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Are my eyes decieving me or did he stand in the middle of the pitch right on a length and do a 360 pirowet to deliberately scuff the pitch?
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Bartram_Class
21 Nov 2005, 20:51
Woudnt suprise too many people if true.
Damn can the guy bat though! :thumbsu:
Bennycoff
21 Nov 2005, 20:54
can be amazing to watch and then so disappointing. consistency is not in his game.
Your eyes did not decieve you starz.
Was a disgraceful act from Afridi. How dum can you get? Did he really think he wouldn't be caught? The England team have picked up on it and will complain to the match referee, the evidence is there for everyone to see, clear as day, no doubt. I would expect a fine.
crownie
21 Nov 2005, 21:04
Your eyes did not decieve you starz.
Was a disgraceful act from Afridi. How dum can you get? Did he really think he wouldn't be caught? The England team have picked up on it and will complain to the match referee, the evidence is there for everyone to see, clear as day, no doubt. I would expect a fine.
thought the Aussies only complained when losing?
GoSydneySwans
21 Nov 2005, 21:28
That's just stupid. Take your 90-odd and run, that won't improve his chances of staying in the team if he gets into trouble for something like that.
Wouldn't it be lovely if he gets bowled off one that keeps low exactly where he did it.
chunkylover
21 Nov 2005, 22:11
he sure did, as players walked off the ground peitersen told him we saw what you did and its on camera and mimicked his movements or words to that effect. this all happened when everyone was distracted by what people thought may have been a bomb going off but was a gas cannister exploding.
England b|tching about unsportsman like conduct... hmmm ... pot meet kettle. :D
There has certainly been a lot of undesirable controversy in this series. And, it is spoling it. :thumbsd:
London Adelaidian
22 Nov 2005, 03:32
Afridi has been banned for the next test and the first two one dayers because of his actions.
BBC Sport story (http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport1/hi/cricket/england/4457910.stm)
Ice goddess
22 Nov 2005, 06:12
Will take away some of the enjoyment factor with him being absent.
Renegade
22 Nov 2005, 06:36
Filthy cheat.
Actions like that anyone would think he plays for Australia.
Jeffers
22 Nov 2005, 06:48
Afridi's only 25?! Geez it feels like he's been around for ages.
Afridi's only 25?! Geez it feels like he's been around for ages.
Pakistan cricketers are like women.They lie about their age.
;)
Benno From Berwick
22 Nov 2005, 09:46
Filthy cheat.
Actions like that anyone would think he plays for Australia.
Your passpost please sir.....
Hope you enjoyed your stay in Australia.
:D
Stig O'Hara
22 Nov 2005, 09:58
Couldn't believe it when i saw him pirouette through the middle.
Hell of a days cricket though.
If only Botham would shut his fat mouth,
and Waqar could pronounce his v's and w's.
ThePope
22 Nov 2005, 10:10
He's lucky that the laws state that he gets a warning, before he gives 5 runs to the Poms as well. They'd show up as penalty extras in the total. I wonder if these penalty extras have ever been awarded in Test cricket, let alone 1st class (other than the normal 5 for hitting the helmet).
Law 42.13. Fielder damaging the pitch
(a) If any fielder causes avoidable damage to the pitch, other than as in 12(a) above (concerns the bowler running on the pitch), at the first instance the umpire shall, when the ball is dead,
(i) caution the captain of the fielding side, indicating that this is a first and final warning. This caution shall continue to apply throughout the innings.
(ii) inform the other umpire and the batsmen of what has occurred.
(b) If there is any further avoidable damage to the pitch by any fielder in that innings, the umpire shall, when the ball is dead,
(i) award 5 penalty runs to the batting side. See 17 below.
(ii) inform the other umpire, the batsmen, the captain of the fielding side and, as soon as practicable, the captain of the batting side of what has occurred.
(iii) report the occurrence, with the other umpire, as soon as possible to the Executive of the fielding side and any Governing Body responsible for the match, who shall take such action as is considered appropriate against the captain and player or players concerned.
