Well there's a dubious title to a thread even if Wickman says so himself. But our old mate Bhaji is back in the news again testing the disciplinary machine to its absolute limit.
Over the weekend he slapped Indian Test star Sree Santh round the kisser for some reason or another in the heat of yet another defeat for his team.
Unfortunately for him instead of the out in the middle situation with Symmo this was done in front of both teams as they left the field and this time he is bang to rights.
Somehow the IPL have managed to come down on him and come down hard without dicking about too much. He forfeits all his match fees for the tournament which someone somewhere has calculated at $750k. He probably won't play again this year. The ICC will hopefully tuck in too. Now we all know the dollar's not doing too well against the pound right now but Wickman bets that would have bought him a small semi-detached somewhere in the UK...
What will be interesting to note now is whether, like in the usual ICC shenanigans, Bhaji can hire Messrs Sue, Grabbit and Runne and get himself off the hook and keep cricket on the front pages for all the wrong reasons.
There was an article not so long ago by one of cricket's sages - Martin-Jenkins or the like - saying that the day when the sport descended into physical abuse was not too far away. So here we are. Doesn't feel very good.
Hampton Wick Royal Cricket Club * 1863 - 2013 * 150 Glorious Seasons
Monday, 28 April 2008
"Bhaji" wrist slapped for using bindis...
Well there's a dubious title to a thread even if Wickman says so himself. But our old mate Bhaji is back in the news again testing the disciplinary machine to its absolute limit.
Over the weekend he slapped Indian Test star Sree Santh round the kisser for some reason or another in the heat of yet another defeat for his team.
Unfortunately for him instead of the out in the middle situation with Symmo this was done in front of both teams as they left the field and this time he is bang to rights.
Somehow the IPL have managed to come down on him and come down hard without dicking about too much. He forfeits all his match fees for the tournament which someone somewhere has calculated at $750k. He probably won't play again this year. The ICC will hopefully tuck in too. Now we all know the dollar's not doing too well against the pound right now but Wickman bets that would have bought him a small semi-detached somewhere in the UK...
What will be interesting to note now is whether, like in the usual ICC shenanigans, Bhaji can hire Messrs Sue, Grabbit and Runne and get himself off the hook and keep cricket on the front pages for all the wrong reasons.
There was an article not so long ago by one of cricket's sages - Martin-Jenkins or the like - saying that the day when the sport descended into physical abuse was not too far away. So here we are. Doesn't feel very good.
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It was Scyld Berry in his Wisden 2008 Almanack editorial.
Bet he's sat there muttering 'I told you so'. I bet he didn't expect it to happen quite so soon though.
Also what's with Sreesanth crying? Can't imagine too many people taking him too seriously from now on when he's giving his chirp and death stares.
Can't see Harbhajan winning the 'Kingfisher IPL fair play award' now either, which is worth a million dollars I think...
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I think King Cricket have summed it up perfectly:
"Harbhajan Singh slapped Sreesanth. Sreesanth had a bit of a cry.
This happened because Harbhajan Singh’s a little bit of a dick and because Sreesanth’s also a little bit of a dick. Harbhajan Singh would slap anyone and anyone would slap Sreesanth. It’s a huge surprise that it hasn’t happened before.
That’s how we’re reporting it.Harbhajan Singh slapped Sreesanth. Sreesanth had a bit of a cry.
This happened because Harbhajan Singh’s a little bit of a dick and because Sreesanth’s also a little bit of a dick. Harbhajan Singh would slap anyone and anyone would slap Sreesanth. It’s a huge surprise that it hasn’t happened before.
That’s how we’re reporting it.
Possibly shock and embarrassment. Plus a bit of humiliation thrown in for good measure.
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