I suppose it's cause in the aftermath of his death, some people maybe hoped that the jolt of Hughes' death would maybe lead to calmer behaviour on the field and what not. But that's just idealist dreaming and while I'd love it to become true, there's absolutely no way that Hughes' death leaves an obligation for all to cut down on the sledging.Phil hughes didn't die from sledging so why the **** is it even relevant?
How are your broken bones coming along, JBMAC?"Sticks and stones......."
It is by me, I agree wholeheartedly with his thoughts.We owe it to Phillip Hughes to stop sledging: Jonathan Agnew
Fair to say this will not be well received.
The way he wrote it is more like emotional straw man in order to push his own morals onto the people who are definitely far more affected by hughe's death than him, as if invoking his death lends his argument weight. Which comes off as super gross to me.I suppose it's cause in the aftermath of his death, some people maybe hoped that the jolt of Hughes' death would maybe lead to calmer behaviour on the field and what not. But that's just idealist dreaming and while I'd love it to become true, there's absolutely no way that Hughes' death leaves an obligation for all to cut down on the sledging.
I actually wouldn't rate the sledging/ argy bargy in the recently completed series within the top ten I've seen over the past 20 years or so. Not even close.
Really think a lot more was made of it in the media than needed to be. Kohli and Johnson had a row on field - so what? It was also the series where Johnson badged him then immediately went to make sure he was ok.
Eh?Like Jarrod Kimber wrote, "sledging and understanding the limits is a very Aussie thing, and u need to have grown up playing there to understand what is ok and what is not ok to be said.. " And given that all teams are equally bad at this sledging now, most of these guys dont even know where to draw the line and that is why it all gets a little too ugly...
guess that really worked, then.Cricket Australia declined to dignify his views with a response.