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Stewie
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I am sure you are familiar with the concept of instigation.
Wherever you go the instigator is usually held responsible and gets the stick for inciting such reactions. I know two wrongs do not make a right but sometimes you have to see who started the effing crap. Whats what Watson did.
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I never said that. Nobody in the crowd will give an away supporter a hard time. An away player is fair game however.
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No way, they're much better than the '87 side.
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The stuff Starc can do with the ball or Smith with the bat and Maxwell with his crazy consistency of hitting. I'd take these least talented bunch over super talented players like Rohit/U Akmal/Shehzad any day.
)And who cares, so what, deal with it.
When are people going to learn, we don't care. If you want to cry when we win then go ahead and cry, we are sorry that you feel this way but its your problem not ours.
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Who cares if they sledge? Its normal in cricket.
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Give me respect and a couple trophies over love any day of the week.
What is the difference between love and respect???
people are confusing rudeness with respect i guess !!
Just out of curiosity which team do you think is respected by neutrals more, Australia or Pakistan.
Respected as in intimidated/feared = Austrailia
Respected as in loved/appreaciated = all except big 3
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Sledging will not get personal - Woakes
England all-rounder Chris Woakes says he does not expect the controversies that have overshadowed both team's build-up to the Ashes to be used as sledging.
English cricket is still reeling from allegations of institutional racism made by former Yorkshire spinner Azeem Rafiq, while Australia's preparations have been disrupted by Tim Paine's resignation as Test captain over a historical investigation into sexually explicit texts which he sent to a female colleague in 2017.
"Whatever goes on the field, goes on the field, and an Ashes series raises that rivalry," said Woakes.
"I think what's happened in both camps, a lot of the issues are personal and cricket is played best when that sort of stuff is left to the side and we let the skills do the talking, which I'm sure will happen.
"In my experience, playing in three Ashes series, it's not overstepped the line once when I've been around.
"I don't see it being any different. I'm sure the cricket will be hard fought, as it always is, and it will be a great series to watch."
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England all-rounder Chris Woakes says he does not expect the controversies that have overshadowed both team's build-up to the Ashes to be used as sledging.
English cricket is still reeling from allegations of institutional racism made by former Yorkshire spinner Azeem Rafiq, while Australia's preparations have been disrupted by Tim Paine's resignation as Test captain over a historical investigation into sexually explicit texts which he sent to a female colleague in 2017.
"Whatever goes on the field, goes on the field, and an Ashes series raises that rivalry," said Woakes.
"I think what's happened in both camps, a lot of the issues are personal and cricket is played best when that sort of stuff is left to the side and we let the skills do the talking, which I'm sure will happen.
"In my experience, playing in three Ashes series, it's not overstepped the line once when I've been around.
"I don't see it being any different. I'm sure the cricket will be hard fought, as it always is, and it will be a great series to watch."
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Difficult to imagine the Ashes without a bit of quality sledging!
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Wasim Akram speaking on a YT video:
“One time, one of our great batters was batting in Sydney. He was batting on 100 and I was batting with him. So, then I saw Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne abusing him in that Australian accent. I can’t say it on live TV. I told my partner ‘Listen, you know what they are saying, right?’
He said ‘Paaji, I can’t understand a thing they’re saying’. Later, I told the Australians, guys, if you are going to abuse anyone, make sure you do it in a language that the person understands,”
“As a fast bowler, I was always very confident. I have been smashed too, by Viv Richards, Adam Gilchrist, Sachin Tendulkar on his day, Brian Lara on his day, Ricky Ponting… but I never backed down. I played a pretty top quality of cricket throughout,” added Akram.
“One time, one of our great batters was batting in Sydney. He was batting on 100 and I was batting with him. So, then I saw Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne abusing him in that Australian accent. I can’t say it on live TV. I told my partner ‘Listen, you know what they are saying, right?’
He said ‘Paaji, I can’t understand a thing they’re saying’. Later, I told the Australians, guys, if you are going to abuse anyone, make sure you do it in a language that the person understands,”
“As a fast bowler, I was always very confident. I have been smashed too, by Viv Richards, Adam Gilchrist, Sachin Tendulkar on his day, Brian Lara on his day, Ricky Ponting… but I never backed down. I played a pretty top quality of cricket throughout,” added Akram.
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