Phil Hughes a victim of over-the-top sledging? Family counsel thinks so.

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Hughes family upset

 

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"At the end of the day, there was a plan, there was sledging, and short-pitched balls were bowled at Phillip Hughes, which increased the risk of an injury," Melick (family counsel) said. "Nine consecutive short-pitched balls from the one bowler aimed at leg stump or the body of the batsmen was going too far."
 

 

[singhprakash72]

Philip is not coming back but at least it should allow current and upcoming Aussie players to reflect on the Dark side of excessive sledging and bantering. 

[Lannister]

I find this short-pitched bowling aiming at a batsman's head is a coward's way of getting wickets. Those who don't have other skill sets tend to use it excessively. 

[bowl_out]

Seems overreaching... It was simply bad luck that he got hit on a sensitive part.. Sympathies with him and family, but relating it to aggression seems an over-reaction

[MCcricket]

Two things it's a game of cricket n it was a freak accident but if players are colluding and planning on causing serious bodily harm to a player in a certain way n with invent then it is a crime? aCB and the players are playing games and lying and it will be hard to prove anything, but it looks bad

[rkt.india]

8 hours ago, Lannister said:

I find this short-pitched bowling aiming at a batsman's head is a coward's way of getting wickets. Those who don't have other skill sets tend to use it excessively. 

Short pitch bowling is one of the most important aspect of fast bowling and a bouncer headed towards throat or head of the batsman is the best way to soften the batsman.

[Lannister]

19 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

Short pitch bowling is one of the most important aspect of fast bowling and a bouncer headed towards throat or head of the batsman is the best way to soften the batsman.

1-2 such deliveries is pretty normal to see, but in Aus I wouldn't be surprised if all 6 of them is short pitched deliveries. You can still be successful with out opting for such cheap tactics as shown by Steyn, McGrath over the years. 

[rkt.india]

4 minutes ago, Lannister said:

1-2 such deliveries is pretty normal to see, but in Aus I wouldn't be surprised if all 6 of them is short pitched deliveries. You can still be successful with out opting for such cheap tactics as shown by Steyn, McGrath over the years. 

you can only bowl 2 bouncers per over that is the limit, so, there is no question of bowling 6 bouncers an over. Every bowler and his strength are different. Neither this is a cheap tactics. This is what makes fast bowling exciting. McGrath was a great bowler but he was boring to watch.

 

In case of Hughes, it was his inability to handle short balls and he was not even facing a fast bowler, Sean Abbot, who bowls 135KPH and they were just trying to get him out. No bowler tries to intentionally hurt batsman. 

Edited October 15, 2016 by rkt.india

[gakgupta]

12 hours ago, singhprakash72 said:

Philip is not coming back but at least it should allow current and upcoming Aussie players to reflect on the Dark side of excessive sledging and bantering. 

Sledging should never be part of cricket.

 

Aussies think otherwise....Surprisingly there seems to be a bar for this and that too decided by Aussies. It is obvious that the bar changes from country to country as it is more related to your culture.

 

Now, if other countries gets offended by this sledging, aussies says its part of cricket but others get pissed off and raise the bar, Aussies will be making all the noise...

 

My advice, other countries should raise the bar for Sledging to such an extent that Aussies wi;ll stop it forever