SorryIHammerChicken
22 Nov 2005, 12:19
Afridi's only 25?! Geez it feels like he's been around for ages.
Most Pakis, Sri Lankans start when they're really young. We're used to seeing Hussey and Hodge debut at 30, but in other countries they start em off young. Afridi was about 15-16 when he made his ODI debut.
Most Pakis, Sri Lankans start when they're really young. We're used to seeing Hussey and Hodge debut at 30, but in other countries they start em off young. Afridi was about 15-16 when he made his ODI debut.
If I'm not mistaking Hasan Raza who played in the first test made a test hundred when he was 15-16 years old . He has been in and out of the side since but he is still only 23 or so it seems like he has been around for ages .
I played with a Pakistan A player in England and he claimed that most of there players are 3-4 years older than they claim to be.
If only Botham would shut his fat mouth,
and Waqar could pronounce his v's and w's.
I think Waqar would say Afridi is "wery,wery lucky"
Devil Fish
22 Nov 2005, 12:54
As the banner at the SCG said years ago, "Thank God it's Afridi"
dA Crow
22 Nov 2005, 13:02
I think Waqar would say Afridi is "wery,wery lucky"
Well, the simple solution is to make them play only on hard wickets... Can you imagine facing Shoaib on a concrete slab.....
I think he was very lucky to only get 3 matches. It was pure cheating.
Browney
22 Nov 2005, 14:50
Afridi's only 25?! Geez it feels like he's been around for ages.
Yeh well he has, when he hit that 35 ball 100 or whatever on debut he was only 16 years old.
Browney
22 Nov 2005, 14:53
If I'm not mistaking Hasan Raza who played in the first test made a test hundred when he was 15-16 years old . He has been in and out of the side since but he is still only 23 or so it seems like he has been around for ages .
I played with a Pakistan A player in England and he claimed that most of there players are 3-4 years older than they claim to be.
They claimed he was 14 when he began, but then they later found out i think that he was either just 15 or maybe still 14, either way they start them bloody young over there, whether they bull******** about there age or not.
One of the commentators today,probably Botham [he never shuts up],made a good point.He said Afridi should've been booted out of the current test.He's right.
If not booted out,he should've been banned from bowling for the remainder of the test.If a bowler runs down the pitch too often after delivering the ball,he gets banned for the rest of the innings.
Isn't what Afridi did exactly the same ?
GoSydneySwans
22 Nov 2005, 20:26
If I'm not mistaking Hasan Raza who played in the first test made a test hundred when he was 15-16 years old . He has been in and out of the side since but he is still only 23 or so it seems like he has been around for ages .
I played with a Pakistan A player in England and he claimed that most of there players are 3-4 years older than they claim to be.
Bichel and Lehmann should do that. After all, selectors look at age first, talent second.
ThePope
22 Nov 2005, 23:21
If not booted out,he should've been banned from bowling for the remainder of the test.If a bowler runs down the pitch too often after delivering the ball,he gets banned for the rest of the innings.
Bowlers get a warning first. 2nd time and they get banned. He's been suspended under the code of conduct/spirit of game type of rules, not the laws of cricket.
LIONS then DAYLIGHT
22 Nov 2005, 23:24
One of the commentators today,probably Botham [he never shuts up],made a good point.He said Afridi should've been booted out of the current test.He's right.
If not booted out,he should've been banned from bowling for the remainder of the test.If a bowler runs down the pitch too often after delivering the ball,he gets banned for the rest of the innings.
Isn't what Afridi did exactly the same ?
Who cares what Botham thinks, he is the most bias commentator ever
Drummond
23 Nov 2005, 01:32
Filthy cheat.
Actions like that anyone would think he plays for Australia.
How dare you.
Stig O'Hara
23 Nov 2005, 10:17
One of the commentators today,probably Botham [he never shuts up],made a good point.He said Afridi should've been booted out of the current test.He's right.
