Brainfade Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Louts Sledge, but not be sledged. Get personal, but cry foul when others did. Your wife and ma are fair game for abuse, but heaven forbid you bring mine into the sledge. Abuse bowlers who show genuine concern after knocking you with a bouncer. Harbor racism, but scream like a baby when others allegedly did it to their guy. Claim one-bounce catches, but preach "walking." All this led up to brainfade, sugarcoat and sandpaper. Waugh, McGrath, Ponting, Lehmann, Smith, Warner - all cut of the same cloth. Act tough and aggressive, but break down the moment it comes back to bite them or if another team stands up to their fake aggression. In short, f em. F em all. Rightarmfast, diga, nevada and 4 others 2 5 Link to comment
chewy Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 McGrath, Ponting and Symmonds were the worst, horrible on field personalities, and now Warner Rightarmfast 1 Link to comment
BlackMamba Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Finally somebody hit this on the head. Bloody it is Steve who nurtured this putrid culture in Oz Cricket. Please let us not look anywhere else for reasons Steve Waugh started it and supported by their crooked board - who made it what it is today. saik and GolGappe 2 Link to comment
chewy Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 ^^^ I thought it all started when Allan Border took over Australia, when Aus was at its all time low in cricket in 1980s Border brought in this “tough attitude” approach which in subsequent years ended up pushing that “line”, with each new captain and players taking it to new levels So many incidents, I remember that d!ckhrad Slater throwing a tantrum when fielding, and shouting at Dravid for not accepting Slater’s claim of taking a clean catch, which 3rd umpire turned down The Dark Horse, DHONI_FANN, Turning_track and 3 others 6 Link to comment
Straight Drive Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 (edited) Very true. Aussies cannot bear the sledging. Warner was trolled by DeKock and started whinging.Typical cry babies.If you cannot withstand sledging then stop it.No point crying when others give you back strongly. Edited March 30, 2018 by Straight Drive Link to comment
Khota Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Their sanctimony is nothing new. Aussies are serial cheaters. By serial I mean not only Brain Fade but decades of cheating only surpassed by Pakistan. TheWall 1 Link to comment
putrevus Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 This culture is nothing new in Australia, it is happening since 1975 under Greg Chappell. Greg Chappell was ruthless in demolishing WI 5-1 and that in my book started this culture. Link to comment
TheWall Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Am sure after the year ban cheater smith will be having brainfade now n then.... Link to comment
diga Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 20 hours ago, chewy said: ^^^ I thought it all started when Allan Border took over Australia, when Aus was at its all time low in cricket in 1980s Border brought in this “tough attitude” approach which in subsequent years ended up pushing that “line”, with each new captain and players taking it to new levels So many incidents, I remember that d!ckhrad Slater throwing a tantrum when fielding, and shouting at Dravid for not accepting Slater’s claim of taking a clean catch, which 3rd umpire turned down There is a difference in motivating one's own team to do well and distracting the other team ... Not sure if Border started the "mental disintegration of opponents" as done by Waugh & co. Link to comment
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