silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/current/story/344391.html
Some good points that I agree wholeheartedly with.
Some good points that I agree wholeheartedly with.
It's clear you haven't read the article.however to ban a wicketkeeper saying "You got him swinging mate." is beyond common sense. An umpire should be able to define if something is offensive by using common sense and players should know what is and is not acceptable. It does not require a complete ban on 'sledging' it requires education.
Why's that? Chappell has said thatIt's clear you haven't read the article.
No, but Randall didn't say it to praise his bowler, he read it again,"..Derek Randall's constant, "Well bowled, Deadly" from silly mid-off every time I played a Derek Underwood delivery with the middle of the bat,..."but then to say that someone saying "Well bowled, Deadly" should be banned as well.
I've actually done that, well not so harsh but words to that effect for an over. That was because he was sledging my partner at the other end.No, but Randall didn't say it to praise his bowler, he read it again,"..Derek Randall's constant, "Well bowled, Deadly" from silly mid-off every time I played a Derek Underwood delivery with the middle of the bat,..."
Suppose you are a bowler and every time you bowl a great bowl, the batsman at the umpire's und shouts '..Pathetic bowling..' how long can you take it ?
Any parent or teacher advising to ignore consistent bullying of his kids is an idiot. Sledging used to bully an opponent must be curbed.Think of it like bullying, most parents and teachers say 'Just ignore him and he'll go away". If you apply that to so called 'sledging' then its nowhere near as effective.
Not a physical bully, a verbal one. And it does work, I've done it and so have many of my friends. If someone starts talking 'smack' to me I ignore it and 9 times out of ten they give up. If you'd like to call the people who raised me 'idiots', that's your own 'sledge' toward me.Any parent or teacher advising to ignore consistent bullying of his kids is an idiot. Sledging used to bully an opponent must be curbed.
If Chappelli said it, it must be right. Right?Hope the above ends the discussion about 'Oh Sledging has always existed.."
Total bs - stump mikes were introduced during the Chappell era and the broadcaster was forced to turn them off because of public complaints about the constant stream of foul languageGood Article. As usual Chappeli is spot on.
"...The act of working on the opposition's "mental disintegration", as preached by former Australian captain Steve Waugh, is premeditated and a recent phenomenon. There were words spoken on the field when I played, some of them angry, some abusive and some humorous, but they were the result of spur-of-the moment action and reaction. If someone overstepped the mark he was spoken to by the umpire, and if that didn't resolve the issue the player was reported..."
Hope the above ends the discussion about 'Oh Sledging has always existed.."
Exactly my sentiments.If Chappelli said it, it must be right. Right?
Slate me for being ad-hominem, but you're taking the word of a man who's paid to dispense outlandish crap.
So Ian Chappell is blaming Stephen Waugh for something - this is news why?A bit rich of Chappell, who is credited with starting sledging as an artform in the modern game to now come out against what it's become. It's your monster and he's as responsible for it as much as anyone else today. If he feels this way he should be apologising for it, not trying to heap the blame onto Waugh and point fingers.
Nah, in an earlier article he came out and said that he is considered to be responsible for it, but what they considered sledging back then was completely different than now. Back then it'd be a couple words here and there, not constant chatter.A bit rich of Chappell, who is credited with starting sledging as an artform in the modern game to now come out against what it's become. It's your monster and he's as responsible for it as much as anyone else today. If he feels this way he should be apologising for it, not trying to heap the blame onto Waugh and point fingers.
I have yet to find a source who says anything except the fact that the West Indian fast bowlers managed to play the game hard without resorting to abuse or sledging. If you find a source that says otherwise, I'd like to hear it. All the contemporary accounts are pretty unanimous in that regard.If Chappelli said it, it must be right. Right?
Chappelli isn't the only one thinks that Waugh's 'mental disintegration' crap was premeditated. Aussie Institute of Psychologists :-If Chappelli said it, it must be right. Right?
Slate me for being ad-hominem, but you're taking the word of a man who's paid to dispense outlandish crap.