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"After drinks break Aussie comes to shadow bat and scuffs out the batsmen's guard marks.

Rishabh Pant then returns and has to take guard again"

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We all know Steve Smith is a cheat. We all know his tears in the Sydney press conference after returning from South Africa were not because he cheated but because he was caught.

We all know Australia’s “elite honesty” was a joke.

I don’t know if this can be categorized as cheating or not, but it is funny what Australia has to resort to in order to beat a heavily depleted Indian side at home.

Indians have scared the living daylights out of them. No one, including these Australian players expected them to turn up after the Adelaide disaster especially with Kohli, Australia’s greatest nemesis, going home.

Well done India, nothing like seeing Australians rattled.
 
Mamoon said:
We all know Steve Smith is a cheat. We all know his tears in the Sydney press conference after returning from South Africa were not because he cheated but because he was caught.

We all know Australia’s “elite honesty” was a joke.

I don’t know if this can be categorized as cheating or not, but it is funny what Australia has to resort to in order to beat a heavily depleted Indian side at home.

Indians have scared the living daylights out of them. No one, including these Australian players expected them to turn up after the Adelaide disaster especially with Kohli, Australia’s greatest nemesis, going home.

Well done India, nothing like seeing Australians rattled.
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Okay bro..we believe you
 
Elite humility and elite honesty from smith. Imagine if an Asian player did this, British and Aussie media would have gone nuts by now.
 
Absolute disgusting act

Similar to Shahid Afridi digging up the pitch and eating the ball.
 
The heavily depleted GOAT Asian Test team is giving them nightmares. It is hard to believe they are merely limping and hobbling to a series win against them. Everyone expected a comfortable 4-0 whitewash after Adelaide and Kohli’s departure.

Australia cannot wait for this series to end. Usually, it is the visitor team looking at the calendar.
 
This is exactly why I have no issues when India plays dirty with Aussies, don't think its cheating though.
 
Aussies were all behaving goody goody as long as Kohli was there. Once he left, they have gone to their old shelf :vk
 
The Australians are under massive pressure. And so are some Pakistani fans who were running their mouths after the first test.
 
Mamoon said:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">After drinks break Aussie comes to shadow bat and scuffs out the batsmen's guard marks. <br><br>Rishabh Pant then returns and has to take guard again.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AUSvIND?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AUSvIND</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AUSvsIND?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AUSvsIND</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AUSvINDtest?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AUSvINDtest</a> <a href="https://t.co/aDkcGKgUJC">pic.twitter.com/aDkcGKgUJC</a></p>— Cricket Badger (@cricket_badger) <a href="https://twitter.com/cricket_badger/status/1348427038349258752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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It's actually pathetic behavior and not accidental. Was it Smith? I did not notice it while watching live.
 
Don't think it's a big deal.. Just create another one.
 
shah_1 said:
Cheating?
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Pushing the envelope to win by not simply playing good cricket but doing other things.


The problem is Aus usually does not take it well when the same treatment is given to them. The usual response comes that you don't cross an imaginary line defined and drawn by Aus players.
 
Darkrai said:
The Australians are under massive pressure. And so are some Pakistani fans who were running their mouths after the first test.
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:)))

They have already been humbled regardless of what happens from this point. India has showed why it’s a top team and miles ahead of Pakistan. Not that they needed to prove it in this series though...
 
sensible-indian-fan said:
You need aholes like Kohli to deal with them.

Kohli gets under their skin like no other.
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Pant as well. Wade’s face was flush with anger when Pant was chirping in his ear and he had to resort to talking about his weight.

If only Wade had the talent Pant has he wouldn’t be on the brink of getting dropped for the umpteenth and probably final time.
 
Dirty tactics by Smith. There was no brainfade, no actual tears ever. He just cant play clean.
 
I have a feeling that this incident will not be given any coverage by the Aussie media.
 
These things are bound to happen. Players trying to rattle each other and break their concentration. It has been around as far back as I can remember.

Just deal with it. It's all fair in war.
 
Rajdeep said:
Aussies were all behaving goody goody as long as Kohli was there. Once he left, they have gone to their old shelf :vk
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Omg this is so true! :)))

Good think with him is his attitude with bullies is like that of a bully (unfortunately Aussies try to play the victim card where virat single handedly bully them)

But against good team he acts normal
 
If Kohli had done this, this thread would have had 200+ posts. [MENTION=43051]Mobashir[/MENTION] alone would have 100+.
 
Mamoon said:
We all know Steve Smith is a cheat. We all know his tears in the Sydney press conference after returning from South Africa were not because he cheated but because he was caught.

We all know Australia’s “elite honesty” was a joke.

