He just nailed a second innings ton against us, nothing else matters.
Easiest way to stop someone mouthing off is to have them back in the hutch early doors, not whinging about it.
from_the_stands wrote:mikesiva wrote:The only controversy surrounding Warner is when he plays England....
He's just another cricketer when he plays any other Test team. I watched him batting in Barbados last year, and I felt no feelings of controversy about him. I can't help feeling that the Ashes contests are a bit too overhyped. The media in both countries take the Ashes way too seriously, and are too eager to find players to hate. English media and fans boo Warner wherever possible, and Aussie media and fans boo Stuart Broad wherever possible. I think it's time for both sets of media and fans to take a step back from the brink, and to ask themselves, is all this really cricket?
The Ashes is so much more than a cricket series though, Mike. It's a sporting tradition that launched the sport onto the international landscape. It's when two countries go to war against each other, then sit down and have a beer together when it's all over. It's about a collection of colonial upstarts sticking up two fingers to their former masters... and sometimes getting their bums smacked for doing so. It's a contest where the rest of the cricket world pauses to take notice (a bit like the IPL). It's about history littered with greatness and controversies, and it's about the dreams of just about every kid living in those two great countries. The deeds committed in these contests are remembered forever, far longer than the deeds committed in any other series.
from_the_stands wrote:Oh c'mon Shanks, the IPL is a quality comp. It's not the Ashes, but it's up there in terms of garnering the attention of the cricket world.
from_the_stands wrote:Oh c'mon Shanks, the IPL is a quality comp,,.
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