Darren Sammy supports Steve Smith, asks media to move on and forgive ex-Australia captain

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“As a Christian, you commit sins; there are punishments for your sins. [It] doesn’t mean everything is okay, but there’s always forgiveness after you’ve committed your sins and paid the price, and you move on. Like we said, they’ve done that. They’ve missed out on IPL, they’ve been sacked and all that stuff, but at the end of the day life goes on,” Sammy said at a media interaction ahead of the inaugural match of Global T20 Canada.

 

 

 

“It’s truly up to you guys (the media). I saw an article, recently, about something in New York. That’s not called for. You’ve made your point. I think, as sportsmen, we want to do the right things, set the example for the next generation. We will make mistakes, but it doesn’t mean you’ve got to keep kicking a man when he’s down. That’s not the humane way to do things, and I think there’s a right to punish but there’s also a right to forgive and move on,” he added while speaking during a media interaction.

 

Fellow West Indian Chris Gayle, who will be leading Vancouver Knights, sympathised with Smith and David Warner, who will be representing Winnipeg Hawks in the league.

“They’ve already paid a penalty for what they’ve done, and just for them to go on with their lives and have some fun, just like any other cricketer, to fulfill and work for the family, and they can actually provide on the table for them. People make mistakes, you have to give people a chance, and everybody should have to try on from this situation, and rest it to the grave,” Gayle said.

 

[nevada]

Nice of the West Indians to be forgiving and saying nice words. I hope this kind of support and sympathy knocks some sense into the Aussies' heads. Winning is not everything. Winning by being vile cheats is no good. They need to stop behaving like thugs on the field and talking trash off of it. 

Edited June 29, 2018 by nevada

[Zero_Unit]

WI is missing out big time on not having Sammy around no more. Fools

[Bublu Bhuyan]

While it definitely saddens me with those scums did to the game , the silver lining is the Aussies have finally lost the moral high ground that they were so fond of previously. Despite being dirty, rotten, scoundrels on the field, their cop out was that they never indulged in cheating tactics. This one incident had forever snatched that platform from them from where they used to lecture others.

[The Unrealist]

Mr Brainfade trying hard to gain sympathy from public have no sympathy for him or his mates.

[nevada]

20 hours ago, Bublu Bhuyan said:

While it definitely saddens me with those scums did to the game , the silver lining is the Aussies have finally lost the moral high ground that they were so fond of previously. Despite being dirty, rotten, scoundrels on the field, their cop out was that they never indulged in cheating tactics. This one incident had forever snatched that platform from them from where they used to lecture others.

Even without this incident, they didn't have any high ground. Behaving like over aggressive hound dogs and saying vile things on the field is not an act of honorable humans. Of course, they peddled the "never stoop to cheating" image but if you look at their history, it is not true. Not walking when they know clearly they are out, claiming bump catches, taking money from bookies - they have done it all.