James Anderson says Australia is bullying England

[Arachnodouche]

people have read what he said and what prior said and put 2 and 2 together and come up with 5. mainly just baseless speculation on twitter.

i find it highly unlikely any opponent of his would stoop to such lows.

You obviously put great stock in the goodness of humanity and the fine qualities our sport engenders in its practitioners.

 

[S.Kennedy]

I have to believe for my own sanity that that is not true. I cannot believe even the worst sledgers of the Warner sort would stoop that low.

 

[Gnske]

Bairstow has said today in his newspaper column that he "Will take matters further" if the Aussie sledging crosses the line again.

"Some other things apart from the headbutt business were said by Australia in the middle but what they were is staying there"


You can only assume that with his book out recently that something has been said about his dad as I can't see anything else would upset him that much. Hopefully not but it is the easy conclusion to make.

Nah, something definitive would have been said about it by now were this the case. The series has been frosty at times, but this would have blown up huge.

 

[Spark]

Yeah that doesn't gel at all with Bairstow saying "tough but fair"

 

[Cow]

I have to believe for my own sanity that that is not true. I cannot believe even the worst sledgers of the Warner sort would stoop that low.

You just can't rule anything out with that lot. The depths they would sink are ridiculous.

All this "intelligent sledging" indicates that they are using very cutting stuff to try and emotional weaken the English batsmen.

Shame, shame on them all.

 

[S.Kennedy]

You just can't rule anything out with that lot. The depths they would sink are ridiculous.

All this "intelligent sledging" indicates that they are using very cutting stuff to try and emotional weaken the English batsmen.

Shame, shame on them all.

I don't know? You have moronic toddler stuff and some nasty stuff which over-stepped the bounds (''get ready for a broken f'in arm'') but I cannot fathom any sledger stooping that low. I suspect if David Bairstow's suicide was the content of the sledge, this thing would have progressed much further than Bairstow's interview and CA, ECB and the match officials, etc., would be involved. We haven't seen any of that which leads me to believe it is the usual moronic Warner-esque stuff - probably stuff about him being a 'ginger' and that sort of silliness which one expects from a certain brand of Australian cricketer.

 

[Gob]

You just can't rule anything out with that lot. The depths they would sink are ridiculous.

All this "intelligent sledging" indicates that they are using very cutting stuff to try and emotional weaken the English batsmen.

Shame, shame on them all.

Nah it isn't Australia's cup of tea to sledge relatives of players.We all know who does that

 

[Son Of Coco]

I don't know? You have moronic toddler stuff and some nasty stuff which over-stepped the bounds (''get ready for a broken f'in arm'') but I cannot fathom any sledger stooping that low. I suspect if David Bairstow's suicide was the content of the sledge, this thing would have progressed much further than Bairstow's interview and CA, ECB and the match officials, etc., would be involved. We haven't seen any of that which leads me to believe it is the usual moronic Warner-esque stuff - probably stuff about him being a 'ginger' and that sort of silliness which one expects from a certain brand of Australian cricketer.

"Only a ginger can call another ginger "ginger"...

 

[S.Kennedy]

Sledging seems to be part of the Australian DNA. I remember Pattinson last season sledging Collingwood and everyone thought ''what a prat'' (even his teammates I bet?) and he was promptly fined by the ECB. Different cricket cultures.

 

[stephen]

I got in a beautiful sledge at the office the other day. Called them the "bah humbug corner" of the office for not putting up Christmas decos.

20 minutes later I walk past and they're busy decorating.

 

[S.Kennedy]

I got in a beautiful sledge at the office the other day. Called them the "bah humbug corner" of the office for not putting up Christmas decos.

20 minutes later I walk past and they're busy decorating.

David Warner eat your heart out.

There is a lot of generalisation and stereotyping I suspect. The Aussies seem to ''whinge'' far more than they'll care to admit (Ponting's Trent Bridge hysterics) while the ''Poms'' are no stranger to a sledge themselves (Anderson and Broad). There are even some anecdotes of W.G. Grace sledging so this behaviour has antiquity!

 

[Adders]

David Warner eat your heart out.

There is a lot of generalisation and stereotyping I suspect. The Aussies seem to ''whinge'' far more than they'll care to admit (Ponting's Trent Bridge hysterics) while the ''Poms'' are no stranger to a sledge themselves (Anderson and Broad). There are even some anecdotes of W.G. Grace sledging so this behaviour has antiquity!

GTFO........as if.

 

[Niall]

Duckett 'poured drink over' Anderson - ESPNcricinfo

Duckett poured a pint over Anderson the other day.

 

[Spikey]

Serves Jimmy right for associating with the reserves team

 

[vcs]

Does Duckett have Australian ancestry?

 

[Bijed]

Duckett 'poured drink over' Anderson - ESPNcricinfo

Duckett poured a pint over Anderson the other day.

Whilst the fact the Duckett poured a drink over Jimmy in itself doesn't bother me overmuch (please don't take this as me dismissing it as some form of 'banter', it's more that that it didn't escalate further so there doesn't appear to be genuine resulting problem), it really gets me that our players know full well that the spotlight is going to be firmly on them and still do things like this. Just stupid.

 

[Gnske]

Apparently it was at the same bar too. Must be a great place.

 

[TNT]

Apparently Anderson was abusing some gay men and Duckett came to their rescue.

 

[S.Kennedy]

Maybe Duckett was simply setting-forth his appraisal of Anderson's short-pitched first innings bowling?

What an unfortunate name for a batsmen by the way, Duckett?

 

[Gob]

Duckett 'poured drink over' Anderson - ESPNcricinfo

Duckett poured a pint over Anderson the other day.

Didn't Jimmy once knocked Michael Clarke with a pad after being encouraged by Damien Martyn. Karma