Shane Warne escapes fining for dissent
The ICC have cleared Shane Warne for dissent after he spat the dummy for reacting badly to a turned down appeal. The fact that Warne on a winning side was reported for dissent contrasts starkly with the West Indies behaviour who've made no negative comments to all the crap decisions they've received this series. You have to commend them for that - it reminds me of Frank Worrell's West Indies who were forbidden by their captain from making the slightest reaction to bad umpiring decisions. I don't know if the other countries have a 'Spirit of Cricket' code of conduct like Australia but we definitely need to practise what we preach. Meanwhile, while India play South Africa, Harbhajan Singh was fined while Andre Nel was cleared for gesturing to a dismissed batsman. Some complain that subcontinent players get more harshly treated than other countries. I can't really comment on individual incidents as I haven't seen the footage but I'm doubtful that would be the case (in this case, there seems to be a distinction between physically gesturing and merely speaking). I'd say it's more likely just the typical inconsistency you get with disciplinary decisions which seem to happen with every sport. Matthew Hoggard got fined for over-appealing (although technically it was for not appealing at all) against Pakistan while Brett Lee was not even reported for doing the for an LBW recently against the West Indies. Many thanks to Mahesh for posting me these links.
| Posted by JC on Tue 29 Nov |  19 comments |
Ahh, yeah but, no but, is it that the Windies haven't got the fire in the belly like Shane and Harbhajan?
Posted by Virtualgaz on 2005-11-29 23:41:17
Posted by Virtualgaz on 2005-11-29 23:41:17
Could be onto something there - they've got that laid back Carribbean attitude. Bad umpiring decision? No problem, mon!
Posted by JC on 2005-11-30 00:13:02
Posted by JC on 2005-11-30 00:13:02
I think there's so much talked about how they're a team of 'different nationalities' and so on that it's become another reason for them to play ordinarily. I honestly don't recall anyone mentioning where Richards, Roberts, Holding, Marshall, Haynes (or even as late as Ambrose or Walsh) came from within the Carib. It simply wasn't an issue - they were all West Indians period. The Pommy counties and our States seem to play together ok internationally - I mean, our captain's from Tasmania for god's sake!
Posted by Virtualgaz on 2005-11-30 00:33:51
Posted by Virtualgaz on 2005-11-30 00:33:51
John, Do you think Aussies excess appealing intimidate the neutral umpires too ? Where is Mike Denness ? He would know better about the Excessive appealing, remember the Ind Vs SA series in South Africa couple of years back
Posted by Ananth on 2005-11-30 02:46:23
Posted by Ananth on 2005-11-30 02:46:23
One would hope umpires are professional enough to deal with excessive appealing. Sometimes it can even backfire - Warnie's appealing can go so over the top that it seems the umpire gets sick of it and almost turns him down out of habit.
Posted by JC on 2005-11-30 03:54:55
Posted by JC on 2005-11-30 03:54:55
Back in India ...we get a impression that Indian players are victimized for any small display of emotion on the field.One interesting point to note is majority cases the ICC referee has been a Sri Lankan , Mike Denness did the Honors once in Sri Lanka. While when it comes to defending the Pakistan/Sri Lankan players from Subcontinent , India always plays perfect accomodating big Bro :-(
Posted by unsui on 2005-11-30 18:10:24
Posted by unsui on 2005-11-30 18:10:24
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