Crassness in cricket

[Peter R]

The Aussies have to take the cake and for that reason only I was vexed we didn't take the third Test. Aussies like to sledge, but cannot take it when returned. The best repartee that comes to mind is the exchange between Sarwan and McGrass (Mcgrath) when Sarwan came to the crease McG asked him: "So what does Lara's dick taste like?" to which he smartly replied: "Ï don't know, ask your wife." ...well we remember they almost came to blows because McGrass was livid at his response saying Sarwan went overboard considering his wife was suffering from cancer reh reh... well serve the eediatright.

In this last Test we see more Aussie crassness in action and yet our guy gets the major slap on the wrist when IMO it should have been Johnson, the supreme jackass that he is, who barged into the argument uninvited.

Anyway, by contrast, I was watching the last of the innings between England and South Africa, where SA had just two wickets to take in the last five overs to win the Test; they got one in the fourth to last over and Onions a bonafide 11th man came to the wicket. Well, I didn't see any bad mind showed tha man, no heckling or unsporting-like conduct...maybe I missed it but everyone got on with the game without any acrimony, if it was Australia, Onions would been crying like a baby all now wid de bad-minded chat dem wouda did give him...

So mi real vex we loss dis series to dem sons of conbiches...

[Peter R]

Footnote: Onions and England held on for the draw with one wicket in hand...but, as the commentator opined, who says Test cricket cannot be exciting...

[Sickko]

I saw the school-boyish reaction from the bowler who got Gayle in the second innings and wondered how long they were going to suspend him for..

I heard on the fourth day that they are still trying to give it to the West Indians but seems they have learned from the incident you cited as they back off when Sarwan comes to the wicket

Based on what i have read and heard heard however sledging has really slowed down some what but the Aussies they say where the best or worst at it... one of the best I heard was this English batter came to the wicket and an Aussie maybe Shane Warne asked how comes he got so fat and the guy said that every time he screwed Warne's wife she gave hima biscuit..

[Peter R]

lol...

[Peter R]

Player penalties

Instigators not punished enough - Anil Kumble

Cricinfo staff
December 21, 2009
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Anil Kumble says that the players who start on-field problems often get off lightly © Getty Images
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Anil Kumble, the former India captain, has said the ICC's match referees don't seem to punish the instigators of on-field spats severely enough. He feels that too often the provocateurs escape with a light censure while players who react strongly are penalised severely.
Kumble expressed his views in his syndicated column after the completion of the Perth Test, during which three Australian players were fined while West Indian spinner Sulieman Benn was banned for two one-day internationals by match referee Chris Broad. Benn, Mitchell Johnson and Brad Haddin were involved in an ugly incident on the second day of the Test, which led to Benn's ban and Haddin and Johnson being fined 25% and 10% of their respective match fees.
The clash began with a run-in between the bowler Benn, who was moving across to field a drive, and the non-striker Johnson, who was taking off for a single. The contact seemed incidental, with neither man at fault, but Haddin appeared to inflame the situation after completing the run, when he pointed his bat at Benn.
The pair exchanged words and the sparks flew again two balls later, when Haddin drove the final ball of the over back to Benn, who shaped to throw at the striker's end even though Haddin was not taking off for a run. Haddin and Johnson had a mid-pitch meeting at the end of the over and Benn continued his remonstration, moving close to the batsmen and pointing at Haddin across the shoulder of Johnson.
There appeared to be some incidental contact between Johnson and Benn when Johnson moved to position himself between his partner and the bowler. Things became even uglier when Johnson pushed Benn away, following the initial contact. After stumps the West Indies captain Chris Gayle said he felt Benn had not initiated the physical clash.
"There doesn't seem to be any punishment forthcoming for someone who provokes and that to me is against the principles of natural justice," Kumble wrote. "The Australians always seem to get away. Whatever their transgressions on the field, invariably it is their opponents who end up paying a price. Somehow or the other, teams playing against the Aussies seem to invite the match referee's wrath."
Kumble cited the example of the Delhi Test in 2008, during which Gautam Gambhir was banned for a Test by match referee Broad because he elbowed Shane Watson, with whom he had verbal altercations before the incident. Gambhir also argued with Simon Katich in the same innings.
"In the Delhi Test against us, my last, the one that earned Gautam Gambhir a ban for having a go at Watson, the same umpire and the match referee were officiating," Kumble wrote. "At that time, the umpire Billy Bowden didn't see it fit to report Simon Katich who had later obstructed Gautam and the match referee Chris Broad too didn't bother to act on his own or follow it up with the on-field umpires even though it was very much evident on TV. And as on that occasion, the provocateurs got away in Perth too, with Haddin and Johnson receiving minor reprimands."