It's pretty amazing just how much Sanjay Manjrekar hates England.
It's pretty amazing just how much Sanjay Manjrekar hates England.
Some heartwarming stuff on the bbc cricket fb page earlier. In response to the news of Gabriel's ban there was a predictable comment :
"How very harsh and unfair. Is ICC now going totally politically correct? Leave the boys alone and let sledging carry on!" (posted, obviously, by some old cunt), but pretty much every single response to this comment was calling him an idiot and saying how it's 2019 and homophobia is unacceptable and isn't sledging etc etc. Wasn't just young people either, plenty in their 50s and older chiming in to disagree with the dunce.
I'm not even in for mincing Gabriel too badly, it's not a moral crusade, I just think what Root said and the way he said it was brilliant and it's hard to convey just how important it is.
It was just so obvious and matter of fact. A statement that isn’t a statement because he wouldn’t even think it would be a statement. Even down to not throwing Gabriel under the bus and making it huge he handled it perfectly.
Not only that, but that that is what came into his mind rather than just having a retaliatory dig to whatever Gabriel said.
The trademark Root grin would have been so easy...
So basically he got a four game ban because he crumbled in the face of the Joe Root Cheeky Chappy Grin."I recognise now that I was attempting to break through my own tension when I said to Joe Root: 'Why are you smiling? Do you like boys?'
"His response, which was picked up by the microphone was: 'Don't use it as an insult. There's nothing wrong with being gay'.
"I then responded: 'I have no issues with that, but you should stop smiling at me'."
He's had how many days to come up with that?
He actually got a four game ban because his Level 2 offence (quiz me on Law 42, ICC) tipped him over the number of accumulated demerit points from previous offences.
I'd personally have had that as a Level 1 rather than a Level 2, although the difference is spurious to say the least. 'Obscene, offensive or insulting' for a 1 and 'obscene or of a seriously insulting nature' for a 2.
Gabriel isn't the story anyway, Root is, it's been rather hijacked by virtue signallers.
Sri Lanka making an heroic effort at Durban here. This bloke Duanne Olivier is the one-trickest of one trick ponies in world cricket, just digs it in short and hopes for the best.
This would constitute a Famous Victory I reckon, Jim.
When he monstered one of Dale's inswingers into the bleachers just now was amazing.
Not sure I back this number 11 if Dale gets one on the stumps.
This is amazing
I watched that innings from 50 onwards, one of the best I've seen. He got hit flush on the hand on about 70* as well and I thought he wouldn't be able to carry on.
Absolutely pumped Dale Steyn over midwicket with the new ball
After The quick single/overthrow for five I was sure they’d do it.
Trying to think of the best Test innings in my lifetime. Lara v the great Australians probably the best: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS5ETQrUmyk
Laxman vs the Australians in 2001 obviously as well, but that from Perera was right up there.
That was the wrong Lara knock actually (although also sublime), I meant this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz--5hHmNEY
You forgot Anderson vs. India. 83, was it?
That and Laxman are my top two as well. But without having seen anything but the scorecard, this Perera innings seems very special indeed.Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd
It's weird, given that Australia are historically the strongest team in international cricket, how much weird stuff happens against them. All the instances of victory after following on have been against Australia, as has the highest ever successful chase in both Tests and ODIs.
I've wondered about that. It seems a little indulgent to imagine that teams were motivated to find that extra gear because of how strong (and irritating) the opposition was, but I can't see much else to explain it other than chance.
https://www.wisden.com/stories/count...county-germany
Sounds like I'll live to see us lose to Germany at cricket as well as football. Just imagine, day one of the third Test at Stuttgart, we get rolled out for 152 on a green one by their quartet of efficient seamers before captain Günther Batsmann smashes a century.
Hosts eh?
Sounds like we might be getting the treatment first (or should that be again?).
One of the pitches apparently being used is about 50m from my house, I assume tickets won't be necessary.
Nah, the wicket won't be green. The wicket won't do anything and then their bowlers fool poor old Keaton Jennings (getting his 17th try at opener) by bowling in a ruler-straight line toward the off stump.
Which he edges to slip, of course.
Gayle 7*(24)
What's going on here then?
That is his MO these days. 3* (25) and then 90 (56).
Should be 10 and out.
He is absolutely dreadful in so many ways, but the levers make up for it.
Liam Plunkett's so getting dropped for Archer as soon as he becomes eligible.
He seems to have suffered a massive drop off in the last year, just in time to have signed for the boys in brown. This England side stinks of having peaked too early.
Them not bowling Rashid until now because of 'matchups' is the worst kind of baseball-esque muddled thinking as well. Chaps, he's got nine sixes anyway.
Keeping Rashid back until the 33rd over is an interesting move.
Our fielding has been fairly pitiful today.
In fact, their whole top six is left-handed except for Hope, so I'm not sure when they were waiting for the gap when they could platoon Adil against right handers. Bring back James Tredwell, England's ODI king.
Welp.
Yeah, dropping him on 9 (and then a few times afterwards) was a bad plan.
100 6s against England.
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Roy obviously deliberately shelled that chance as he fancied a proper bat.
He is an absolute delight to watch, but I genuinely can't believe people want him to open in red ball. Do they actually know the difference between the two? He would average about 9 against a new red nut in the hands of Test quicks.
Middle order, maybe.
Seeing him come off in every tenth test would probably still be preferable to waiting until a tour of the subcontinent to see Jennings do anything of use.
Can't be often that a player actually makes up the runs he owes the team from a dropped catch.
Joe Root's stealthy ODI brilliance makes a strong case for him not being the captain of the test side.
Some solid trolling of 3rd man in this effort.
What's the line for a high no-ball?
Waist, at the point it passes the batsman.
We are so good. Imagine once Jofra gets involved. #itscominghome #wasiteeverhome
But I still see that data from Moores
And when Fairbrother scored
Beefy belting the ball
And Goochy sweeping...
Waitrose on our shirts.
Kev and Piers still bleating
Beautiful, lads. Just beautiful.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/...-world-cup-ban
I'm telling you now, they've all gone off the deep end.
Who would be left in the World Cup if only wholesome nations were in it?
New Zealand could just play themselves for 50 odd games in a row, it would be great.
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