Shannon Gabriel has been suspended for four ODIs for breach of ICC code of conduct [Update Post#103]

[HitWicket]

I never said they were generous on anyone, i am just commenting on what i read during the trial, which changed numerous times as is the way with the british press, this seems like a sensitive topic for you and i dont want to detract from the main point of the thread so pm me if you wish to carry on this discussion.

Regulations on reporting on court cases are pretty strict and they can pretty much only report on what was said. The only changes you'd have witnessed would be based on different witnesses saying different things and those changes would've been reported as X said Y or Z allegedly did this. Up to you if you want to carry on from there, I'm happy to leave it at that.

My main point which was lost was that stokes saw an opportunity to troll and he took it, ratings to him for that. Anyone whos been around the county scene and seen how these cricketers behave especially after games will quickly realise neither of them are the knight in shining armours they are being portrayed as. im just looking at the story from both points of view as per my previous comments.

Like I mentioned previously this photo was probably taken as a PR move to show no bad blood between Root and Gabriel and Gabriel and Stokes given those were the 2 most notable encounters of the series. Care to develop on what behaviour you've seen from Root or Stokes after county games?

 

[silentkiller187]

Regulations on reporting on court cases are pretty strict and they can pretty much only report on what was said. The only changes you'd have witnessed would be based on different witnesses saying different things and those changes would've been reported as X said Y or Z allegedly did this. Up to you if you want to carry on from there, I'm happy to leave it at that.



Like I mentioned previously this photo was probably taken as a PR move to show no bad blood between Root and Gabriel and Gabriel and Stokes given those were the 2 most notable encounters of the series. Care to develop on what behavior you've seen from Root or Stokes after county games?

ive worked with sponsors, so have been lucky enough to attend many t20 blast games and you get the opportunity to mingle with players after the match. Once the drinks are flowing only god knows what can happen,i've seen players being chased with adult themed toys and all of the rest, fun and games but tells you the sort of laddish behavior that goes on behind the scenes, also explains why no cricketer has come out of the closet yet. The main point i am trying to make was that as you mentioned this is a "PR stunt" and england played a blinder, we should have been talking about a 2-1 windies win rather than anything else.

 

[HitWicket]

ive worked with sponsors, so have been lucky enough to attend many t20 blast games and you get the opportunity to mingle with players after the match. Once the drinks are flowing only god knows what can happen,i've seen players being chased with adult themed toys and all of the rest, fun and games but tells you the sort of laddish behavior that goes on behind the scenes, also explains why no cricketer has come out of the closet yet. The main point i am trying to make was that as you mentioned this is a "PR stunt" and england played a blinder, we should have been talking about a 2-1 windies win rather than anything else.

I'm not entirely sure what the events that go on after games have to do with this incident as long as there's no discrimination or abuse. For your information Steven Davies (who has previously kept wicket for England in LOIs) is publicly gay.

I mean, the PR helps Gabriel more than anyone else in trying to show there's no spite. We can discuss the 2-1 result without tucking a homophobic comment that violates ICC guidelines under the carpet.

 

[MenInG]

Cricket West Indies (CWI) chief executive Colin Graves has fully backed the International Cricket Council‘s (ICC) zero tolerance attitude regarding any abuse on the field by players.

West Indies fast bowler Shannon Gabriel was given a four-match ban for an alleged homophobic slur aimed at England captain Joe Root during a recently concluded Test match between the two teams in St Lucia.

“The ICC has put in place a zero tolerance on any abuse on the field by players, and we are fully supportive of that,” Grave told the Newsday.

Gabriel, on his part, released a statement apologising for his behaviour but said he thought his remarks were “inoffensive picong and sporting banter”. Graves said the 30-year-old will take a lesson from this incident.

“I am sure Shannon will learn from this, and it is disappointing he has to learn the hard way,” Grave said.

West Indies won the three-match Test rubber 2-1 after winning the first two matches while England pocketed a consolation win in the series finale.

Grave is hopeful the verbal-exchange between the two players won’t be the only thing people will remember the hard-fought series for.

I think in terms of the way the series has been played. It’s been played in great spirits by two teams that have gone hard at each other over three Tests. It is disappointing we are talking about one isolated incident, which, I hope, does not tarnish what has otherwise been a fantastic series in terms of the quality of the cricket and also the manner and spirit in which both sides have played,” he said.

