Stuart Broad charged for his 'first offence'. Take a bow ICC !!

[achilles]

And c'mon, all you haters. Broad is "just playing aggressive cricket and everyone playing along me will vouch for it". He's the purest thing in cricket since Sachin Tendulkar (or so he and his Daddy dearest and the ICC feel) Like father, like son, is it? I'm happy to see the way Salman Butt has tackled this and taken the fight to the opposition and not meekly surrender to the "bade sahab's" polite explanation and lecture of "spirit of cricket". Very happy to see this outcome. It was long overdue. From cricinfo-

"Cricket is a gentleman's game but I think they got frustrated," said Butt. "It's not good to see people throwing balls intentionally at others, and not even excusing [themselves] properly. The throw was just one thing. There were plenty words as well, as everyone could see, and people kicking their bowling marks. It's just frustration when you have been bowling too long." "Knowing Broady as I do, he certainly didn't have any malice behind it - and he can't throw the ball hard enough to hurt anyone anyway," said Swann. "He apologised straightaway. It was just a sign of the frustrations that were going on." Aside from a reprimand for excessive logos, Broad - whose father is the ICC match referee, Chris Broad - has never yet been found guilty of a breach of the ICC's Code of Conduct, despite numerous moments in his three-year Test career when he has sailed close to the wind. His persistent failure to acknowledge the umpire when appealing for lbws has irked several onlookers, while he escaped without punishment after stepping on the ball during the Cape Town Test against South Africa back in January.

[Lord]

:omg: i thought Haider or umpire would be banned

[Desi Cartman]

its a good decesion, u cant ban someone for this. Maybe 100% match fee would hv been better but its at least something

[Sachinism]

Swanny always the funny man :haha:

[kabira]

what about not looking at the umpire? Total disrespect to umpire. That deserved punishment as well.

[Serani]

what about not looking at the umpire? Total disrespect to umpire. That deserved punishment as well.

Glenn McGrath did that forever and never got punished.

[Sachinism]

what about not looking at the umpire? Total disrespect to umpire. That deserved punishment as well.

Be grateful he got punished at all

[kabira]

Glenn McGrath did that forever and never got punished.

You are joker arent?? Rules have changed. Its clearly disrespectful and lot of bowlers have been penalized for this. If you don't know the rules, stop commenting.

[Serani]

You are joker arent?? Rules have changed. Its clearly disrespectful and lot of bowlers have been penalized for this. If you don't know the rules, stop commenting.

What exactly is wrong with my comment? You really are **** arent?? Glenn McGrath did this all the time and your telling me in the few years he has retired the rules have suddenly changed? can you find me an article that states exactly when the rule changed after Mcgraths retirement which is obviously why he never got punished for it because it was perfectly legal during his career oh so long ago.

[kabira]

^what has McGrath go to do with S. Board. As per ICC its big No No to celebrate before appealing. Sky Sports commentators also pointed out what I said. Why do you act like Moron and Troll. Was it necessary to include McGrath here. Just STFU Excessive appealing during an International Match. Note: For the purposes of Article 2.1.5, ‘excessive’ shall include: (a) repeated appealing of the same decision/appeal; (b) repeated appealing of different decisions/appeals when the bowler/fielder knows the batter is not out with the intention of placing the Umpire under pressure; or © celebrating a dismissal before the decision has been given. It is not intended to prevent loud or enthusiastic appealing.

[kabira]

What exactly is wrong with my comment? You really are **** arent?? Glenn McGrath did this all the time and your telling me in the few years he has retired the rules have suddenly changed? can you find me an article that states exactly when the rule changed after Mcgraths retirement which is obviously why he never got punished for it because it was perfectly legal during his career oh so long ago.

Dude you are big piece of **** Rules definately have changed and McGrath was not punished or punished, does not matter here. WE are talking about another Piece of Shyte called Broad.

[Serani]

This rule has been around forever, Glenn Mcgrath was never punished for doing exactly as Broad has done, seems very relevent to me.

[kabira]

^show me an article where McGrath did this and not fined. And one more time, why did Sir Ian Botham focussed on this issue in Third Man section??

[VRV Singh]

Broad has always been a muppet and overrated cricketer to boot...people kept saying he's toeing the line without ever crossing it when committing numerous offences in the past that daddyji bailed him out of. I guess they could not overlook throwing the ball at an opponent who happens to be batting reasonably well without looking like a bunch of clowns

[Serani]

^show me an article where McGrath did this and not fined. And one more time, why did Sir Ian Botham focussed on this issue in Third Man section??

None exist, someone not getting fined doesnt make news. Im not saying Broad is right by doing this, just that you seem to think he is the only one that gets away with stuff when Mcgrath always used to do this.

[King Tendulkar]

No punishment for the non looking celebration and no appeal. That was blatant and would not have minded if bat was actually out but pak missed it by a mile as reflected by fact that Broad did not even refer it, despite his celebration that it was obvious. Also blatantly ran on the wicket, which conveniently sky sports did not show again or mention. If pak had done that then endless replays. Those 3 things deserve min 1 match ban.

[Ram]

Stuart Broad is like one of your class-mates in middle-school. You know he’s very naughty, you know he’s throwing paper balls at the teacher while they’re not looking, you know he copies assignments and turns them in late. But he’s also very studious, very intelligent, finishes among the top-ranks and all he ends up getting are some friendly chidings from the teacher who seem completely bowled over by him. :dontknow: Broad seems to have perfected the art of living on the edge, without crossing it. I think he gets tips from his match-referee dad as when to exactly stop. :D

[Sachinism]

No punishment for the non looking celebration and no appeal. That was blatant and would not have minded if bat was actually out but pak missed it by a mile as reflected by fact that Broad did not even refer it, despite his celebration that it was obvious. Also blatantly ran on the wicket, which conveniently sky sports did not show again or mention. If pak had done that then endless replays. Those 3 things deserve min 1 match ban.

Absolutely. Shocking how he can celebrate with that much confidence but not have the balls to refer it. Strauss is soft, just had to ask him for a referral and he would have got one

Stuart Broad is like one of your class-mates in middle-school. You know he’s very naughty, you know he’s throwing paper balls at the teacher while they’re not looking, you know he copies assignments turns them in late. But he’s also very studious, very intelligent, finishes among the top-ranks and all he ends up getting are some friendly chidings from the teacher who seem completely bowled over by him. :dontknow: Broad seems to have perfected the art of living on the edge, without crossing it. I think he gets tips from his match-referee dad as when to exactly stop. :D

Don't agree, he's been caught doing all sorts, match referee's seem to constantly let him off the hook because of daddy

[King Tendulkar]

Absolutely. Shocking how he can celebrate with that much confidence but not have the balls to refer it. Strauss is soft' date=' just had to ask him for a referral and he would have got one[/quote'] He did not refer it as he knew pak bat missed by at least 30cm!!! I kid you not it was ridiculous. The oscar winning performance by Braod and his team mates was pathetic. And to think you constantly here comms waffling about players reactions(sky sport team always seem ready to believe all england players reactions) as indicator of wether carried or nicked it blah blah.

[King Tendulkar]

As Boycott said " Broad should have got more slaps when he was a kid":hysterical::hysterical: