Two words OP : Chappell Hadlee (‘within the laws of the game’ - at the time). Then we have sandpaper gate…..out & out cheating (& I’m sure they’ll be a myriad of others if I could be bothered to look (We’ll leave the apparent racism claims vs India to fester, like an unflushed turd).
Point being, your lot are f’kin filthy when it comes to cricket, utter POS’s
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So essentially the counter argument is "it was within the rules, the ball definitely wasn't dead because Carey threw it immediately, Bairstow then left his crease whilst the ball was hurtling towards his stumps but he lacked awareness and didn't see this, BUT I'm a little cry baby so need someone to blame for England losing so I'm creating faux outrage to try and deal with my disappointment, completely ignoring all evidence that points out the hypocrisy of this, also I shall make up some new rules only for this incident which have never existed before and won't exist after this incident"
That's the country argument
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No it's not
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What's your argument then? And the whole not trying to gain an advantage thing isn't a thing. The ball was very much still active. That's all that matters.
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Yes,it's a thing.
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https://twitter.com/andrewnixon79/status/1675625465829097474?t=SASWZfmKzazGumASmgV4Bw&s=19
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Yes,it's a thing.
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just ignore barry, he's been on one of his boring "england are cheats/hypocrites/arrogant" tirades for 24 hours now, and shows no signs of giving, or growing, up.
in fact, over the past 24 hours, i've seen more posters who have nothing to do with eng/aus, and very little interest in cricket, get themselves incredibly worked up over this incident - far more worked up than any england fan i've seen - which tells me a lot more about those posters than it does about the dismissal of bairstow.
https://youtu.be/NSCg_aCD2KA
This is worse than what Carey did
Pointing out hypocrisy isn't getting worked up. You need to explain why you are ignoring the fact that Bairstow attempted the exact same thing just a few days ago. And all the other examples that have been posted. Why is it only this case of it happening that is unacceptable?is it just because it has happened to your team and it is highly emotional so it's different. If you're honest, the answer is yes.
There also wasn't actually much fuss at the time. Most people agreed that it was stupid by Bairstow.
Also can't just make things up to suit your argument.
Not for Australia there isn’t.
comment by Pierre Reedy (U1734)
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Pointing out hypocrisy isn't getting worked up. You need to explain why you are ignoring the fact that Bairstow attempted the exact same thing just a few days ago. And all the other examples that have been posted. Why is it only this case of it happening that is unacceptable?is it just because it has happened to your team and it is highly emotional so it's different. If you're honest, the answer is yes.
There also wasn't actually much fuss at the time. Most people agreed that it was stupid by Bairstow.
Also can't just make things up to suit your argument.
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Being honest,the answer is no. It was a mean spirited thing to do.
I feel quite ambivalent about England cricket, the culture around it, and in particular those tw@ts in hats at the MCC. I don't feel emotionally invested in the outcome of the Ashes (though I find test cricket quite absorbing in a way the short formats are not). I do think that was pretty shabby though.
It's correct within the letter of the law of the sport but not right within the deeper conventions. There are sports where trickery is part of the game, and therefore doing the equivalent thing would be fine. The best example I can think of is pickoffs / stolen bases in baseball. It happens, and the element of fakery is part of the game, which means it's the responsibility of players to be alive to it. In my perception of cricket, that's not part of the sport.
Can someone explain to a non cricket person what happened?
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Pointing out hypocrisy isn't getting worked up. You need to explain why you are ignoring the fact that Bairstow attempted the exact same thing just a few days ago. And all the other examples that have been posted. Why is it only this case of it happening that is unacceptable?is it just because it has happened to your team and it is highly emotional so it's different. If you're honest, the answer is yes.
There also wasn't actually much fuss at the time. Most people agreed that it was stupid by Bairstow.
Also can't just make things up to suit your argument.
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Being honest,the answer is no. It was a mean spirited thing to do.
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What are your thoughts on Bairstow attempting the same thing a few days ago? Can only really take the mean spirited argument seriously if you explain why you were happy with England trying it first?
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Can someone explain to a non cricket person what happened?
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TAA corner vs Liverpool and Barca players complaining about not waiting for them to be ready
No surprise in that Robbsie is trying to justify what the Aussies did.
There is no justification for it and it is something they did not need to do. They were going to easily win anyway.
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Can someone explain to a non cricket person what happened?
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TAA corner vs Liverpool and Barca players complaining about not waiting for them to be ready
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"Barça players complaining" is a combination of words I never imagined I'd hear.
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I’ll probably forget him in 2 years as we always have top class players coming through.
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You won't forget him though. You'll remember him for this.