I don’t know if this can be categorized as cheating or not, but it is funny what Australia has to resort to in order to beat a heavily depleted Indian side at home.

Indians have scared the living daylights out of them. No one, including these Australian players expected them to turn up after the Adelaide disaster especially with Kohli, Australia’s greatest nemesis, going home.

Well done India, nothing like seeing Australians rattled.
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Don't normally agree with you but i think you are spot on here. The Australians have not played their usual brand of cricket. The Australian batsmen were extremely circumspect against a very weak Indian bowling attack which costed them atleast 100 plus runs in each innings.

Also enough said about the disgraceful cheat Steven Smith the better
 
Mamoon said:
We all know Steve Smith is a cheat. We all know his tears in the Sydney press conference after returning from South Africa were not because he cheated but because he was caught.

We all know Australia’s “elite honesty” was a joke.

I don’t know if this can be categorized as cheating or not, but it is funny what Australia has to resort to in order to beat a heavily depleted Indian side at home.

Indians have scared the living daylights out of them. No one, including these Australian players expected them to turn up after the Adelaide disaster especially with Kohli, Australia’s greatest nemesis, going home.

Well done India, nothing like seeing Australians rattled.
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Sounds like you are more rattled than anyone.
 
Chrish said:
No idea.. But never heard of it being a big deal before.
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Take a guess, why anyone want to do it given the match situation? Have you noticed many players doing it frequently? Maybe it's his habit or he did it as well thought out action.

Looking at outside help before taking a DRS call, ball-tampering, and now this..... Not sure about Smith to be honest..
 
Kohli is no saint but Smith is a real cheat.

I for one don’t believe that him asking the dressing room for advice before taking review in India was down to him not knowing the rules.

The cheat was simply cheating and got caught.
 
This is blatant cheating! That is the only way aussies could get these wickets! Otherwise India was always going to win, no doubt about that
 
Mamoon said:
The heavily depleted GOAT Asian Test team is giving them nightmares. It is hard to believe they are merely limping and hobbling to a series win against them. Everyone expected a comfortable 4-0 whitewash after Adelaide and Kohli’s departure.

Australia cannot wait for this series to end. Usually, it is the visitor team looking at the calendar.
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The only ones expecting a 4-0 win were Pakistan supporters, Aussies expected the Indian team to be a formidable opponent.
 
Well, he is a proven and convicted cheat, so not surprising.

Perhaps he is having some kind of withdrawal symptom from his sandpaper fetish!
 
Chrish said:
These things are bound to happen. Players trying to rattle each other and break their concentration. It has been around as far back as I can remember.

Just deal with it. It's all fair in war.
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Trying to rattle is a different thing, but incidents like erasing the guard line or throwing jelly beans to distract??
 
Buffet said:
Trying to rattle is a different thing, but incidents like erasing the guard line or throwing jelly beans to distract??
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I haven't seen any player throwing jelley beans at other player. Did I miss something? Also, it was never proven that he looked for help before taking DRS calls. It was allegation by Kohli but never proven.

Never said he is honest. But I don't think this is a big deal. This forum members have a habit of dramatizing everything.
 
I dunno man. If he was trying to cheat, what was he hoping? That Pant wouldn't mark his guard down again?

To me it feels like a silly thing to do - like when you're kids, you snatch something from someone's hands and start playing running and catching.
 
Smith is an innocent 😇 fidgety princess. He is so consumed with batting and loves batting so much that he forgot and just took a guard, left handed, then turned his feet like left handed pant will do.
 
Chrish said:
I haven't seen any player throwing jelley beans at other player. Did I miss something? Also, it was never proven that he looked for help before taking DRS calls. It was allegation by Kohli but never proven.

Never said he is honest. But I don't think this is a big deal. This forum members have a habit of dramatizing everything.
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The drama escalates whenever India or Australia look like winning, this abuse of the players will get even more as the match gets closer to finishing.
 
Chrish said:
I haven't seen any player throwing jelley beans at other player. Did I miss something? Also, it was never proven that he looked for help before taking DRS calls. It was allegation by Kohli but never proven.

Never said he is honest. But I don't think this is a big deal. This forum members have a habit of dramatizing everything.
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I was talking about English players doing it in different series to distract batsmen. They threw it in the pitch in front of batsmen. They kept doing it. This is going into the same category.

Nah, Smith cheated with DRS. I have seen him doing it and thought about how it's allowed before Kohli said anything.

Sledging etc is normal practice in cricket, but erasing lines, jelly beans etc is crossing the line for me. Anyway, different people may have a different takes on this.
 
Dirty tactics? Yes

But that's not cheating, it was done to distract the batsman similar to sledging.