The two teams will now lock horns in a five-match ODI series beginning February 20 to be followed by a three-match T20I series next month.

https://www.cricketcountry.com/news...iccs-four-match-ban-on-shannon-gabriel-803347

 

[MenInG]

Former England captain Mike Atherton believes that the ICC‘s four-ODI suspension of West Indies fast bowler Shannon Gabriel for his comments towards Joe Root during the St Lucia Test has sent a message to international cricketers: that abuse on the cricket field will not be tolerated.

Gabriel will miss the first four matches of the ODI series between West Indies and England after accepting an ICC charge relating to a comment made to Root. The England skipper, in response to something Gabriel asked him, was heard by the Sky Sports microphones saying: “Don’t use it as an insult. There’s nothing wrong with being gay.”

“It’s very vague, it doesn’t go into specifics but there is a generality there in that we know Gabriel directed some abuse Root’s way because he has accepted the charge,” said Atherton on Sky Sports Cricket. “It is just a message to cricketers to let your cricket do the talking and there is no place for abuse on a cricket field. Now that stump microphones have been raised, cricketers need to realise that the old adage of ‘what goes on on the field, stays on the field’ no longer applies.

“The field of play is just like any other workplace and you have to be damn careful what you say. That said, I think cricketers need to be judged on what they have said, not what people assume they have said. We still don’t know what Gabriel said so I am making no assumptions on that count.”

Atherton’s former team-mate Nasser Hussain, another England captain turned TV pundit, hoped that Gabriel’s suspension did not take away from West Indies’ 2-1 Test series triumph over England.

“I hope the series is not remembered for that one incident as it was just one incident,” said Hussain. “Everyone will go on that Gabriel was at Root and Ben Stokes throughout the series and he was – but he was in a perfectly decent way. Then he has gone over the top and match referees, who are not prepared to tolerate it, have come down hard on him. That is the right thing to do but I hope it doesn’t overshadow a wonderful series.”

https://www.cricketcountry.com/news...iel-sends-strong-message-mike-atherton-803317

 

[WengerOut]

Hopefully we will see St. Ben Stokes, St. James Anderson and St. Broad from now on.

 

[MenInG]

West Indies fast bowler Shannon Gabriel has no plans to alter his on-field approach against England, saying a previous flare-up with Joe Root was "blown way out of proportion". Gabriel received a four-match ban after asking England captain Root "do you like boys?" during the third Test in St Lucia last year, with Root replying: "There's nothing wrong with being gay." Homosexual activity remains illegal in Gabriel's native Trinidad. Only Root's rebuke was picked up by the stump microphones during an England win that still meant the West Indies took the series 2-1.

But with next month's three-Test series in England being played behind closed doors in response to the coronavirus, the microphones could hear everything in the middle, given the lack of any crowd noise.

Gabriel, however, was keen to put the incident behind him.

"I don't really think about that too much, don't want to harp on about it," he told reporters in a conference call on Thursday.

"The way they dealt with it was blown way out of proportion. I just want to move on.

"No hard feelings, I've come here to play cricket, whether it's Joe Root or Ben Stokes or whoever, I'm going to do to the best of my ability to try to get them out, not like targeting one player."

The West Indies are quarantining and training at Old Trafford, the venue for the second and third Tests of a series that will start at Hampshire's Ageas Bowl on July 8.

Gabriel, however, does not believe the special circumstances of a "bio-secure" series will change players' on-field mentality.

"You can't get away from a little personal banter as long as it stays within the rules of the game and it's not disrespectful. I don't think much will change," he said.

The 32-year-old, a veteran of 45 Tests, added: "When you step on the field you are playing for your country and if you are not going out there to give 100 percent, I don't think you should be out there."

Tactically too, Gabriel does not see a need for West Indies to change after their pace attack often proved too much for England in 2019.

"I don't think the plan will shift too much from when we were in the Caribbean -- we shouldn't be fixing anything that was not broken," he said.

Both Root and Gabriel could miss the series opener, with the England skipper waiting for his wife to give birth to his second child.

Gabriel is trying to overcome a left ankle injury that meant he was officially chosen as one of 11 travelling reserves rather than as a member of the 14-strong Test squad itself.

But ahead of next week's West Indies practice match, Gabriel reckoned he was "85-90 percent fit".

https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/eng...t-row-was-blown-way-out-of-proportion-2248591