Malcolm Merlyn Posted August 7, 2014 Posted August 7, 2014 Dravid: Some punishments needed to be handed out Rahul Dravid, the former India captain, is concerned about the message sent out by the 'not guilty' verdict in the James Anderson-Ravindra Jadeja pushing case. While there have been calls for the matter to be put to rest, Dravid said abuse, evidence of which was in umpire Bruce Oxenford's report, had no place in the sport and that some reprimand had to be meted out. "The message we've given out at the moment, the game has given out, is that it's okay to do this stuff [abuse], which I think is wrong. I think there needed to be some sort of action taken," Dravid told ESPNcricinfo. "Some punishments needed to be handed out. "We all know from Bruce Oxenford's report what Jimmy [Anderson] has said, the words that he's used. That is on the report and no one is denying the fact that there was that kind of abuse and England is claiming that Jadeja turned and so we must bring that into the equation as well, but at the end of all of this, we have seen no punishments handed out." The dispute had happened as players left for lunch during the second day of the Trent Bridge Test and has hung over the series since. India had charged Anderson with a Level 3 offence for pushing Jadeja but England had filed a Level 2 charge against Jadeja arguing that he had allegedly wheeled around aggressively prompting Anderson to act in self-defence. However, with no video evidence and with testimony from both sides being "hopelessly biased" judicial commissioner Gordon Lewis' decision had let both players off. India had pushed for an appeal, but the ICC has sealed the matter shut with their decision to not appeal. Anderson might function better when he is riled up, Dravid said, but he might have forgotten when to stop. That escalation prompted Dravid to highlight the difference between sledging - which he said was acceptable - and a personal attack, which should be eradicated. "He [Anderson] is someone who, and I think he's spoken about it that 'I need to get motivated by being aggressive'... But the problem is at times I think he has overstepped the line, he has gone over the mark. Whether it was in this case or not we will actually never know. "You don't mind the odd sledging. People are getting confused about the difference between sledging and actual what is abuse here. And people have said 'oh lets move on' or 'lets walk away from this' but I think we can move on from sledging. We've been there, we've all played cricket games where you walk in and somebody uses the odd expletive when you get beaten and says 'any chance of you nicking one', you know ' your feet are stuck in cement' stuff like that. You could go on and on about stuff like that, I'm sure that's fine. "But when you walk off the field abusing someone and making it personal, then I think that's the danger when you do cross that line and things can happen where you get physical. So you've got to be very careful when you cross that line, and sort of stay within what is acceptable behaviour." http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-india-2014/content/current/story/767693.html So Umpire's report said that Anderson abused but the Aussie judge turned a blind eye towards it saying it was not quality evidence. What else people need to see to realise that how blatantly biased the judge was towards ECB and Anderson.
beetle Posted August 7, 2014 Posted August 7, 2014 Some one finally said what needed to be said.Good stuff from RD specially when everyone else is going on about forgetting and moving on.
Laaloo Posted August 7, 2014 Posted August 7, 2014 It's done and dusted. The best punishment would have been on the field. Come out firing today and grind then. That didn't happen. And we look bad in this regard. Lost the case and most likely the series as well.
Malcolm Merlyn Posted August 7, 2014 Author Posted August 7, 2014 abuse them on field' date='its a free country :dontknow:[/quote'] If Indias abuse back.Indians will be punished.
ThePhenomenal1 Posted August 7, 2014 Posted August 7, 2014 hope varun aaron bowls a beamer at them all! :finger:
moniker Posted August 7, 2014 Posted August 7, 2014 The judicial hearing was for the level 3 accusation of pushing, not for abusing, which is a level 1 offense. It couldn't be conclusively proved that Anderson's push wasn't reactionary so he had to be absolved. Not sure if the judge had the authority to penalize cloudy on a level 1 charge. And BCCI didn't seem to want to lay a charge for abuse anyway, they were adamant to charge him for pushing.
Laaloo Posted August 7, 2014 Posted August 7, 2014 lol Dravid This guy is still scared after Langer abused him on the field
SLICKR392 Posted August 7, 2014 Posted August 7, 2014 lol Dravid This guy is still scared after Langer abused him on the field :finger: Langer apologized and said he 'regreted' abusing Dravid. Legend has it, Dravid stopped by Langer's house at '02 and threathened him and showed him his dark side like Dexter. Bottomline: No one messes with the Wall. :ohyeah:
Laaloo Posted August 7, 2014 Posted August 7, 2014 it was Slater not Langer you dumbos :beee: Slater langer or Taylor. Kya farak padta hai. Fact remains dravid was punked by one of them. And the way dravid retaliated was funny. I didn't do anything. Lol dravid. Taking the frustrations out while sitting on a comfy ass chair away from the action. :cantstop:
Laaloo Posted August 7, 2014 Posted August 7, 2014 :finger: Langer apologized and said he 'regreted' abusing Dravid. Legend has it, Dravid stopped by Langer's house at '02 and threathened him and showed him his dark side like Dexter. Bottomline: No one messes with the Wall. :ohyeah: Slater apologized to stop dravid from crying. He was being a good samaritan.
Lord Posted August 7, 2014 Posted August 7, 2014 Slater langer or Taylor. Kya farak padta hai. Fact remains dravid was punked by one of them. And the way dravid retaliated was funny. I didn't do anything. Lol dravid. Taking the frustrations out while sitting on a comfy ass chair away from the action. :cantstop: Dravid replied with a 180 odd in next match in most epic victory :finger:
Laaloo Posted August 7, 2014 Posted August 7, 2014 Dravid replied with a 180 odd in next match in most epic victory :finger: Doesn't change the fact that dravid got punked by a nobody from the aussie team. Pathetic. Now he opens his mouth on everything.
Laaloo Posted August 7, 2014 Posted August 7, 2014 Some of you people need to accept the truth and move on. Arguing for the sake of arguing. :headshake: No better than dhoni chamchas
Lord Posted August 7, 2014 Posted August 7, 2014 Doesn't change the fact that dravid got punked by a nobody from the aussie team. Pathetic. Now he opens his mouth on everything. Its best to reply with the bat :agree:
Laaloo Posted August 7, 2014 Posted August 7, 2014 Tranny Lover :hysterical: something about that name :hysterical: :hysterical:
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