I Dont' Like Cricket, Oh No, I Love it, Yeah

[Gronk]

 

[Gronk]

Not sure if this should cost merkins their careers. The cheating did not impact on the result. Having said that, if the coach and the leadership group cooked this, then it is new level.

Past punishment for ball tampering seems to be wet lettuce stuff.

I looked into another sport which prides itself in tbe rules and spirit of the game being paramount to players - golf.

Gee there are a few famous names who have been sprung improving a lie or even putting a 3 on a card instead of a 5.

http://www.golfpunkhq.com/top-10s/article/top-10-golf-cheats

 

[Suitman]

Apparently Steve Smith is flying home immediately. (courtesty of Sky News)

 

[strider]

Apparently Steve Smith is flying home immediately. (courtesty of Sky News)

That was nice of sky news to pay his trip home

 

[Gronk]

Apparently Steve Smith is flying home immediately. (courtesty of Sky News)

Sky News is fibbing.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Well, I guess CA is run by the bloke who was the CFO of Carlton when they rorted the AFL Salary Cap back in the 1990s. Setting the bar nice and high.

 

[Suitman]

Sky News is fibbing.

Yeh, just heard that on the radio.
Sky News isn't the most reliable source I must admit.

 

[Gronk]

Ritchie said today

 

[Twizzle]

there is no t in Richie

 

[Bazal]

there is no t in Richie

Maybe he meant Greg Ritchie

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

there is no t in Richie

There are 2 in Fat Cat.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Haha, or the old "new ball in the freezer" trick...zinc cream into the shiny side was another favourite. Drag it across the late summer Canberra outfield as you retrieve it...water on the hands at drinks rubbed into one side to get it reversing.

The stuff inside pocket warmers does interesting things to a ball as well.

Reckon someone has been reading the thread:

In grade cricket, in which matches are played over consecutive Saturdays and balls are kept with the bowling team, stories abound about Kookaburras being kept in the freezer for two days; about one side of the ball being so shiny the umpire could see his own reflection in it; about Blistex and beer bottle tops being stealthily used to gain an advantage.

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricke...-hysterical-overreaction-20180326-p4z6b1.html

 

[Gronk]

Gee some people are calling for life bans.

That seems inconsistent with previous sanctions.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_tampering

 

[Twizzle]

other players haven't even sat out one game, its not that uncommon in other countries particularly the Asian countries

some people wouldn't even know who is in the Aussie team yet they want life bans, every merkin has a 2 bit opinion on this

 

[strider]

i've got a whole byte opinion thank you very much

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

other players haven't even sat out one game, its not that uncommon in other countries particularly the Asian countries

some people wouldn't even know who is in the Aussie team yet they want life bans, every merkin has a 2 bit opinion on this

Some people enjoy being outraged.

 

[Twizzle]

Some people enjoy being outraged.

spot on

 

[Gronk]

Jim Maxwell on 7:30 and on ABC drive today said that he wrote to the ACB after the Warner / SBW incident and said that the team were on a massive tilt and that it was going to get worse. He said the antagonism between the two teams was massive and thought that the baggy green merkins had lost the plot.

 

[Eelogical]

Gee some people are calling for life bans.

That seems inconsistent with previous sanctions.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_tampering

That's the thing, though. Aussie supporters never thought that cheating was something we did. Apart from that brain fart underarm fiasco against NZ and our sledging tactics, we were always in a position to look down on other countries. Now that we have been found out to be no better than them we are now in a position to set an example. Most sportsmen ain't that gifted with a high IQ, but that's no excuse. Most likely, Smith and company will be financially and emotionally penalised then thrown under a bus. Hell, they should be lucky they weren't playing footy for Parra.

 

[Twizzle]

Jim Maxwell on 7:30 and on ABC drive today said that he wrote to the ACB after the Warner / SBW incident and said that the team were on a massive tilt and that it was going to get worse. He said the antagonism between the two teams was massive and thought that the baggy green merkins had lost the plot.

saw his interview and thought he was a bit over the top