:lol: :lol: That's Gold!
From Tom Wald in Dhaka
April 13, 2006
AUSTRALIA wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist's plugging of sponsors near stump microphones was a deliberate ploy to have broadcasters turn down the volume of the devices.
Howzat ... for genius on Gilchrist's part. Pic: Reuters
Several Australian senior players were understood to have agreed to the prank as a one-off on the second day of the first Test against Bangladesh to hit broadcasters in the hip pocket.
Television executives would not take kindly to any free on-air advertising and it is a clever tactic of Gilchrist to name team sponsors.
He was overhead saying, "Get one for the boys at Travelex" or "Phone home on 3 Mobile" during play.
But the most audible plug was after Andrew Symonds, nicknamed Roy, fired in a throw.
"That's the one, Roy," Gilchrist enthused, before adding, "Plenty of energy ... from a ... Milo energy bar".
A Cricket Australia spokesman said the players had concerns over the volume of stump mikes.
"It is the second Test in a row that manager Steve Bernard has requested the ICC (International Cricket Council) match referee ensure that the international protocol of stump mikes are turned down when the ball is dead," he said.
"(ICC match referee) Chris Broad asked twice when we were in South Africa to have the mikes turned down and it is our understanding the sound technicians are now enforcing the protocol."
From Tom Wald in Dhaka
April 13, 2006
AUSTRALIA wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist's plugging of sponsors near stump microphones was a deliberate ploy to have broadcasters turn down the volume of the devices.
Several Australian senior players were understood to have agreed to the prank as a one-off on the second day of the first Test against Bangladesh to hit broadcasters in the hip pocket.
Television executives would not take kindly to any free on-air advertising and it is a clever tactic of Gilchrist to name team sponsors.
He was overhead saying, "Get one for the boys at Travelex" or "Phone home on 3 Mobile" during play.
But the most audible plug was after Andrew Symonds, nicknamed Roy, fired in a throw.
"That's the one, Roy," Gilchrist enthused, before adding, "Plenty of energy ... from a ... Milo energy bar".
A Cricket Australia spokesman said the players had concerns over the volume of stump mikes.
"It is the second Test in a row that manager Steve Bernard has requested the ICC (International Cricket Council) match referee ensure that the international protocol of stump mikes are turned down when the ball is dead," he said.
"(ICC match referee) Chris Broad asked twice when we were in South Africa to have the mikes turned down and it is our understanding the sound technicians are now enforcing the protocol."
....instead of complaining about it, he dealt with it his own way....brilliant
