Australia have a reputation when it comes to their brand of cricket, and every other test playing nation has experienced it.
They have had major on-field incidents with almost every other nation. When you hear of something unsavoury happening in regards to sledging or on-field abuse, Australia are the common denominator.
Incidents that involve verbal barbs of a non-Aussie twang are incredibly rare in international cricket. Let's go around the world to look at some of the many incidents.
v NEW ZEALAND - There are several minor incidents over the years which have seen the trans-Tasman rivals come to blows on the field.
But one of the more astonishing moments was when Mitchell Johnson appeared to headbutt Scott Styris during a One Day International in Napier in 2010.
Having been whacked for four by Styris, Johnson says he was then nudged in the back as he returned to his mark, starting the ugly scenes on the pitch.
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In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com
Good article.
The Saffies are saying the Indian and Sri Lankan umpire appears to be afraid of the Aussies.
I saw part of the first test and it did appear to me that both umpires were nervously and unnaturally "smiling" when the Aussie fast men were sledging De Dock.
So I do believe the umpires did not do a good job in reporting the Aussies and yes I believe they are intimidated by them.
Common denominator eh, and dey slip in the monkey business? Always black people fault when dey get racist shit thrown at dem eh. lol. Even if true and it was about his mother, dat is good reason for Andrew to wrap his bat around Singh's head.
In reply to JahJah
So you are believing the Aussies?
Well at the senior level, we run things at the U19 level!
It seems de Kock said something to warner about his wife. Mrs Warner has had a colourful past.
In reply to Emir
So you are believing the Aussies?
No matter the version, Singh was the aggressor. Whether he called the black/biracial dude a monkey or insulted his mother, he's lucky he wasn't made to go find new chicklets.
In reply to mikesiva
So the Aussies can give it but they cannot take it.
They want to define what is acceptable sledging based on their terms, culture and mores.
Tony Cozier captured it best when he so succinctly and famously characterized the McGrath aggression against Ronnie Sarwan.
In reply to JahJah
I am sorry that incident scarred you so bad even though Andrew Symonds and Harbhajan got along just fine at Mumbai Indians.
Your wounds and massive dent the chip made on your shoulder are evident in the way you chose to not take the substance of the article into account while crying about the incident. May you heal!!
In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com
I think its common knowledge that:
Since the early 1600’s, Britain had been keeping its prison population under control by sending convicts across the Atlantic, where their labor was sold to settlers for plantation work. His Majesty’s government had more felons than it had prisons to hold them. Hundreds of inmates were moved offshore, to the hulks of old warships, while officials scoured the globe for a more permanent solution: Gibraltar was considered. So was Africa. Finally, in 1786, Whitehall plumped for Australia.
So this is no surprise or revelation....its in the genes and DNA of their ancestors.
