. I don't understand why people are taking this as Clarke saying he was going to wallop Anderson. He was telling him to 'face up' for crying out loud.
Nairbe, Clarke was pointing out in a rather crass way that Mitchell Johnson was bowling pretty damn fast. I don't understand why people are taking this as Clarke saying he was going to wallop Anderson. He was telling him to 'face up' for crying out loud.
Rubbish, keepers in the UK don't sledge, they're normally very friendly and, if they want to, distract you in more intelligent, respectful ways. This prevalence for never-ending moronic abuse is an Aussie disease to go along with the traditional Aussie racism, homophobia and sexism. It is needs to be stamped out of the game with extreme prejudice. I'm talking immediate match forfeits and life bans.
futureblackcap
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I wish there wasn't such a massive gap between Tests.
Brian Lara
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Spoilt! There was a time this length of break would've been considered short for tests.
nairbe
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Never took it that way just saw and heard the coverage and it came up as a fairly lame sledge. It was not witty or clever, rather plain dumb. Sledging does require a certain level of refinement or it is plain abuse and that is for the Indian's.
SLA - remember the bit i said about wondering whether you have played much cricket, MMMM?
A lot more than you, no doubt. Hence the reason you're only active on the fan section here.
Bluey Zarsoff
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Looking forward to kicking some more English butt. Hope we can maintain our ascendancy.
SLA said:
Right. So the London riots in 2011 and blokes running around with meat cleavers in the middle of London last year never happened?
These players are paid professionals and earn big money to represent their country. Sledging has been a part of cricket for a very long time and the English have given as good as they have got. I can guarantee Matt Prior and the recent English wicketkeepers would have sledged their opposition.
Not the best forecast for tomorrow. Scattered showers during the morning with possible hail so we could be looking at a delayed start. Friday and Saturday are going to be partly cloudy with possible showers forecast for Sunday and also Monday. Saturday and Sunday are going to the warmest days with 28 and 30 expected at this stage.
We should get four pretty good days for cricket and I imagine we'll get at least half a day tomorrow if not more.
We should get four pretty good days for cricket and I imagine we'll get at least half a day tomorrow if not more.
Its always been more stuff like "mind the windows, tino" and good natured or humorous remarks of that ilk. Its only Aussies that think threatening to break someone's arm can be described as "banter". What a ridiculous notion.
Fortunately, almost the entirety of the press, including the more intelligent Aussie commentators, have come out on the same side as me. Hopefully sledging will be a thing of the past, like other unpleasant habits such as casual racism and overruling the umpire.
Brian Lara
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There's been a lot of talk, but I have no idea what'll happen for the rest of this series, after the first test. England are scared, England are this and that. Australia/ns are the only ones doing all the talking, we have not heard a peep out of England. For the supposed intimidation England are supposed to be feeling, I don't know. This isn't the 90s, England are a much harder unit. Looking back, Australia had everything go their way in the first test, the GABBA, lower expectations, England were clearly unprepared, Johnson on his "good" day.
As of this point in time, all results for the series that are possible are plausible.
As of this point in time, all results for the series that are possible are plausible.