If not booted out,he should've been banned from bowling for the remainder of the test.If a bowler runs down the pitch too often after delivering the ball,he gets banned for the rest of the innings.
Isn't what Afridi did exactly the same ?
Totally agree,
what irks me is that (when you look at the entire footage sequence)
he did it twice, at both ends of the wicket, the second brings up a visible mark,
which should be viewed as two separate incidents.
dA Crow
23 Nov 2005, 11:05
Totally agree,
what irks me is that (when you look at the entire footage sequence)
he did it twice, at both ends of the wicket, the second brings up a visible mark,
which should be viewed as two separate incidents.
I dont actually think you can get banned in the middle of a test match, cricket doesnt laws and rules doesnt have anything like a soccer red card. Maybe it should. I think he was lucky to only get 3 matches, imagine the ourcry if he did that in England, Australia or India.
pluga_4
23 Nov 2005, 11:54
boof got 5 odi's for calling russell arnold a black fella ;) (mind you 2 of these were vb series finals and 1 was the 1st world cup game v pak in which symonds went nuts)...yet afridi gets 1 test and 2 odi's. you gotta be kidding surely.
pluga_4
23 Nov 2005, 11:56
Pakistan cricketers are like women.They lie about their age.
;)
i remember waqar being 24 for about 6 years too :p
spell_check
23 Nov 2005, 12:14
I was amazed that he did it. I never pictured him to do such a thing. But in the heat of the moment (after the gas canister exploding and he is a Pakistani*) anything can happen.
*No racial remark intended, just another to add to the list of Pakistani incidents - eg. Sarfraz Nawaz - handled ball appeal, Javed Miandad - his part in the Lillee incident Salim Malik - bribery, match fixing, Ata-ur-Rehman - ditto, Waqar Younis - bowling beamers; and also other Pakistan ball tampering issues.
Drummond
23 Nov 2005, 13:42
i remember waqar being 24 for about 6 years too :p
LOL! :D
But seriously, how is Afridi only 25? :eek:
SorryIHammerChicken
23 Nov 2005, 13:56
If I'm not mistaking Hasan Raza who played in the first test made a test hundred when he was 15-16 years old . He has been in and out of the side since but he is still only 23 or so it seems like he has been around for ages .
I played with a Pakistan A player in England and he claimed that most of there players are 3-4 years older than they claim to be.
Don't they have birth certificates over there? Why is it so easy to lie?
SorryIHammerChicken
23 Nov 2005, 13:57
LOL! :D
But seriously, how is Afridi only 25? :eek:
Because he made his debut in '96 as a 16 year old
Drummond
23 Nov 2005, 14:02
Because he made his debut in '96 as a 16 year old
WOW. 16? With all that talent he should be a better player than he is.
Who cares what Botham thinks, he is the most bias commentator ever
Far from it.
Most biased, opinionated and tosser of a commentator award goes to Nasser Hussain.
SorryIHammerChicken
23 Nov 2005, 14:30
WOW. 16? With all that talent he should be a better player than he is.
There's no doubt about the man's talent, like Andy Symonds he just throws his wicket away (but is great to watch). Roy got a go fairly young as well (he would have been 22-23? which is young for an Australian to begin)
Far from it.
Most biased, opinionated and tosser of a commentator award goes to Nasser Hussain.
Thankfully he's not doing this series.
eddiesmith
23 Nov 2005, 15:15
Richie is the most blind and biased commentator around
Anyway, on Afridi, got off bloody lightly
pluga_4
23 Nov 2005, 23:45
Don't they have birth certificates over there? Why is it so easy to lie?
they must doctor them in some way, coz the birth certificates of pakistani's etc that i have seen, most of them have their date of birth as 01/01/ ????
so what that means from what i've been told is that they don't know the date they were born and apparently guess the year at times. strange but true. times have changed now surely, and they must know when they are born surely.
ordered off
24 Nov 2005, 11:51
Afridi should be banned for life for doing what he did.