Shane Warne v Marlon Samuels

[Square Drive]

Warne behaved like a prat. But when he saw marlon was properly angry and might lose it, he walked away pretty sharpish:hysterical:

That was a comedy scene. :hysterical::hysterical:

[suraj]

No matter what happened' date=' throwing the bat around was not on - it could easily have hurt someone.[/quote'] I wish it had hit that moron Warne

[Lord]

**** you mate:hysterical:

[suraj]

More details (Samuels ended up getting hurt too): Shane Warne and Marlon Samuels were involved in an ugly confrontation as Melbourne Renegades secured a home semi-final in the Big Bash League in front of a record crowd for domestic cricket in Australia. Aaron Finch's 67 off just 47 balls helped the Renegades to a nine-wicket win with seven balls to spare in front of a crowd of 46,581 which turned out for a fiery Melbourne derby. Cricket Australia's delight at the success of the much-debated derby formula will be overshadowed by the ill discipline on the field as tempers flared between Warne, the Melbourne Stars captain, and Samuels, the enigmatic Renegades West Indies all-rounder, with several incidents likely to be looked at closely in the coming days. CA officials are expected to announce details of a disciplinary hearing on Monday, although they will first check on the well-being of Samuels, who damaged an eye-socket after top-edging a ball from Lasith Malinga through the grill of his helmet and needed treatment at a Melbourne hospital. His tournament is assumed to be over. Samuels angered the hosts during the Melboune Stars innings when he grabbed David Hussey as he was trying to turn for a second run - and Warne let him know all about it when he came out to bat. In a verbal tirade picked up by Fox Sports microphones, Warne criticised Samuels for his unsporting behaviour at the end of the leg-spinner's second over, grabbing the West Indian by the shirt in illustration and jabbing his finger in his face. Tempers reached boiling point the following over when Warne fielded a drive by Samuels and flipped the ball straight at the West Indian from close range as he stood in his crease. Samuels reacted angrily at the provocation, throwing his bat over Warne's head as the umpires rushed in to calm the situation. It was a clear display of gamesmanship by Warne, who was trying desperately to pull his charges back into the match after they were restricted to just 146 having won the toss and electing to bat.The Renegades privately criticised Warne's behaviour as deliberately provocative and theatrical. In what many will regard as another distasteful aspect of the stand-off, Warne was again wearing a microphone for the benefit of TV viewers and with the game going on used it to defend his actions to commentators. "What are you meant to do when someone throws a bat at you?" he asked. The night went from bad to worse for Samuels as he tried to hook a short ball from Malinga and top-edged it into his face. He was forced to retire hurt with blood streaming from an eye wound with only Malinga among the Stars players making obvious attempts to check on his welfare. Warne later told the Herald Sun: Warne later tried to downplay the drama, saying he didn't expect to be disciplined by Cricket Australia. "I tried to throw the ball to Bobby Quiney and the next minute I decided to get out of the way of that bat," he said. "I'm more disappointed that we lost, that was just a heat of the moment thing. That's just the way it goes, I hope he's OK. Samuels, acclaimed for his matchwinning display in the final of World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka in Australia, has been a marked man in Australia. Darren Lehmann, the Brisbane coach, was fined for questioning the legality of his quicker ball, a theme later picked up by the Adelaide coach Darren Berry. http://www.espncricinfo.com/big-bash-league-2012/content/story/599955.html

[yoda]

Aussie players in general with a exception of a few (Gilly, Hussey) are aholes. The list is pretty long - Warne, Ponting, Symonds, Hayden, Mcgrath, Lehman, Langer, ....

[Magneto]

:finger: @ Warne. Once a c**t, always a c**t. Both Samuels and Warne have bookie friends btw :hehe:

[Texy]

If I was Marlon, I would have pulled a harbhajan and beetchslapped Warnie and then stole his hot gf.

