Salamander
pfm Member
Smith has served his ban.
Did Anderson know he was not 100% fit?
Did Anderson know he was not 100% fit?
The Aussies still talk about the bodyline tour...
My point, which seems to have eluded you so I should have been clearer, is asking sports fans to forget about the past is pretty pointless. Some sportspeople are forgiven easier than others, Warner & Smith are just not very likeable.Please show references...
I don’t think anyone give a shit about the bodyline tour, nor Stuart Broad, yet both keep getting trotted out to justify unsportsmanlike behaviour.
Both sides are at it, yet the English *still* believe they are above it all and holier than thou.
See: sledging/bending the rules/being ruthless/crowd behaviour
When the Convicts do it, they are animals and should be banned for life, yet when the jolly Olde Pommy chaps do it, it’s all a bit of great banter and everyone should lighten up.
Jelly beans? Dirt on the ball?
Fair enough. Hypocrisy is not a criticism of itself though, IMHO as we are all guilty of it. Cricket fans are far more reasonable than, say, football supporters I honestly don't see the problem with a bit of needle. The Aussies are probably the ones who started all the sledging or 'mental disintergration'; don't recall the windies ever resorting to it when in their pomp.[edit - @Woodface]
Fair enough. Sorry if it was a bit confrontational
My point was that a lot the justification (like the part of your post I quoted) is nonsense and an indication of the hypocracy (that both sides are capable of!). if everyone just came out and said they were anti-australian/english and without all the bullshit, we could just ignore them and get on with watching/chatting about cricket with the proper cricket fans.
i love the rivalry, and i am going to have to come to terms with the fact that my boy (if he wants to play cricket) is more likely than not going to aspire to play it with a disgusting blue ring around the neck of his sweater, rather than the glorious green and gold.
There has been sledging as long as bats have been made of willow. It was probably the aussies that ramped it up, though, for sure. You can do it when you are playing well.