Smith's Crew in SA

[PaulP]

Not when it's family. Warner didn't go down the family route. De Kock did though. Maybe Warner rubbed De Kock the wrong way....lol!

Ah Jimbo. That is clever. Have to pay that.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Warner/Bancroft started well but Rabada has ripped the middle order out and we are 7 for 176 and in real trouble.....

[DJC]

Not when it's family. Warner didn't go down the family route. De Kock did though. Maybe Warner rubbed De Kock the wrong way....lol!

Yes, have to pay that  ;D

However, how do you know what Warner said or didn’t say?

Malcolm Knox nailed it in today’s Age.  Apart from asserting that he has no idea of what Warner said - and, by implication, very few people know and they aren’t saying - Knox squashes the provocation defence:

Warner’s excuse, whatever de Kock said about his wife, holds as much merit as Ben Stokes’s excuse, coming soon to a courtroom near you, for belting the bejesus out of some bloke. Short version: every hothead since Cain has thought he was provoked. It’s part of being a hothead. You suffer from provocation-sensitivity syndrome.

It seems that the Saffie fans are wearing Sonny Bill masks to get up Warner’s goat.  That’s not a good look for cricket but it wouldn’t be happening if Warner wasn’t a hothead.

[Professer E]

When was the last time Khwaja made runs when it counted? Also seems to be low contributor in team collapses, either duration or runs.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Yes, have to pay that  ;D

However, how do you know what Warner said or didn’t say?

Malcolm Knox nailed it in today’s Age.  Apart from asserting that he has no idea of what Warner said - and, by implication, very few people know and they aren’t saying - Knox squashes the provocation defence:

It seems that the Saffie fans are wearing Sonny Bill masks to get up Warner’s goat.  That’s not a good look for cricket but it wouldn’t be happening if Warner wasn’t a hothead.

Not just the fans, couple of officials decided to join them, very ordinary look IMO...Rabada should get fined and points for giving Smith some contact and after sending him on his way.
Appears Jeff Crowe's warnings have done nothing to temper the bad blood....

[ElwoodBlues1]

When was the last time Khwaja made runs when it counted? Also seems to be low contributor in team collapses, either duration or runs.

Likes a flat track, the SA quicks were moving it off the seam and his footwork is minimal at the best of times...the Rabada clone in Ngidi seems
a decent bowler and we looked a bit intimidated...think we may have seen the last of Morkel.

[crashlander]

When was the last time Khwaja made runs when it counted? Also seems to be low contributor in team collapses, either duration or runs.

He is certainly looking like the weakest link at the moment. We really need a little more solidity at #3.

[laj]

Yes, have to pay that  ;D

However, how do you know what Warner said or didn’t say?

Malcolm Knox nailed it in today’s Age.  Apart from asserting that he has no idea of what Warner said - and, by implication, very few people know and they aren’t saying - Knox squashes the provocation defence:

It seems that the Saffie fans are wearing Sonny Bill masks to get up Warner’s goat.  That’s not a good look for cricket but it wouldn’t be happening if Warner wasn’t a hothead.

You think he went off his head for nothing. Think it is very clear what has happened. Players on the field were adamant he did nothing more than sledge. Obviously got under De Kock's skin and he went personal. If he Warner said something he shouldn't have we'd know by now. Let's not take a set against him for the sake of it.

Saffer's lose more respect by the day. They'll be other media that say otherwise. Let's not pick and choose.

[flyboy77]

wARner is a dumbo, nothing to do with the Saffers.

He should have been suspended.

Then it all stops.

[Gointocarlton]

wARner is a dumbo, nothing to do with the Saffers.

He should have been suspended.

Then it all stops.

x2. I cant believe the support this flog is getting. Having said that, the Aussie cricketers in general seem to be immune to criticism.