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For being clever and outsmarting England? Hell yeah but by that point I’ll have moved on. I don’t think the England fans will ever forget even though they overlook Bairstow trying the same thing with Labs.
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Labs was stood outside his crease and it was attempted before he returned. If that was the case with Bairstow, I would have no issue with it.
Bairstow returned to his crease and left because he thought the ball was dead. At that point it becomes controversial.
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https://youtu.be/NSCg_aCD2KA
This is worse than what Carey did
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Probably. But that doesn't necessarily make yesterday right either.
MS Doni won plaudits and the ICC Spirit of Cricket award for this - rightly so.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fz3QdbU_V0
Pretty comparable, batsmen thought the ball was dead. Warne was on commentary - "it's definitely not in the spirit of the game", can't argue with that. And Doni clearly agreed as he withdrew the appeal.
Cummins chose not to withdraw. That's his right.
The 2022 winner of spirit of cricket in case anyone is interested - https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/3038173
'It's just not cricket' is literally a saying here in England, which is about fair play.
Now I doubt they have that in Australia or Scotland but it is a thing here and no amount of whattaboutery changes the fact that it was shabby play from the Aussies.
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'It's just not cricket' is literally a saying here in England, which is about fair play.
Now I doubt they have that in Australia or Scotland but it is a thing here and no amount of whattaboutery changes the fact that it was shabby play from the Aussies.
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That would be great and all but England have had many moments of ‘not in the spirit of the game’ moments themselves for years. I mean, they started it all with Bodyline.
The whole ‘spirit of the game’ is a bygone concept that no country can claim to be living by with any actual validity.
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Pointing out hypocrisy isn't getting worked up. You need to explain why you are ignoring the fact that Bairstow attempted the exact same thing just a few days ago. And all the other examples that have been posted. Why is it only this case of it happening that is unacceptable?is it just because it has happened to your team and it is highly emotional so it's different. If you're honest, the answer is yes.
There also wasn't actually much fuss at the time. Most people agreed that it was stupid by Bairstow.
Also can't just make things up to suit your argument.
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Being honest,the answer is no. It was a mean spirited thing to do.
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What are your thoughts on Bairstow attempting the same thing a few days ago? Can only really take the mean spirited argument seriously if you explain why you were happy with England trying it first?
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I'm not happy whoever does it. It's gaining an advantage with no skill involved. He should have warned him.
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'It's just not cricket' is literally a saying here in England, which is about fair play.
Now I doubt they have that in Australia or Scotland but it is a thing here and no amount of whattaboutery changes the fact that it was shabby play from the Aussies.
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That would be great and all but England have had many moments of ‘not in the spirit of the game’ moments themselves for years. I mean, they started it all with Bodyline.
The whole ‘spirit of the game’ is a bygone concept that no country can claim to be living by with any actual validity.
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Yeah, so no amount of whattaboutery changes the fact it was shabby play from the Aussies.
ESPNCricinfo writer David Hobbs tweeted Bairstow also attempts to get batters out using the method in County Cricket as well.
'If Bairstow was to complain. other than in heat of the moment, it would be ridiculous because it must be attempted half a dozen times in Yorkshire club games every weekend. It’s just that the wk [wicketkeeper] rarely hits on account of the big gloves,' he wrote.
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'It's just not cricket' is literally a saying here in England, which is about fair play.
Now I doubt they have that in Australia or Scotland but it is a thing here and no amount of whattaboutery changes the fact that it was shabby play from the Aussies.
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'It's just not cricket' is literally a saying here in England, which is about fair play.
Now I doubt they have that in Australia or Scotland but it is a thing here and no amount of whattaboutery changes the fact that it was shabby play from the Aussies.
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That would be great and all but England have had many moments of ‘not in the spirit of the game’ moments themselves for years. I mean, they started it all with Bodyline.
The whole ‘spirit of the game’ is a bygone concept that no country can claim to be living by with any actual validity.
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Yeah, so no amount of whattaboutery changes the fact it was shabby play from the Aussies.
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You say shabby, I say clever. In the rules of the game and Bairstow should be embarrassed to be such a hypocrite.
Not sure if I'm Barrying myself, but he does appear to be sincere this time. I hadn't seen the incident where Bairstow attempted to stump Labuschagne, so I was curious about the alleged hypocrisy and looked up the video. It's not in any way comparable. In that incident Labuschagne hasn't tapped himself in the crease and then stepped out - he hasn't shifted his back foot from his original position; Bairstow simply tries to stump him the moment he catches the ball in the reflexive way any wicket keeper does if they think there's a chance the batsman isn't behind the crease.
