Sledging Banned

[hujsh]

Who might this help hmmm.

That's right no more sledging. No more Sherminators. Nothing. Well bowled. Nice shot. Thats it. Much more exciting

It would be easier to just leave India to play it's own games but if we said we won't play you then they wouldn't play the teams that played us meaning the end of International Cricket in Australia.

There will be an article in the Herald Sun.

[hujsh]

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ICC bans the sledge

[Twodogs]

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There's a bible story about it being easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.



I reckon the ICC have got about the same chance as the rich man.

[westdog54]

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There's a bible story about it being easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.



I reckon the ICC have got about the same chance as the rich man.

I liken this decision to the prohibition of Alcohol in the 1920s in America.

All it accomplished was to make moral crusaders feel a little better about themselves, and valuable police resources were wasted in attempting to enforce it. The same will happen with this rule.

[LostDoggy]

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It should be renamed Appease the Indians rule.

[LostDoggy]

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This will never get off the ground as they have to define what is a sledge.
To me sledging is not just verbal. Now have they going to police that?

[hujsh]

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This will never get off the ground as they have to define what is a sledge.
To me sledging is not just verbal. Now have they going to police that?

Any words or gestures that are obscene, offensive or insulting are banned. How you define what's insulting I don't know. Swearing of any kind is banned.

What about Warne's sledge, "It's called a leg break Darryl." Would that be allowed?

[LostDoggy]

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Any words or gestures that are obscene, offensive or insulting are banned. How you define what's insulting I don't know. Swearing of any kind is banned.

What about Warne's sledge, "It's called a leg break Darryl." Would that be allowed?

Exactly. Someone could find anything insulting.
Its called gamemanship and it has been part of sport since it began. The mental game is just as important as the physical game.
I agree with banning swearing but to ban sledging all up is plain stupid.

[Twodogs]

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Exactly. Someone could find anything insulting.

Personally I find attempting to ban sledging insulting.


You might as well try to ban off spin. At least then we wouldnt have to put up with rubbish like Ashley Giles.

[westdog54]

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Personally I find attempting to ban sledging insulting.


You might as well try to ban off spin. At least then we wouldnt have to put up with rubbish like Ashley Giles.

Banning spin bowling wouldn't affect Ashley Giles in the slightest

[ledge]

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I remember when i played footy you told your opposition you slept with his mum, sometimes you even got congratulated by your opposition on how good the sledging was.didnt mean anything , still had a beer afterwards, wasnt even discussed was just to put them off.
Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me, maybe that should be the cricket councils reply, getting so childish at times now.
They are proffesionals, get over it i say. Or what are they going to do ? go tell their mum?.
My mum would have laughed and said you probably deserved it.

[hujsh]

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I remember when i played footy you told your opposition you slept with his mum, sometimes you even got congratulated by your opposition on how good the sledging was.didnt mean anything , still had a beer afterwards, wasnt even discussed was just to put them off.
Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me, maybe that should be the cricket councils reply, getting so childish at times now.
They are proffesionals, get over it i say. Or what are they going to do ? go tell their mum?.
My mum would have laughed and said you probably deserved it.

Some kids just shouldn't try to sledge. One of the stupidest kids ever tried to sledge me but i couldn't understand him. Something about having too much sp*** then i had no d***. He was good though. Kicked 3 goals in a half. Most I've had kicked on me is 3 goals.

[Twodogs]

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I remember when i played footy you told your opposition you slept with his mum, sometimes you even got congratulated by your opposition on how good the sledging was.didnt mean anything , still had a beer afterwards, wasnt even discussed was just to put them off.
Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me, maybe that should be the cricket councils reply, getting so childish at times now.
They are proffesionals, get over it i say. Or what are they going to do ? go tell their mum?.
My mum would have laughed and said you probably deserved it.

Some of the funniest trhings I've ever heard have been on the cricket field. Batsman, fielders and umpires all had a good laugh at whatever was said and then we all got on with the game.


Personally I reckon that the look Clarke and Symons give each other when the little girl sledges them in the backyard game on that ad is the best way of dealing with it.

[LostDoggy]

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The way I see it, nobody is attempting to ban the sledge (which is not a word anyway). To quote from the news report: The ICC has sent a letter to international match officials, captains and chief executives over personal attacks that are "obscene, offensive or insulting".

Statements like, "It's a leg break, Daryl" do not fall under this Banner.

However, comments like this made by one Australian opening bowler some time ago, "You're nothing but a black, mongrel @#$% ^&$, &%$& do.

This is what they are seeking to ban.

[hujsh]

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The way I see it, nobody is attempting to ban the sledge (which is not a word anyway). To quote from the news report: The ICC has sent a letter to international match officials, captains and chief executives over personal attacks that are "obscene, offensive or insulting".

Statements like, "It's a leg break, Daryl" do not fall under this Banner.

However, comments like this made by one Australian opening bowler some time ago, "You're nothing but a black, mongrel @#$% ^&$, &%$& do.

This is what they are seeking to ban.

But is the game too censored? A bowler can't yell out f*** after beating the edge for the 10th time. We're creating robots.