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Shane Warne is not happy with the fact that the captain of the Australian cricket team, Michael Clarke, was fined by the International Cricket Council for sledging the English fast bowler James Anderson during the Brisbane test match.
According to Warne, it’s Anderson who had started all that by trying to intimidate George Bailey and Clarke had just come forward to defend his teammate.
Talking to the reporters about that Clarke incident, Warne said, “I think what happens on the ground should remain there. All the players shook hands at the end of the game and the issue should have ended there. I don’t think anyone should have been fined.”
“As a sportsman, if you start sledging, you should be ready to take that back as well. You shouldn’t complain when somebody answers you back in the same way.”
“Everybody here in Australia has got a lot of respect for the English side for what they have achieved and we are aware of the fact that we need to play our best cricket to get better of them.”
There was clearly a lot of tension out there on the ground between the England and the Australian players at Brisbane. There were words being exchanged from the first day, and it was evident that somebody would cross the line at some point of time. It eventually happened on the 4th day when Anderson got into a fiery discussion with George Bailey who was fielding at short leg.
Clarke joined the discussion and finally, the umpires had to intervene. However, soon after that discussion, the game was over as Johnson dished out another short, rising delivery to Anderson who took his eyes off the ball and got a leading edge to be caught by the bowler.
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The Indian batsman Rohit Sharma has said that he is glad with his recent performances in international cricket, but, he is looking not to get complacent and keep going on like this.
The last couple of months have been brilliant for Rohit. In the ODI series against the Aussies, he scored almost 500 runs including a double hundred and then, in the recently finished test series against West Indies, he scored a couple of successive tons and ended up becoming the player of the series. (more…)
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The opening batsman of the West Indies cricket team, Chris Gayle, has said that he is glad to have got a bit of a break from cricket.
Gayle has played a lot of cricket this year. Apart from featuring for his national team in various tournaments, Gayle has also played for a few franchises in the T20 Leagues around the world.
He recently guided his team Jamaica Tallawahs to title in the first edition of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).
He played a captain’s knock in the final match against Guyana Amazon Warriors. His team was chasing a low, but, tricky total and Gayle anchored the innings beautifully. He scored an unbeaten 47 and received the man of the match award for his effort.
Talking to the reporters in the post match press conference, Gayle said, “This season has been quite hectic. I am happy that it has ended now and I can rest for the next few months.”
“It’s great to finish the season on a winning note. I am mentally exhausted at this point of time, but, I am satisfied that I managed to lead the side from the front.”
Gayle was struggling with his form before the start of CPL. He had got a century in the first match of the tri nation series which was played in Caribbean after the Champions Trophy, but, after that match, Gayle’s form dipped considerably.
He kept getting out cheaply in the remaining matches of the tri series. In the next series against Pakistan, he got demoted down to no. 5 in the batting order, but, his struggle continued there as well.
But, in the CPL, Gayle seemed to have got his old spark back. He played some crucial innings and ended up at no. 4 in the list of leading run scorers in the tournament.