England Players Urinate On Oval Wicket After Ashes Win

[kumar713]

[indiaregulator]

I don't see the big deal to be honest. They got mashed after the final test, couldn't be arsed walking 200m to the toilet so decided to take a leak on the pitch. If ECB are not bothered, the groundstaff are not bothered and the county isn't bothered...Why should all you guys be? Also, this is far better. 57QXM6Ktovs

[indiaregulator]

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[SLICKR392]

I don't see the big deal to be honest. They got mashed after the final test, couldn't be arsed walking 200m to the toilet so decided to take a leak on the pitch. If ECB are not bothered, the groundstaff are not bothered and the county isn't bothered...Why should all you guys be? Also, this is far better. 57QXM6Ktovs

You would defend them even if they went ahead and peed on your pillow(s). The rest of the world find this ill mannered behaviour, weird, you don't. See the difference ?

[King Tendulkar]

ECB issue apology

[Desi Cartman]

I don't see the big deal to be honest. They got mashed after the final test, couldn't be arsed walking 200m to the toilet so decided to take a leak on the pitch. If ECB are not bothered, the groundstaff are not bothered and the county isn't bothered...Why should all you guys be? Also, this is far better. 57QXM6Ktovs

well their country so they can piss and **** wherever they want or the govt allows.

[asterix]

I don't see the big deal to be honest. They got mashed after the final test, couldn't be arsed walking 200m to the toilet so decided to take a leak on the pitch. If ECB are not bothered, the groundstaff are not bothered and the county isn't bothered...Why should all you guys be? Also, this is far better. 57QXM6Ktovs

Are you sure Groundstaff are not bothered? Get your facts right...

[Crookbond]

Statement from England team http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/articles/statement-england-team

The England team would like to issue the following statement: "The England cricket team would like to state that during our celebrations after winning the Ashes at no time was there any intention to disrespect Surrey CCC, the Oval or anyone else involved in the game we love. "As a team we pride ourselves on respecting all things cricket including the opposition and the grounds we play at. We got carried away amongst the euphoria of winning such a prestigious series and accept that some of our behaviour was inappropriate. "If that has caused any offence to anyone we apologise for that and want to reassure people that it was a simple error of judgement more than anything else."

Conditional apology!

[rkt.india]

error of judgement! They could not judge whether that was an oval pitch or a toilet? :hmmmm:

[Detonator]

England players are Lions/Hyenas/Dogs/Rats. They urinate to show that it's their territory.

[Crookbond]

England's late-night antics bring Morris headache http://www.espncricinfo.com/the-ashes-2013/content/story/665773.html

Officialdom beamed down on England after their third successive Ashes victory but the ECB hierarchy might feel obliged to take a more dim view of an alleged late-night celebration which ended with them urinating on The Oval pitch on which they had completed their triumph only hours before. Hugh Morris, the managing director of England cricket, has had matters of rather more import to deal with, but it will invite a troubled shrug nonetheless on a day when it has been confirmed that he is resigning to take up the vacant chief executive's role at Glamorgan. It will be dismissed as a supreme irrelevance by many - it is quite a trek from the Oval square to the nearest toilets - but it is bound to be viewed as distasteful in other quarters and presented as an example of the laddish culture which pervades English society. Australian cricket journalists were still at The Oval, completing dead-of-night tour pieces with the help of free beer and sandwiches from the ECB, when they reported seeing several England players take it turns to relieve themselves on the pitch. It is not known how much they relieved themselves but reportedly there was more than enough to fill an Ashes urn. :cantstop: It was enough for Ben Horne of AAP to term it a "distasteful finale" and report that "cleaning staff and other game day workers were still present at the ground." Malcolm Conn, chief cricket writer for News Limited, described the ground as "quite dark" and said that players were "gathered near the pitch celebrating and yahooing". England's celebrations had begun in a more carefully choreographed manner, with the obligatory fireworks and champagne at the awards ceremony and players holding their children in their arms as they strolled around the outfield shaking hands with the crowd. They then returned to the dressing room with a quiet celebration with their families before the players themselves moved to the centre of the Oval to continue what their captain, Alastair Cook, had described as a deserved few beers, chatting among themselves and cherishing privately what they had achieved. Uninhibited post-series celebrations are regarded as part and parcel of professional team sport in England, a final restatement of team morale and a release from the strict professionalism, with few opportunities for downtime, which is now the lot of an England cricketer. But judging by reports from Australian journalists, who arguably represent more dangerous opponents to England than their team :phehehe: , England's players, who are well practiced in zipping up their mouths in an era of cautious media comments, may now have to receive training in zipping up their trousers. Morris' first task will be to ascertain whether England's behaviour carried any deeper significance other than the urge to relieve themselves. :giggle: Certainly England's weak bladders provided final justification for all those toilet breaks, but were there other more worrying explanations? Was it an indication of what England's players think of the dry surfaces on which they have won the Ashes series - surfaces which suited them but which often demanded laborious cricket? Australians scoffed that this was the first watering England's Test pitches had had for months. Were they paying homage in a strange fashion to the antics of Monty Panesar, whose place in England's Ashes squad for the return series is in jeopardy because he urinated from on high on a Brighton nightclub bouncer? Or were they simply marking out their territory after dismissing Australia 3-0 in the five-Test series? It is common in cats, especially male cats. Neutering is often proposed as a solution. :hysterical:

[rkt.india]

:hysterical:

[Old guy]

neuter barbie :yay:

[diga]

neuter barbie :yay:

is he not already?

[indiaregulator]

You would defend them even if they went ahead and peed on your pillow(s). The rest of the world find this ill mannered behaviour, weird, you don't. See the difference ?

Well no, I'm not defending them. It wasn't the right thing to do obviously, but has none of you seriously taken a leak somewhere you shouldn't have done whilst bladdered? It's not right for them to do it but why the huge outcry.

[SLICKR392]

Well no, I'm not defending them. It wasn't the right thing to do obviously, but has none of you seriously taken a leak somewhere you shouldn't have done whilst bladdered? It's not right for them to do it but why the huge outcry.

On the pitch? SERIOUSLY? :cantstop:

[G_B_]

it was not ON the pitch it was somewhere near the boundary

[SLICKR392]

A number of players including Stuart Broad, Kevin Pietersen and Jimmy Anderson took it in turns urinating on the pitch to the cheers of their team mates.

[G_B_]

how accurate is this? Cause jimmy anderson in his 5 live sports program on radio said it was at the side of the grounf towards the aboundaries edge

[Haarkarjeetgaye]

how accurate is this? Cause jimmy anderson in his 5 live sports program on radio said it was at the side of the grounf towards the aboundaries edge

looks like a plan to reduce the crime level. nahi jee bas side mein kiya tha...pitch pe nahi..:hysterical: