Australia v India
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@Godder said in Australia v India:
@MN5 said in Australia v India:
@Duluth said in Australia v India:
So it seems the people sitting nearby agree all that was said was " Welcome to Sydney Shiraz"?
I want to know if that is what Siraj heard. Did he mishear? Or is that was what he thought was worthy of stopping the game for 15mins?
Is that what was reported to the umpires and then the police?How many times will Broad need to stop a Test match next time he's in Aussie? Or Smith in England?
The broadcasters should reconsider whether they should show live shots of the crowd in instances like this. Showing them just encourages the self righteous mob to attack.
Now I think about I’m fairly sure the crowd merely asked Hadlee if he was a banker, definitely a legitimate question back in the semi pro days.
I gather that the collective noun for Bankers is Wunch, as in a Wunch of Bankers. At points in NZ cricket history, both Hadlee and Glenn Turner have probably made that esteemed group...
Glenn Turner strikes me as being a massively unlikable boring fuckwit.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Australia v India:
@MN5 said in Australia v India:
@Duluth said in Australia v India:
So it seems the people sitting nearby agree all that was said was " Welcome to Sydney Shiraz"?
I want to know if that is what Siraj heard. Did he mishear? Or is that was what he thought was worthy of stopping the game for 15mins?
Is that what was reported to the umpires and then the police?How many times will Broad need to stop a Test match next time he's in Aussie? Or Smith in England?
The broadcasters should reconsider whether they should show live shots of the crowd in instances like this. Showing them just encourages the self righteous mob to attack.
Now I think about I’m fairly sure the crowd merely asked Hadlee if he was a banker, definitely a legitimate question back in the semi pro days.
I remember those days well. Hadlee and Crowe were heroes of mine and I was rather annoyed but couldn’t help laughing. At any rate Sir Richard should have taken it as a compliment. It meant they were shit scared of him. Can’t recall any “Snedden’s a piston wristed gibbon” or “Morrison’s a piston wristed gibbon” chants.
The first proper cricket match I went to was Aus vs England in 87. God Allan Lamb copped extraordinarily abuse. Makes you wonder why these semi professionals were able to remain untraumatised and move on with their lives but ridiculously paid 20 something year olds need counselling and a mountain of Kleenex.
Reminds me of a Merv Hughes story about going to the MSG and the Aus crowd ripping on Len Pascoe (an Aussie himself) about the size of his nose. So Pascoe played along and kept turning around and the crowd behind me kept ducking as if to avoid his oversized schnoz. Now they’d probably all be ejected.
I remember at the Basin Phil Tufnell made some bad mis fielding and copped it from the crowd. To his credit he just made the wanking hand signal at them and took it pretty well. I admired him after that cos he wasn’t a great bowler and an absolutely appalling batsman and fielder but he still stuck at it !
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@KiwiMurph said in Australia v India:
@MN5 swearing at the umpire
Oh righto. Tough to excuse that sort of carry on
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@Hooroo said in Australia v India:
This test is on a knife edge at the moment. If these two can stay in for 35 of the remain 70 odd overs, I think they will win.
If the wickets don't come Aussie should be able to slow the scoring on this pitch
Plus they can make up some bullshit about someone in the crowd and stop the game for 15mins
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Crowe was possibly a bit full of himself as a youngster (like most young men). I remember being at a club game and him asking all of us who their favourite cricketer was - expecting the answer "you" from the kids.
I then met him after his first battle with cancer and he talked about how his personality had changed over the years (not just the cancer but the relationships that he had, personal and professional). He said that he was self absorbed, for want of a better term, when he was playing. I said that was surely why he was such a success, the focus, the drive to do better as a player. His response was surprising to me "I don't know, maybe I would have been better if I hadn't been like that". Words to that effect.
He was very humble and likeable at the end. Great to meet a hero a second time and not be disappointed.
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@Duluth said in Australia v India:
@Hooroo said in Australia v India:
This test is on a knife edge at the moment. If these two can stay in for 35 of the remain 70 odd overs, I think they will win.
If the wickets don't come Aussie should be able to slow the scoring on this pitch
That's true as they are still attacking.
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@KiwiMurph said in Australia v India:
The second new ball should do the trick for the Aussies which is under 18 overs away.
OK, I may have over-reacted when saying it was on a knife-edge!
This is a nice game to watch with both teams in with a chance!
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I reckon Siraj did the right thing. In fact that's exactly how the process should work if a player thinks they are being abused.
He stopped the game, and told the authorities what he thought he heard. That allowed a real time investigation, where witnesses could be questioned as well. And it turns out he obviously misheard something, because there was no racist abuse.
The alternative is what has happened in the past, waiting until the end of the day to make a accusation well after the fans have filed out, abusers and witnesses alike. That makes it almost impossible to find out if anything did occur, and if so to hold the perpetrators accountable.
Now it probably took 5 minutes too long, but at least we got an outcome where for once we seem to know what was said and by whom. If we can keep that process it will lead to far better outcomes for everyone, as it will better punish people who abuse players, but also better protect fans where something might be misheard or taken in the wrong context.
