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Australian Cricket Bans Smith And Warner For 12 Months
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The crucial (and expensive) thing is that they have also been banned from the lucrative IPL - otherwise they could just have shrugged their shoulders and walked into the sunset with a sackful of rupees.
Warner appears to be a complet scrote - complete with crocodile tears every time he's caught out in some dubious incident - I doubt even a year off will change him that much. If he's gone for good the game will be a better place.
For Smith it may be an over-reaction - but he and his team have always been good at the 'holier than thou' stuff, so it's fair enough in my book.
Warner appears to be a complet scrote - complete with crocodile tears every time he's caught out in some dubious incident - I doubt even a year off will change him that much. If he's gone for good the game will be a better place.
For Smith it may be an over-reaction - but he and his team have always been good at the 'holier than thou' stuff, so it's fair enough in my book.
I think the punishment is too harsh in Smith’s case. It seems he has made a bad mistake and let someone who is clearly a nasty sort, and too influential, steer him. As I mentioned in another thread, ball tampering isn’t considered a serious offence under the laws of cricket, and he should be punished according to the law he has broken. I think the laws need changing so that it is considered a more serious offence, but it is wrong to punish him as if it was more serious before changing them. It does look bad when you see tape being used, but it isn’t much different to using hair gel etc. which many players have used to change how the ball moves.
I think OG has it, in that he has been punished for embarrassing the country rather than for breaking the laws of cricket. Still harsh though; Atherton embarrassed England in the same manner, but wasn’t punished anything like as harshly.
I think OG has it, in that he has been punished for embarrassing the country rather than for breaking the laws of cricket. Still harsh though; Atherton embarrassed England in the same manner, but wasn’t punished anything like as harshly.
The concept of sportsmanship in sport is long gone - if it ever actually existed, which I have my doubts about. It's about money, prestige, and winning.
Football, cycling, athletics, tennis, you name it. It's all riddled with cheating. Where cheating isn't happening, it's only because it's too difficult to do without being caught.
Football, cycling, athletics, tennis, you name it. It's all riddled with cheating. Where cheating isn't happening, it's only because it's too difficult to do without being caught.
"As I mentioned in another thread, ball tampering isn’t considered a serious offence under the laws of cricket,..."
And there's the pity. What they did is cheating. Let's not dress it up. I cannot stand cheating in any sport. If you have to cheat, don't take part.
The galling thing is that there is a simple remedy for this. The ball should be inspected by one of the umpires at the end of every over. If tampering is suspected a suitable penalty should be imposed on the team (the forfeiture of their two openers, say, if they are still to bat or a hundred runs added to their opponents' score if not). Something meaningful which has an immediate affect on the current match. It would concentrate their minds a little.
And there's the pity. What they did is cheating. Let's not dress it up. I cannot stand cheating in any sport. If you have to cheat, don't take part.
The galling thing is that there is a simple remedy for this. The ball should be inspected by one of the umpires at the end of every over. If tampering is suspected a suitable penalty should be imposed on the team (the forfeiture of their two openers, say, if they are still to bat or a hundred runs added to their opponents' score if not). Something meaningful which has an immediate affect on the current match. It would concentrate their minds a little.
No, I wasn't suggesting you were dressing it up, garaman. Sorry if it came out that way.
I believe that any action which can have a profound influence on the result (which ball tampering can as it can lead to the loss of wickets which might otherwise not have fallen) should be met with a sanction that can equally influence the result the other way.
I believe that any action which can have a profound influence on the result (which ball tampering can as it can lead to the loss of wickets which might otherwise not have fallen) should be met with a sanction that can equally influence the result the other way.
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