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Cricket or Not Cricket

Anonymous — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 14:25:47 GMT

Whats your oppinon on the following?

Light hearted banter
Sledging
Describing someone as "poor and weak" (D Warner to J Trott)
"Get ready for a *beep* broken arm" - (M Clarke to J Anderson)

For me

Cricket
Cricket as long as its not crossing into indecency (ie racism etc)
Cricket
Not Cricket.

Re: Cricket or Not Cricket

StartTheCar — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 15:23:27 GMT

Light hearted banter is fine, if you really know the person (been playing against them for years) a bit of sledging is fine, part of the game. Anything else is, as the old adage goes, just not cricket.

So.

1:Cricket

2:Cricket (as long as it is about cricket and/or as above)

3:Not on the pitch so not Cricket

4:In the world of stump mics and 360 coverage its a little daft, a poor example and not something I would want the skipper getting involved with. For me, not cricket.

Re: Cricket or Not Cricket

jumpsuit — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 15:40:48 GMT

Interesting

1: Cricket

2: Coming down just on the side of Cricket

3: Publicly? Not Cricket dear boy.

4: Not cricket... although Mr Anderson should have responded with where he was about to put his bat

Sadly all are part of cricket nowadays

Re: Cricket or Not Cricket

StartTheCar — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 16:03:07 GMT

You know its bad (from both sides) when cricketers from the 70's and 80's think it was a bit much!

Re: Cricket or Not Cricket

jumpsuit — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 16:11:31 GMT

And I'm quite sure Mr Lillee + co said much worse lol

Re: Cricket or Not Cricket

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 16:16:54 GMT

@StartTheCar wrote:

You know its bad (from both sides) when cricketers from the 70's and 80's think it was a bit much!

Well said indeed.

Did anyone beat Boon's 52 cans of beer record ! LOL

Re: Cricket or Not Cricket

StartTheCar — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 15:32:43 GMT

I have no doubt, although when you bowl as fast as they did (not sure there has been anyone faster than Thompson) you don't have to say a great deal to get to the opposition batsmen. Especially before the use of helmets!

Hopefully it will stay on the pitch for the rest of the series.

Re: Cricket or Not Cricket

Catmambo — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 19:39:09 GMT

Not Cricket - http://www.strategyinformer.com/news/26253/ashes-cricket-2013-scrapped-by-505-games-assurances-found-to-be-misplaced lol

Re: Cricket or Not Cricket

Anonymous — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 22:42:16 GMT

@Catmambo wrote:

Not Cricket - http://www.strategyinformer.com/news/26253/ashes-cricket-2013-scrapped-by-505-games-assurances-found-to-be-misplaced lol

Disagree

Cricket - No point continuing a lost cause and dishing out a sub-standard product they even they are not going to be happy with, even to the detriment of fans and backers alike.

But then again, Not Cricket - For actually releasing the unfinished game.

Re: Cricket or Not Cricket

Catmambo — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 07:46:27 GMT

The game itself barely resembled cricket! Some of those videos were brilliant!

Re: Cricket or Not Cricket

StartTheCar — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 09:24:46 GMT

You say that, but the fielding is uncannily familiar to many Sunday league teams I have played for over the years!

Re: Cricket or Not Cricket

Anonymous — Sat, 30 Nov 2013 14:32:47 GMT

Cricket / Not Cricket

Not Cricket - Ground PA Announcer (D Nixon) introduces Monty Panesar onto the ground in an Indian accent.

Originally I had 'unsure' as I thought it was funny, but I can see that it was probably disrespectful to Monty. My swinging vote on this, turned after I read on the BBC website (HERE) that Nixon was already warned about his behaviour of using sarcastic tones and teasing Joe Root.

On a side note, Im wondering if this Ashes tour is turning 'nasty' or is it all a huge PR facade designed to drum up some sort of 'tension'?

Re: Cricket or Not Cricket

Anonymous — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 12:04:30 GMT

Not Cricket - Graeme Swann - Quitting with immediate effect, half way through an Ashes Tour. Bit of a sore looser if you ask me, as if England were winning/won, would you have seen him quit ? NO

Re: Cricket or Not Cricket

jumpsuit — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 13:22:22 GMT

I wonder if it may just be that this was going to be his last series and they wanted to let some of the younger guys have a go? (They can't do any worse)

Re: Cricket or Not Cricket

Anonymous — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 13:40:16 GMT

The Public Relations spin might be to give someone else ago, but its not. Hes taking the coward's way out, and to not face any more criticism for the poor efforts.

Re: Cricket or Not Cricket

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 23:31:44 GMT

NOT CRICKET - BSkyB gets the rights to IPL 2015 onwards (3 year deal). Where is Cricket on Free-To-Air TV !!

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/feb/17/bskyb-uk-rights-ipl-twenty20-cricket

Re: Cricket or Not Cricket

jumpsuit — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 12:42:28 GMT

The same place that Premiere league football is....nowhere

Re: Cricket or Not Cricket

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 12:53:04 GMT

What gets me also, is what the hell do bodies such as Competition Commission do?? Sit on their hands I guess. Surely there are also Anti Monopoly laws and legislation too. But a fat load of good that it does though.

Even if I could afford Sky - I wouldnt.

Re: Cricket or Not Cricket

jumpsuit — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 13:57:44 GMT

I couldn't possibly voice my opinions on Sky here

Re: Cricket or Not Cricket

Anonymous — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 14:22:02 GMT

LOL

Might get us both another slap on the wrist.