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OverratedSanity

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Was reminded by someone of this Richie Richardson post match interview after WI lost the 95 series vs Australia. Got to be one of the least gracious losing speeches ever.


Any others come to mind? India after Sydney 08 and the 654 times Australia cried about spinning pitches up there too. But any specific interviews like Richie's?
 
fredfertang

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Not quite the same, but in the same spirit the one from his Bumbliness

"We murdered 'em, we flipping murdered 'em,"
 
flibbertyjibber

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Ha, never seen that before. By then they weren't that good anyway as they couldn't even beat the shambolic English 90's side a few months later. History proves the Aussies were on the rise at the time started by Burgey's mate TOTAB and taken on a level each time the captaincy changed thereafter.

Bumble in Zimbabwe with his "We murdered em" comment springs to mind from an England point of view.
 
Howe_zat

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Lehmann making up his own facts in order to call Broad a cheat and encourage the Australian fans to sledge him for it all winter is the lowest thing I've ever seen in an interview.


For those who don't remember - Broad didn't even edge to slip, he nicked behind. Haddin parried it to slip, and it wasn't given, presumably because Dar didn't clearly hear the two noises of ball on bat and glove. Michael Clarke nicked one behind and didn't walk even when given out (he tried to use a review, unsuccessfully) in the very same match - it happens all the time, as Lehmann is well aware. But he (successfully) opted to target one player for a hate campaign over something Lehmann himself must have done dozens of times over the course of his career, because he was upset he lost.
 
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Starfighter

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After listening to Lehmann commentating during the Big Bash I'm surprised he could even put together that much. Only Brett Lee has struck me more instantly as being dull.
 
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Howe_zat said:
Lehmann making up his own facts in order to call Broad a cheat and encourage the Australian fans to sledge him for it all winter is the lowest thing I've ever seen in an interview.


For those who don't remember - Broad didn't even edge to slip, he nicked behind. Haddin parried it to slip, and it wasn't given, presumably because Dar didn't clearly hear the two noises of ball on bat and glove. Michael Clarke nicked one behind and didn't walk even when given out (he tried to use a review, unsuccessfully) in the very same match - it happens all the time, as Lehmann is well aware. But he (successfully) opted to target one player for a hate campaign over something Lehmann himself must have done dozens of times over the course of his career, because he was upset he lost.
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The whole thing came off to me at the time as if Lehmann was looking to create a ****fight wanting to prove he was a true tough, confrontational Aussie unlike that soft South African he'd just replaced as coach.
 
fredfertang

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There's a fantastic photo somewhere of the 1985 US Ryder Cup team behaving like a bunch of petulant toddlers after losing - would be hugely grateful if someone could find it
 
wpdavid

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Howe_zat said:
Lehmann making up his own facts in order to call Broad a cheat and encourage the Australian fans to sledge him for it all winter is the lowest thing I've ever seen in an interview.


For those who don't remember - Broad didn't even edge to slip, he nicked behind. Haddin parried it to slip, and it wasn't given, presumably because Dar didn't clearly hear the two noises of ball on bat and glove. Michael Clarke nicked one behind and didn't walk even when given out (he tried to use a review, unsuccessfully) in the very same match - it happens all the time, as Lehmann is well aware. But he (successfully) opted to target one player for a hate campaign over something Lehmann himself must have done dozens of times over the course of his career, because he was upset he lost.
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Encouraging Australian crowds to 'stick it' to an opponents' player would have been a sacking offence if CA had any balls, but I suppose that was never very likely.
 
mr_mister

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lol @ humble old "aw shucks" tubby's interview right after richie's cold analysis.

tubby was a gentle creature
 
S.Kennedy

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The West Indians acted like complete wankers the whole duration of that Kiwi tour. It produced this most famous moment,

 
Lillian Thomson

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Clive Lloyd also blames the umpires for the Windies 5-1 defeat in 1975/76. He reckons Jeff Thomson bowled four no balls an over overstepping by over six inches.
 
weldone

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Uh the Richie Richardson comment looks very bad!

Did the Lehmann-Broad thing happen at the middle of a series? If so, one could forgive Lehmann for doing this as part of a strategy.
 
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wpdavid

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weldone said:
Uh the Richie Richardson comment looks very bad!

Did the Lehmann-Broad thing happen at the middle of a series? If so, one could forgive Lehmann for doing this as part of a strategy.
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I think the interview was shortly before the 2013-14 series in Australia.
The actual incident took place during the first test of the 2013 series in England.
 
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