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Armoured_Bear 31,233 posts
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Registered 10 years agonull wrote:
Don’t be so hard on yourself, mate.
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Mola_Ram 26,187 posts
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Registered 9 years agoSo yes, anyway, cricket (for those who care)... Smith is now fired from his IPL team. Cue the sound of millions going down the drain.
Fucking idiot. Threw away his career for nothing. -
the Brearley article in The Times is excellent
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/sport/mike-brearley-helplessness-of-poor-performance-pushed-entitled-australians-to-cheat-dnvhjzsvs
edit: sadly registration is required to read it
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jimnastics 1,893 posts
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Registered 10 years agoSmith's downfall might be the biggest in the sport's history... captain of Australia and current #1 ranked test batsman in the world. I can't think of anything like this before? If he gets a lifetime ban from CA, holy shit is all I can say. -
Mola_Ram 26,187 posts
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Registered 9 years agoI don't think it will be a lifetime ban, but he can forget ever captaining the national team again. -
Mola_Ram 26,187 posts
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Registered 9 years agoI'd be happier to see Warner go down. -
Load_2.0 33,582 posts
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Registered 18 years agoAs much as I enjoy seeing an Aussie cricket team get destroyed its not like they are the first to mess with a ball in a test match.
The premeditated decision is clearly a step up on say bouncing a ball in the rough. Still ball tampering was pretty prevalent the 90's. I can remember NZ doing it in a test against Pakistan with a bottle cap.
The aggressive and arrogant approach Australia have taken in the past few years with their opposition and in challenging officials has come back to bite them on the arse. -
Mola_Ram wrote:
I read it was likely a year ban
I don't think it will be a lifetime ban, but he can forget ever captaining the national team again. -
jimnastics 1,893 posts
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Registered 10 years agoLoad_2.0 wrote:
Let's not forget Afridi getting a bit peckish...
The premeditated decision is clearly a step up on say bouncing a ball in the rough. Still ball tampering was pretty prevalent the 90's. I can remember NZ doing it in a test against Pakistan with a bottle cap.
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Dirtbox 92,595 posts
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Registered 19 years agoI don't think there's a team that hasn't had a scratch of the ball now.
Here's a nice collection of some of the most obvious ones.
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Stickman 29,986 posts
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Registered 17 years agoIt’s more the sanctimonious preaching at other teams and the feeling that they think they can set the sport’s moral boundaries that makes it so delicious. -
Mola_Ram 26,187 posts
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Registered 9 years agoJust heard a commentator saying that Smith and Warner might not ever play for Australia again. Which imo is a blessing in disguise as far as Warner's concerned, but that's still a huge blow to the team. :/ -
12 months for Smith and Warner, 9 for Bancroft
no captaincy for a couple of years for Smith and Bancroft, or foreseeable for Warner
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askew 24,121 posts
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Registered 16 years agoOops. Surprised the "leadership group" seemed to evaporate and Boof emerged unscathed, mind. -
jimnastics 1,893 posts
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Registered 10 years agoDon't understand Lehmann getting away with it. Even if he didn't know about it beforehand, he is responsible for the team culture that has developed since his appointment that has created an environment for this to happen (and all the other shit that has happened under his reign). Stunned that CA didn't use this as an opportunity to ditch him, and clear the decks to start fresh with someone decent at the helm... unless he's secretly agreed to step down "graciously" when the dust has settled, distancing himself from this debacle. -
jimnastics 1,893 posts
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Registered 10 years agoI see that CA are going to undertake a culture review, which could still lead to his sacking. -
RyanDS 14,073 posts
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Registered 13 years agojimnastics wrote:
Cronje....
Smith's downfall might be the biggest in the sport's history... captain of Australia and current #1 ranked test batsman in the world. I can't think of anything like this before? If he gets a lifetime ban from CA, holy shit is all I can say. -
jimnastics 1,893 posts
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Registered 10 years agoHa, good point! -
Mola_Ram 26,187 posts
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Registered 9 years agoSo after the investigation, the allegations are that Warner developed the plan and asked Bancroft to carry it out, and Smith knew about it but did nothing. Doesn't make it any better of course, but I'm somewhat happy that at least it (allegedly) wasn't Smith's idea.
Smith and Warner are set to do press conferences pretty soon, so you guys can still get more of your schadenfreude fix!
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sport 17,064 posts
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Registered 16 years agoHansie was framed!! -
jimnastics 1,893 posts
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Registered 10 years agoBit harsh to send Rick Astley out to do his press conference for him
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askew 24,121 posts
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Registered 16 years agojimnastics wrote:
Looks like the dust has settled! http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/43584435
…unless he's secretly agreed to step down "graciously" when the dust has settled, distancing himself from this debacle.
/expects ECB to sign him up -
jimnastics 1,893 posts
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Registered 10 years agoaskew wrote:
Christ, I thought he would at least wait until the end of the series to announce it! The dust has barely started to lay... unless like higgy says there is something else brewing...
jimnastics wrote:
Looks like the dust has settled! http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/43584435
…unless he's secretly agreed to step down "graciously" when the dust has settled, distancing himself from this debacle.
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magicpanda 15,130 posts
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Registered 17 years agoThis picture makes my brain itch. Head size cheat codes?!
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Dgzter 3,736 posts
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Registered 12 years agoIt is a deeply unsettling image. To be honest, Smith already looks dead inside there. Lehmann, on the other hand, just looks like your common and/or garden-variety paedophile. -
Looks like a white Ainsley 👀
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