The Aussies have always done it...nothing new here.
 
Not sure what the big deal is? Are we saying Pant came in and couldnt find his guard and collapsed in a heap.

Not sure why the chest-beating by Indian supporters?
 
MenInG said:
Not sure what the big deal is? Are we saying Pant came in and couldnt find his guard and collapsed in a heap.

Not sure why the chest-beating by Indian supporters?
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Are fielders allowed to scruff up any part of the pitch?
 
Lmaooo Mamoon this is a new low even for you

What do you think the plan was?

Pant to slip on his guard?

Lyon to spin Yorkers

The person getting desperate isn’t Smith but rather it is you
 
That's not much of a big deal.

It's gamesmanship to mess with Pant's head more than anything else.
 
MenInG said:
Not sure what the big deal is? Are we saying Pant came in and couldnt find his guard and collapsed in a heap.

Not sure why the chest-beating by Indian supporters?
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Ok explains why he does that? Is he left handed batsmen or he is going to bat again on this pitch?
 
Buffet said:
I was talking about English players doing it in different series to distract batsmen. They threw it in the pitch in front of batsmen. They kept doing it. This is going into the same category.

Nah, Smith cheated with DRS. I have seen him doing it and thought about how it's allowed before Kohli said anything.

Sledging etc is normal practice in cricket, but erasing lines, jelly beans etc is crossing the line for me. Anyway, different people may have a different takes on this.
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Funny ain't it? There was a whole controversy where officials from both board were involved and in the end it was decided that there was no basis for these allegations. And somehow people here are claiming they knew beforehand :rp
 
jiduguravindra said:
Ok explains why he does that? Is he left handed batsmen or he is going to bat again on this pitch?
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There could be two reasons.

1) he is a fidgety, OCD person. We all know that. So just had itch to do that.

2) he tried to get into Pant’s head by messing with his guard.

Neither qualifies as cheating and if anyone calls it cheating they are really getting desperate. IMO it’s just not in correct spirit of the sport perhaps but no body including Kohli cares for that.
 
Chrish said:
Funny ain't it? There was a whole controversy where officials from both board were involved and in the end it was decided that there was no basis for these allegations. And somehow people here are claiming they knew beforehand :rp
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James Sutherland had to run from Australia to Mumbai to meet the then court appointed BCCI officials to save Smith's skinn.

It was proved that he did ask the dressing room for help with DRS on atleast one occassion and when the Indian team pointed it out, the drs was disallowed. Smith later called it his Brainfade moment.
 
Chrish said:
Funny ain't it? There was a whole controversy where officials from both board were involved and in the end it was decided that there was no basis for these allegations. And somehow people here are claiming they knew beforehand :rp
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You can go and watch backtests and see when Smith was taking DRS calls? Not just Indian tests, watch for DRS calls for some others as well. You don't need to take my word or officials' reports. You may come to a different conclusion than me and that's fine.
 
Slog said:
There could be two reasons.

1) he is a fidgety, OCD person. We all know that. So just had itch to do that.

2) he tried to get into Pant’s head by messing with his guard.

Neither qualifies as cheating and if anyone calls it cheating they are really getting desperate.
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Are fielders allowed to scruff up any part of the pitch?
 
This is not cheating

Its like sledging, I.e to get in the batsmen head wind him up , aussies excel at this , plus their fans can intimidate players by constant taunting and swearing when opposition players are fielding
 
cricketjoshila said:
James Sutherland had to run from Australia to Mumbai to meet the then court appointed BCCI officials to save Smith's skinn.

It was proved that he did ask the dressing room for help with DRS on atleast one occassion and when the Indian team pointed it out, the drs was disallowed. Smith later called it his Brainfade moment.
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We have done this dance before. It was never proven that Smith had done anything. Kohli came out looking like a complete fool when dust settled.
 
cricketjoshila said:
Are fielders allowed to scruff up any part of the pitch?
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The law pertains to danger area so this wouldn’t fall into that.

It’s just bizarre antics. May be to get into Pant’s head. That’s the only way it makes sense if he did it with a plan. It could also be just mindless. Don’t know. I would call it unprofessional but don’t think breaks any rules
 
What India is doing is worse. Changing things every over and Paine rightfully having a go at them
 
And logically speaking, how do you even ask for DRS advice? You only get so many seconds and it's not like people upstairs have time to review the decision within required time frame.
 
jiduguravindra said:
Ok explains why he does that? Is he left handed batsmen or he is going to bat again on this pitch?
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I am not saying its somehow NOT strange!

If you tell me he has done that to give advantage to his spinners etc, I will say that's cheating - but clearing out someone's batting guard mark? Is that cheating?
 