[Bradman99]

Warne what a tosser. The incident had nothing to do with him, so I don't know why he was trying to be a big hero and get involved. In the interview after the game where he says "I was trying to throw it to Quiney" what BS.. Just because of his status in the game doesn't mean he should get away with acting like a complete ahole and I think Marlon had every right to be angry with him. I didn't see the incident with Hussey though, but it's irrelevant to this issue bcause it had nothing to do with Warne.

[suraj]

Warne what a tosser. The incident had nothing to do with him, so I don't know why he was trying to be a big hero and get involved. In the interview after the game where he says "I was trying to throw it to Quiney" what BS.. Just because of his status in the game doesn't mean he should get away with acting like a complete ahole and I think Marlon had every right to be angry with him. I didn't see the incident with Hussey though, but it's irrelevant to this issue bcause it had nothing to do with Warne.

Warne is being an attention ***** Samuels tugged at Hussey which was wrong too but Warne reaction was moronic having a mic and shouting obsceneties long after the tugging followed by hitting Samuels with the ball - as someone here rightly said wish the spin talent he got went to a more decent human being rather than a kunt like him

[Bradman99]

Warne is being an attention ***** Samuels tugged at Hussey which was wrong too but Warne reaction was moronic having a mic and shouting obsceneties long after the tugging followed by hitting Samuels with the ball - as someone here rightly said wish the spin talent he got went to a more decent human being rather than a kunt like him

Agree mate. Awesome player, but by the looks of things a bit of a douche. Not much of a role model that's for sure.

[India-KXIP fan]

haha excellent trolling by Warne. But this could have been serious had Marlon hit him with the bat for Marlon's career.

[Desi Cartman]

Rofl, good fun :-D

[vamos_rafa]

It was comical! But, all those doubting Miandad, he would have ensured that Warne would have eventually cried. He knew when to throw what kind of tantrums to get out of such situations. He was very street smart. Even our Kohli would have sufficed with his MC's and BC's :winky:

[NareshK]

Marlon Samuels tugging at David Hussey's shirt was not a big deal. I dont understand why Warne got so angry about it. Such an ugly incident for a BBL game. :facepalm: Does a legend like Warne who picked over 700 test wickets has to be involved in something like this ?

[suraj]

Marlon Samuels tugging at David Hussey's shirt was not a big deal. I dont understand why Warne got so angry about it. Such an ugly incident for a BBL game. :facepalm: Does a legend like Warne who picked over 700 test wickets has to be involved in something like this ?

Yeah what Samuels did was more in fun and just a little clowning act- even Hussey realized that after a few seconds Warne's response was so outlandish that it almost seems like a marketing tactic- who would even be talking about a BBL game if this incident didn't happen

[NareshK]

^^Yeah, it looks like a publicity stunt more than anything else.

[King Tendulkar]

^ Agree. Everyone is talking about warne again, which was probably his objective. Fake anger possibility by warne

[King Khan]

An old white frustrated man showing some despiration against a black dude, who is btw currently the best in the business. Nothing much interesting here, A very common domestic story.

[Muloghonto]

What respect- I wish it was Miandad instead of Samuels that he was sledging because Miandad would have smashed his head into pieces Warne is an ******* and Windies should have kicked his head into ground

Totally with Warne on this one. Yes, he went over the top, but this is not lane cricket. You don't just grab and hang on to a batsman trying to go for a run when you are the bowler. Else, expect a big F-u on the field and predictably, with what followed- a vicious bouncer from Malinga that broke Marlon's eye socket.

[daryl1985]

An old white frustrated man showing some despiration against a black dude' date=' who is btw currently the best in the business. Nothing much interesting here, A very common domestic story.[/quote'] Why racialise this incident. It has nothing to do with their skin colour. Samuels was wrong for tugging Hussey's shirt, he deserved to be sworn at by Warne. Warne was wrong to throw the ball at Samuels who reacted badly. Both were idiots, think Warne was the bigger idiot.