As I say, I'm not coming from this from a pro-England cricket point of view. Moreover, I'm instinctively hostile to ginger-haired people.
I have been Barry'd, haven't I?
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posted 21 seconds ago
'It's just not cricket' is literally a saying here in England, which is about fair play.
Now I doubt they have that in Australia or Scotland but it is a thing here and no amount of whattaboutery changes the fact that it was shabby play from the Aussies.
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That would be great and all but England have had many moments of ‘not in the spirit of the game’ moments themselves for years. I mean, they started it all with Bodyline.
The whole ‘spirit of the game’ is a bygone concept that no country can claim to be living by with any actual validity.
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Yeah, so no amount of whattaboutery changes the fact it was shabby play from the Aussies.
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You say shabby, I say clever. In the rules of the game and Bairstow should be embarrassed to be such a hypocrite.
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Yep, people have different values, countries have different cultures, as is evident on this thread.
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'It's just not cricket' is literally a saying here in England, which is about fair play.
Now I doubt they have that in Australia or Scotland but it is a thing here and no amount of whattaboutery changes the fact that it was shabby play from the Aussies.
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posted on 3/7/23
Two words OP : Chappell Hadlee (‘within the laws of the game’ - at the time). Then we have sandpaper gate…..out & out cheating (& I’m sure they’ll be a myriad of others if I could be bothered to look (We’ll leave the apparent racism claims vs India to fester, like an unflushed turd).
Point being, your lot are f’kin filthy when it comes to cricket, utter POS’s
posted on 3/7/23
comment by manusince52 (U9692)
posted 27 seconds ago
comment by Pierre Reedy (U1734)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by manusince52 (U9692)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Pierre Reedy (U1734)
posted 3 minutes ago
So essentially the counter argument is "it was within the rules, the ball definitely wasn't dead because Carey threw it immediately, Bairstow then left his crease whilst the ball was hurtling towards his stumps but he lacked awareness and didn't see this, BUT I'm a little cry baby so need someone to blame for England losing so I'm creating faux outrage to try and deal with my disappointment, completely ignoring all evidence that points out the hypocrisy of this, also I shall make up some new rules only for this incident which have never existed before and won't exist after this incident"
That's the country argument
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No it's not
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What's your argument then? And the whole not trying to gain an advantage thing isn't a thing. The ball was very much still active. That's all that matters.
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Yes,it's a thing.
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https://twitter.com/andrewnixon79/status/1675625465829097474?t=SASWZfmKzazGumASmgV4Bw&s=19
posted on 3/7/23
comment by manusince52 (U9692)
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Yes,it's a thing.
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just ignore barry, he's been on one of his boring "england are cheats/hypocrites/arrogant" tirades for 24 hours now, and shows no signs of giving, or growing, up.
in fact, over the past 24 hours, i've seen more posters who have nothing to do with eng/aus, and very little interest in cricket, get themselves incredibly worked up over this incident - far more worked up than any england fan i've seen - which tells me a lot more about those posters than it does about the dismissal of bairstow.
posted on 3/7/23
https://youtu.be/NSCg_aCD2KA
This is worse than what Carey did
posted on 3/7/23
Pointing out hypocrisy isn't getting worked up. You need to explain why you are ignoring the fact that Bairstow attempted the exact same thing just a few days ago. And all the other examples that have been posted. Why is it only this case of it happening that is unacceptable?is it just because it has happened to your team and it is highly emotional so it's different. If you're honest, the answer is yes.
There also wasn't actually much fuss at the time. Most people agreed that it was stupid by Bairstow.
Also can't just make things up to suit your argument.
posted on 3/7/23
Not for Australia there isn’t.
posted on 3/7/23
comment by Pierre Reedy (U1734)
posted 4 minutes ago
Pointing out hypocrisy isn't getting worked up. You need to explain why you are ignoring the fact that Bairstow attempted the exact same thing just a few days ago. And all the other examples that have been posted. Why is it only this case of it happening that is unacceptable?is it just because it has happened to your team and it is highly emotional so it's different. If you're honest, the answer is yes.
There also wasn't actually much fuss at the time. Most people agreed that it was stupid by Bairstow.
Also can't just make things up to suit your argument.
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Being honest,the answer is no. It was a mean spirited thing to do.
posted on 3/7/23
I feel quite ambivalent about England cricket, the culture around it, and in particular those tw@ts in hats at the MCC. I don't feel emotionally invested in the outcome of the Ashes (though I find test cricket quite absorbing in a way the short formats are not). I do think that was pretty shabby though.
It's correct within the letter of the law of the sport but not right within the deeper conventions. There are sports where trickery is part of the game, and therefore doing the equivalent thing would be fine. The best example I can think of is pickoffs / stolen bases in baseball. It happens, and the element of fakery is part of the game, which means it's the responsibility of players to be alive to it. In my perception of cricket, that's not part of the sport.
posted on 3/7/23
Can someone explain to a non cricket person what happened?
posted on 3/7/23
comment by manusince52 (U9692)
posted 0 seconds ago
comment by Pierre Reedy (U1734)
posted 4 minutes ago
Pointing out hypocrisy isn't getting worked up. You need to explain why you are ignoring the fact that Bairstow attempted the exact same thing just a few days ago. And all the other examples that have been posted. Why is it only this case of it happening that is unacceptable?is it just because it has happened to your team and it is highly emotional so it's different. If you're honest, the answer is yes.
There also wasn't actually much fuss at the time. Most people agreed that it was stupid by Bairstow.
Also can't just make things up to suit your argument.
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Being honest,the answer is no. It was a mean spirited thing to do.
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What are your thoughts on Bairstow attempting the same thing a few days ago? Can only really take the mean spirited argument seriously if you explain why you were happy with England trying it first?
posted on 3/7/23
comment by Irishred (U2539)
posted 1 second ago
Can someone explain to a non cricket person what happened?
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TAA corner vs Liverpool and Barca players complaining about not waiting for them to be ready
posted on 3/7/23
No surprise in that Robbsie is trying to justify what the Aussies did.
There is no justification for it and it is something they did not need to do. They were going to easily win anyway.
posted on 3/7/23
comment by Pierre Reedy (U1734)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Irishred (U2539)
posted 1 second ago
Can someone explain to a non cricket person what happened?
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TAA corner vs Liverpool and Barca players complaining about not waiting for them to be ready
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"Barça players complaining" is a combination of words I never imagined I'd hear.
posted on 3/7/23
comment by Robb (Steve) Smith (U22716)
posted 33 minutes ago
comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
posted 27 seconds ago
comment by Robb (Steve) Smith (U22716)
posted 8 seconds ago
I’ll probably forget him in 2 years as we always have top class players coming through.
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You won't forget him though. You'll remember him for this.
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For being clever and outsmarting England? Hell yeah but by that point I’ll have moved on. I don’t think the England fans will ever forget even though they overlook Bairstow trying the same thing with Labs.
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Labs was stood outside his crease and it was attempted before he returned. If that was the case with Bairstow, I would have no issue with it.
Bairstow returned to his crease and left because he thought the ball was dead. At that point it becomes controversial.
posted on 3/7/23
comment by Robb (Steve) Smith (U22716)
posted 13 minutes ago
https://youtu.be/NSCg_aCD2KA
This is worse than what Carey did
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Probably. But that doesn't necessarily make yesterday right either.
MS Doni won plaudits and the ICC Spirit of Cricket award for this - rightly so.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fz3QdbU_V0
Pretty comparable, batsmen thought the ball was dead. Warne was on commentary - "it's definitely not in the spirit of the game", can't argue with that. And Doni clearly agreed as he withdrew the appeal.
Cummins chose not to withdraw. That's his right.
The 2022 winner of spirit of cricket in case anyone is interested - https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/3038173
posted on 3/7/23
'It's just not cricket' is literally a saying here in England, which is about fair play.
Now I doubt they have that in Australia or Scotland but it is a thing here and no amount of whattaboutery changes the fact that it was shabby play from the Aussies.
posted on 3/7/23
comment by Robbing Hoody - At the end of a storm (U6374)
posted 21 seconds ago
'It's just not cricket' is literally a saying here in England, which is about fair play.
Now I doubt they have that in Australia or Scotland but it is a thing here and no amount of whattaboutery changes the fact that it was shabby play from the Aussies.
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That would be great and all but England have had many moments of ‘not in the spirit of the game’ moments themselves for years. I mean, they started it all with Bodyline.
The whole ‘spirit of the game’ is a bygone concept that no country can claim to be living by with any actual validity.
posted on 3/7/23
comment by Pierre Reedy (U1734)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by manusince52 (U9692)
posted 0 seconds ago
comment by Pierre Reedy (U1734)
posted 4 minutes ago
Pointing out hypocrisy isn't getting worked up. You need to explain why you are ignoring the fact that Bairstow attempted the exact same thing just a few days ago. And all the other examples that have been posted. Why is it only this case of it happening that is unacceptable?is it just because it has happened to your team and it is highly emotional so it's different. If you're honest, the answer is yes.
There also wasn't actually much fuss at the time. Most people agreed that it was stupid by Bairstow.
Also can't just make things up to suit your argument.
