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The scuff of his foot is the most important element is it? I see, I see..
COMMENT: Cummins failed the moral test and tarnished these Ashes. He had the chance to be a legend and blew it
1. In my opinion there is no such thing as the mystical ‘spirit of cricket’ that gets trotted out when things don’t go a team’s way. Perhaps it once existed, but Bodyline (an English invention) must surely have been the end of it. Cricket is a sport played according to a rulebook like any other. Due to the relative complexity of the rules, captains and players have more agency than in other sports in various aspects of rule interpretation / enforcement etc, but this is not proof of a so-called ‘spirit of cricket’.
2. Bairstow’s mindless walking out of his crease showed an arrogance in line with the current England mindset [think Ollie Robinson’s comments and the English crowds’ petulant behaviour]. Australia was right to punish this arrogance.
COMMENT: Cummins failed the moral test and tarnished these Ashes. He had the chance to be a legend and blew it
Agree with the above comment that India have us beaten before a ball is bowled, no need to doctor the pitch. Correct me if I’m wrong but it was an Indian journalist who broke the story. A legitimate disgrace for the game of cricket.
This low act made me lose all interest in the series. Ball tampering, refusing our side the chance to train on the pitch etc was the icing on the cake.
Bring on the footy season!
Pitch doctoring: Blatant cheating demanding punishment or a media blow up?
Since Rugby Union went professional, what big name players have been poached by League? I’m not interested in what happened before then, given that the fact that Rugby Union was an amateur sport.
'He'd be a fantastic 12': Eddie pinpoints NRL gun he wants to poach - and why having stars matter
Rugby Union fans are always going on about how global their game is. Why the need to poach players from another code then? Union didn’t want to pay it’s players until less than 30 years ago now it wants to keep poaching league players?
Perhaps it’s a reflection of the old money class dynamics at play in Australian rugby, that they think success can be bought and not nurtured from the ground up.
'He'd be a fantastic 12': Eddie pinpoints NRL gun he wants to poach - and why having stars matter
Great article. I think the last frontier for Australia to be considered an elite global sports power is to reach the knockout rounds of the men’s football World cup more often, and maybe reach a quarter or semi final.
Why is Australia so good at sport?
Actually I think the article is spot on. The Broncos signing violent criminals like Matt Lodge and Jamil Hopoate was a sign of things to come. Tevita Pangai with his bikie mates and Payne Hass had a dometic violence incident. Sure rugby league players are not saints but for a long time the Broncos had higher standards than this. They look like they have zero comradery, very sad to see.
Culture - the missing piece of Queensland’s NRL sides
Very true of The Gabba. Combine the sun, heat, humidity, lack of air circulation, being packed in like sardines, and the concrete, for 7 hours. I’m amazed that anyone turns up at all actually.
Wellington's character-filled Basin Reserve pities Australia's soulless, corporate stadiums