Once a cheater, always a cheater. I am pretty sure if this was a Pakistani, Indian or SriLankan player, they would have been heavily reprimanded.
Indian media should highlight this and add some pressure on to Smith( he said he often reads what media writes about him). May be the Indian fans in Brisbane can chime in by calling him Cheat from the stands.😬😬😬
 
Slog said:
The law pertains to danger area so this wouldn’t fall into that.

It’s just bizarre antics. May be to get into Pant’s head. That’s the only way it makes sense if he did it with a plan. It could also be just mindless. Don’t know. I would call it unprofessional but don’t think breaks any rules
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Please show me the law that says fielders can intentionally scruff up any part of the pitch that isnt the danger area.
 
Dingolfy said:
Once a cheater, always a cheater. I am pretty sure if this was a Pakistani, Indian or SriLankan player, they would have been heavily reprimanded.
Indian media should highlight this and add some pressure on to Smith( he said he often reads what media writes about him). May be the Indian fans in Brisbane can chime in by calling him Cheat from the stands.😬😬😬
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Lol. What will they charge him with tho
 
cricketjoshila said:
Please show me the law that says fielders can intentionally scruff up any part of the pitch that isnt the danger area.
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Please show me the law which says fielders cannot scruff up the batsman’s guard in a drinks break.
 
cricketjoshila said:
Please show me the law that says fielders can intentionally scruff up any part of the pitch that isnt the danger area.
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If it is against the law, wouldnt Smith be fined or banned? Have you ever seen the bowler scuffing up the area where they land? Is that allowed? If yes, why is that allowed?
 
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Smith and non-striker Peter Handscomb came together to discuss the merit of reviewing umpire Nigel Llong’s decision but were quickly denied a referral when Llong spotted both batsmen looking in the direction of the dressing room.

While Llong appeared to have the situation under control, Kohli immediately approached the Australia captain, aggressively voicing his displeasure at the actions taken by Smith, who quickly turned and started leaving the field as the India skipper continued the verbal barrage.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/ste...ralia-test-series-video-highlights/2017-03-07

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https://www.cricketcountry.com/arti...a-vs-australia-2nd-test-as-it-happened-584625

In the post-match conference Smith admits his fault put it down to a one-off brain-fade : I got hit on the pad and looked down to Petey [Handscomb] and he sort of said look up there [towards the dressing-room], so I turned around and said, what do you reckon?

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It's not funny, lol. Smith himself admitted.
 
As per ICC rules Steven Smith likely to get a warning for doing shadow batting and trying to disturb Rishabh Pant's batting stance.
 
MenInG said:
Not sure what the big deal is? Are we saying Pant came in and couldnt find his guard and collapsed in a heap.

Not sure why the chest-beating by Indian supporters?
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Don't let your bias against a team cloud common sense.

Simple question to ask is why would the fielding side scruff up a batsmans guard marks during a break? Surely the batter would just take the guard again, but does the lack of impact make this anything other than despicable & pathetic?

This is akin to the fielding team hiding the batsmans gear (gloves for instance) they've left near the stumps while on a drinks break. Of course the batters will notice the missing gear when they return, but that doesn't make the action any less vile and deplorable
 
NoBallZombie said:
If it is against the law, wouldnt Smith be fined or banned? Have you ever seen the bowler scuffing up the area where they land? Is that allowed? If yes, why is that allowed?
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Are bowlers allowed to DELIBERATELY scuff the area they land? I remember Umpires give warning to batsmen who run through the pitch so that it would not beneficial for their bowlers in the next innings.
 
cricketjoshila said:
Are fielders allowed to scruff up any part of the pitch?
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Are fielders allowed to abuse the batsman....but everyone does it including Kohli.

Similarly this incident isn't cheating, Smith did it to annoy the batsman and distract him similar to sledging.

It's not the best thing to do but certainly not cheating
 
Dingolfy said:
Deliberately altering the pitch? 😬😬😬.
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If he altered the pitch yes, Smith didn't do anything out of the ordinary, this more of a wind up thread to get some banter going for the posters watching the test. India and Australia have a huge Pakistan following, probably the most watched cricket ever.
 
Dingolfy said:
Are bowlers allowed to DELIBERATELY scuff the area they land? I remember Umpires give warning to batsmen who run through the pitch so that it would not beneficial for their bowlers in the next innings.
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Deliberately yes, they scuff up the popping crease where they land if that becomes uneven?
 
So checked. The worse case scenario for Smith would be a first warning if umpire deems this to have damaged the pitch and playing conditions l.
 
I cant even understand why this would be morally wrong. How did it give an unfair advantage to the aussies?
 
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