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Being honest,the answer is no. It was a mean spirited thing to do.
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What are your thoughts on Bairstow attempting the same thing a few days ago? Can only really take the mean spirited argument seriously if you explain why you were happy with England trying it first?
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I'm not happy whoever does it. It's gaining an advantage with no skill involved. He should have warned him.
posted on 3/7/23
comment by Robb (Steve) Smith (U22716)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Robbing Hoody - At the end of a storm (U6374)
posted 21 seconds ago
'It's just not cricket' is literally a saying here in England, which is about fair play.
Now I doubt they have that in Australia or Scotland but it is a thing here and no amount of whattaboutery changes the fact that it was shabby play from the Aussies.
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That would be great and all but England have had many moments of ‘not in the spirit of the game’ moments themselves for years. I mean, they started it all with Bodyline.
The whole ‘spirit of the game’ is a bygone concept that no country can claim to be living by with any actual validity.
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Yeah, so no amount of whattaboutery changes the fact it was shabby play from the Aussies.
posted on 3/7/23
ESPNCricinfo writer David Hobbs tweeted Bairstow also attempts to get batters out using the method in County Cricket as well.
'If Bairstow was to complain. other than in heat of the moment, it would be ridiculous because it must be attempted half a dozen times in Yorkshire club games every weekend. It’s just that the wk [wicketkeeper] rarely hits on account of the big gloves,' he wrote.
posted on 3/7/23
comment by Robbing Hoody - At the end of a storm (U6374)
posted 4 minutes ago
'It's just not cricket' is literally a saying here in England, which is about fair play.
Now I doubt they have that in Australia or Scotland but it is a thing here and no amount of whattaboutery changes the fact that it was shabby play from the Aussies.
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posted on 3/7/23
comment by Robbing Hoody - At the end of a storm (U6374)
posted 18 seconds ago
comment by Robb (Steve) Smith (U22716)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Robbing Hoody - At the end of a storm (U6374)
posted 21 seconds ago
'It's just not cricket' is literally a saying here in England, which is about fair play.
Now I doubt they have that in Australia or Scotland but it is a thing here and no amount of whattaboutery changes the fact that it was shabby play from the Aussies.
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That would be great and all but England have had many moments of ‘not in the spirit of the game’ moments themselves for years. I mean, they started it all with Bodyline.
The whole ‘spirit of the game’ is a bygone concept that no country can claim to be living by with any actual validity.
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Yeah, so no amount of whattaboutery changes the fact it was shabby play from the Aussies.
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You say shabby, I say clever. In the rules of the game and Bairstow should be embarrassed to be such a hypocrite.
posted on 3/7/23
Not sure if I'm Barrying myself, but he does appear to be sincere this time. I hadn't seen the incident where Bairstow attempted to stump Labuschagne, so I was curious about the alleged hypocrisy and looked up the video. It's not in any way comparable. In that incident Labuschagne hasn't tapped himself in the crease and then stepped out - he hasn't shifted his back foot from his original position; Bairstow simply tries to stump him the moment he catches the ball in the reflexive way any wicket keeper does if they think there's a chance the batsman isn't behind the crease.
As I say, I'm not coming from this from a pro-England cricket point of view. Moreover, I'm instinctively hostile to ginger-haired people.
I have been Barry'd, haven't I?
posted on 3/7/23
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posted 56 seconds ago
comment by Robbing Hoody - At the end of a storm (U6374)
posted 18 seconds ago
comment by Robb (Steve) Smith (U22716)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Robbing Hoody - At the end of a storm (U6374)
posted 21 seconds ago
'It's just not cricket' is literally a saying here in England, which is about fair play.
Now I doubt they have that in Australia or Scotland but it is a thing here and no amount of whattaboutery changes the fact that it was shabby play from the Aussies.
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That would be great and all but England have had many moments of ‘not in the spirit of the game’ moments themselves for years. I mean, they started it all with Bodyline.
The whole ‘spirit of the game’ is a bygone concept that no country can claim to be living by with any actual validity.
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Yeah, so no amount of whattaboutery changes the fact it was shabby play from the Aussies.
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You say shabby, I say clever. In the rules of the game and Bairstow should be embarrassed to be such a hypocrite.
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Yep, people have different values, countries have different cultures, as is evident on this thread.
posted on 3/7/23
comment by Kobbie The King Mainoo (U10026)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Robbing Hoody - At the end of a storm (U6374)
posted 4 minutes ago
'It's just not cricket' is literally a saying here in England, which is about fair play.
Now I doubt they have that in Australia or Scotland but it is a thing here and no amount of whattaboutery changes the fact that it was shabby play from the Aussies.
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