New Zealand Crowds Act Up

[Fiery]

Let's see, the Australian PM, while in NZ on a diplomatic visit said something diplomatic. Huge surprise.

Can you provide a link, or don't you want us to see the rest of the article?

http://www.smh.com.au/news/Sport/No...l-be-yobbos-PMs/2005/02/21/1108834714180.html

 

[LongHopCassidy]

Lmao. The same PM who called Murali a chucker.

 

[benchmark00]

I think the NZ crowds behaviour was disgraceful, and were like the crowds of the early/mid 90's all around the world (including Australia).... the rest of the worlds cricketing community has moved on from this childish behaviour, however NZ seem to be still living in the dark ages.

In relation to the Katich 'incident'... I think you will find that Simon Katich is one of the most agreeable, nicest blokes going around, i had the honour of meeting him a couple of months ago and he couldnt be nicer, so for him to turn around and say something could only be in relation to the verbal/physical abuse he was copping from the crowd.

Last year a spectator at an AFL match was banned for life for spitting on a coach, i suggest that the NZ fan guilty of spitting on Hayden was lucky to escape a similar penalty.

I think the Australians handled themselves well and it reduced the delay which may have occured... Lets home theres not a repeat of this effort from the crowd tomorrow and we see another magnificant match, minus the crowd interruption

 

[bryce]

I'm not impressed with Bracewell demonizing the Australians when they protest against all the fish, rocks and bottles pelted at them.

AFAIK all they got hit with was spit and a bunch of plastic beer bottles which seems harmless to me(in regards to player safety) but then again no one wants to have someone elses spit or beer on them so it should stop for the sake of cricket - even though i enjoyed it

 

[LongHopCassidy]

We got the fish, rocks and toilet seats on earlier NZ tours, but I felt like demonizing you back.

 

[bryce]

which begs the question - why on earth to you bring a rock, fish or toilet seat to a cricket match lol

 

[vic_orthdox]

I think the NZ crowds behaviour was disgraceful, and were like the crowds of the early/mid 90's all around the world (including Australia).... the rest of the worlds cricketing community has moved on from this childish behaviour, however NZ seem to be still living in the dark ages.

your living in a dream world. IIRC something like 200 people got booted from the MCG earlier this year. crowd behaviour hasnt improved, if anything has gotten worse, since the mid 1990s. the low point was the early 2000s, and now would be what could be described as a "midpoint" - clearly plenty of room for improvement.

 

[benchmark00]

your living in a dream world. IIRC something like 200 people got booted from the MCG earlier this year. crowd behaviour hasnt improved, if anything has gotten worse, since the mid 1990s. the low point was the early 2000s, and now would be what could be described as a "midpoint" - clearly plenty of room for improvement.

Im talking of crowd behaviour towards players in terms of physical violence, i.e bottle throwing, drunken foold will always bee present and fights within the crowd will always occur

 

[vic_orthdox]

there have been projectiles thrown on the ground in the past few years, and this season was no different

 

[Fiery]

Im talking of crowd behaviour towards players in terms of physical violence, i.e bottle throwing, drunken foold will always bee present and fights within the crowd will always occur

It was nothing. No one got hurt. Hayden getting spat on was out of order but I think you're making a mountain of a molehill. Get over it benchmark00 and look forward to the next game. Richardson had fruit and a glass bottle thrown at him last VB Series we played in Melbourne. Just blame the security and move on. Saying NZ are "living in the dark ages" makes you sound very ignorant

 

[LongHopCassidy]

We didn't belittle the Kiwis in the Chappell-Hadlee trophy. And that was five months ago, not four years like the 2001-2 VB Series.

We've moved on.

 

[benchmark00]

It was nothing. No one got hurt. Hayden getting spat on was out of order but I think you're making a mountain of a molehill. Get over it benchmark00 and look forward to the next game. Richardson had fruit and a glass bottle thrown at him last VB Series we played in Melbourne. Just blame the security and move on. Saying NZ are "living in the dark ages" makes you sound very ignorant

Thats calling the kettle black

 

[Linda]

It was nothing. No one got hurt. Hayden getting spat on was out of order but I think you're making a mountain of a molehill.

Clearly, just because no one got hurt doesnt mean it isnt a problem that needs to be addressed. And getting spat on is a mountain as far as Im concerned.

Which makes me wonder, do they have that on camera like they did here with the Richmond fan?

 

[Fiery]

Thats calling the kettle black

Saying NZ are "living in the dark ages" is way OTT and makes you look ignorant. A bit like posting:


"Thats calling the kettle black"

 

[Fiery]

Clearly, just because no one got hurt doesnt mean it isnt a problem that needs to be addressed. And getting spat on is a mountain as far as Im concerned.

Which makes me wonder, do they have that on camera like they did here with the Richmond fan?

And NZ Cricket have already moved to increase security. Hopefully the guy who spat is on camera and gets what's coming to him. I just don't think it's a big deal and happens all over the world. It's nothing personal or enough to start a Trans-Tasman war over as some Australians and people on this thread seem to make out.

 

[benchmark00]

Saying NZ are "living in the dark ages" is way OTT and makes you look ignorant. A bit like posting:


"Thats calling the kettle black"

Look up the word 'ignorant' so you can find the meaning of it before you start using it so liberally

 

[Fiery]

Look up the word 'ignorant' so you can find the meaning of it before you start using it so liberally

I know what ignorant means and, yes, I probably should have used a better word like stupid. "Living in the dark ages" was a stupid thing to say.

 

[_Ed_]

which begs the question - why on earth to you bring a rock, fish or toilet seat to a cricket match lol

Very true. Did they get the toilet seat from their own toilet? Bet they regretted that the next time they needed to give a donation to the sewers.

 

[benchmark00]

I know what ignorant means and, yes, I probably should have used a better word like stupid. "Living in the dark ages" was a stupid thing to say.

nice one

 

[Fiery]

nice one

I'm sure you're neither ignorant nor stupid. Just thought that comment was a bit. No offence.