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Re: Smith's Crew in SA - flyboy77 - 03-24-2018
https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/australia/opinion-steve-smith-has-eradicated-publics-trust-in-australian-test-team-and-he-owes-us-badly/news-story/89311ec71f35b68e840f108923eb702a
Smith is dead.
That team must have a combined IQ of 10 or so.
Re: Smith's Crew in SA - cookie2 - 03-25-2018
I have not followed cricket for a few years now having become rather disenchanted with the antics of the players so I rarely ever comment on it. This latest horror though just about takes the cake - is it the final destination for the slide in standards of behaviour, loss of integrity and lack of corrective action over the years? Surely something must be done to rehabilitate the game's image or has test cricket reached its final resting place. Very very sad.
Re: Smith's Crew in SA - Baggers - 03-25-2018
(03-25-2018, 12:34 AM)cookie2 link Wrote:I have not followed cricket for a few years now having become rather disenchanted with the antics of the players so I rarely ever comment on it. This latest horror though just about takes the cake - is it the final destination for the slide in standards of behaviour, loss of integrity and lack of corrective action over the years? Surely something must be done to rehabilitate the game's image or has test cricket reached its final resting place. Very very sad.
Well said. Likewise my interest in cricket has waned ...after having loved the game. Everyone involved should be dumped from Oz cricket.
Re: Smith's Crew in SA - flyboy77 - 03-25-2018
Did the Coach know too?
Re: Smith's Crew in SA - Bear - 03-25-2018
(03-25-2018, 12:56 AM)flyboy77 link Wrote:Did the Coach know too?
Have a feeling he won’t be coach for much longer... once they get a full list of everyone who was in on it, I think quite a few are going to be on a plane home.
Re: Smith's Crew in SA - LP - 03-25-2018
There is an air of entitlement that comes with being a NSW Cricketer, it's the same air of entitlement that has seen the scandals in NRL.
The irony is not lost on me that the NRL smashed the Storm yet used the wet lettuce leaf on their home state villains.
The same mentality is in play with the cricket team pointing the finger at SA for stepping over the line!
I'm sorry to say I think NSWelshmen have grown up with double standards for so long they now think it's normal, they have a bad case of the James Hirds!
Re: Smith's Crew in SA - Jack Burton - 03-25-2018
I'm disgusted and ashamed, what a bunch of morons! But be prepared for the wet lettuce leaf, ball tampering is more common than you think, plenty have been found guilty of it before (including Faf du Plessis twice, and Vernon Philander once), and the punishments are laughable (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-25/how-australias-ball-tampering-shame-stacks-up-with-other-cases/9584594), don't expect anyone to miss a Test match, Bancroft and Smith will likely be fined, noone will lose their job or the captaincy (if the ICC are consistent with their punishments for ball tampering)
Re: Smith's Crew in SA - LP - 03-25-2018
(03-25-2018, 01:56 AM)Jack Burton link Wrote:I'm disgusted and ashamed, what a bunch of morons! But be prepared for the wet lettuce leaf, ball tampering is more common than you think, plenty have been found guilty of it before (including Faf du Plessis twice, and Vernon Philander once), and the punishments are laughable (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-25/how-australias-ball-tampering-shame-stacks-up-with-other-cases/9584594), don't expect anyone to miss a Test match, Bancroft and Smith will likely be fined, noone will lose their job or the captaincy (if the ICC are consistent with their punishments for ball tampering)
They never admitted it, they still deny ball tampering!
Smith or some of the other Australian's are now going to be whacked much like Carlton got whacked after Collin's begged for forgiveness!
There is an international cultural issue here. Australian's see cheating as despicable and want it stamped out, we'll through our own team under the bus to see it stamped out!
Asian nations, especially those dominating the ICC panel, think cheating is normal and you should be rewarded for cheating if you are clever enough to get away with it. As a result they have a societal stance to never admit guilt, any admission is taken as a sign of weakness. I suspect form the recent goings on SA also fall in this boat!
Re: Smith's Crew in SA - Jack Burton - 03-25-2018
Understood, but they were all found guilty, so the punishment was for ball tampering (whether they admitted to it or not)
Re: Smith's Crew in SA - maxm68 - 03-25-2018
Sutherlands press conference was a bit awkward... not much more he could do or say with it happening on the other side of the world overnight.
At least Smith put his hand up and didnt throw Bancroft under the bus... but by saying the whole leadership was in on it leaves us up poo creek selecting a new captain.... he's got to resign... surely ?