Random Cricket Thread (International Cricket)

[SaintPowelly]

He gave enough abuse on field to warrant a 2 game ban, the racial comments were made afterwards.

[rich1uk]

He gave enough abuse on field to warrant a 2 game ban, the racial comments were made afterwards.

that's not what it suggests in that article

it says the umpires charged him with a level offence for the incident and it is only following subsequent investigation of the same incident that the ECB have decided it should have been a level 3 charge instead

it doesn't say it is a separate charge for a separate incident

regardless of that I still cannot see why using the term kolpak can be considered racist as repeating what I said earlier kolpak can be from a variety of countries and ethnicities , if he had used the term against an aussie kolpak player would he be getting charged with making a racist remark ?

[SaintPowelly]

He gave enough abuse on field to warrant a 2 game ban, the racial comments were made afterwards.

that's not what it suggests in that article

it says the umpires charged him with a level offence for the incident and it is only following subsequent investigation of the same incident that the ECB have decided it should have been a level 3 charge instead

it doesn't say it is a separate charge for a separate incident

regardless of that I still cannot see why using the term kolpak can be considered racist as repeating what I said earlier kolpak can be from a variety of countries and ethnicities , if he had used the term against an aussie kolpak player would he be getting charged with making a racist remark ?

I honestly think he would, remarking about anyones origin is wrong, race ( and racism ) is more than skin colour.

[rich1uk]

He gave enough abuse on field to warrant a 2 game ban, the racial comments were made afterwards.

that's not what it suggests in that article

it says the umpires charged him with a level offence for the incident and it is only following subsequent investigation of the same incident that the ECB have decided it should have been a level 3 charge instead

it doesn't say it is a separate charge for a separate incident

regardless of that I still cannot see why using the term kolpak can be considered racist as repeating what I said earlier kolpak can be from a variety of countries and ethnicities , if he had used the term against an aussie kolpak player would he be getting charged with making a racist remark ?

I honestly think he would, remarking about anyones origin is wrong, race ( and racism ) is more than skin colour.

kolpak has nothing to do with someone's origins tho , its a reference to an EU loophole to get around quotas and nothing to do with race in the slightest

[SaintPowelly]

He gave enough abuse on field to warrant a 2 game ban, the racial comments were made afterwards.

that's not what it suggests in that article

it says the umpires charged him with a level offence for the incident and it is only following subsequent investigation of the same incident that the ECB have decided it should have been a level 3 charge instead

it doesn't say it is a separate charge for a separate incident

regardless of that I still cannot see why using the term kolpak can be considered racist as repeating what I said earlier kolpak can be from a variety of countries and ethnicities , if he had used the term against an aussie kolpak player would he be getting charged with making a racist remark ?

I honestly think he would, remarking about anyones origin is wrong, race ( and racism ) is more than skin colour.

kolpak has nothing to do with someone's origins tho , its a reference to an EU loophole to get around quotas and nothing to do with race in the slightest

He has made reference to him being 'non-English', whatever the politically correct term for that is, its against the rules and falls under the racism umbrella.

[Dr Cricket]

looks like the old stat man got sacked/Removed from ECB.
http://www.candidatemanager.net/cm/Micr ... te=England

[Alviro Patterson]

He gave enough abuse on field to warrant a 2 game ban, the racial comments were made afterwards.

that's not what it suggests in that article

it says the umpires charged him with a level offence for the incident and it is only following subsequent investigation of the same incident that the ECB have decided it should have been a level 3 charge instead

it doesn't say it is a separate charge for a separate incident

regardless of that I still cannot see why using the term kolpak can be considered racist as repeating what I said earlier kolpak can be from a variety of countries and ethnicities , if he had used the term against an aussie kolpak player would he be getting charged with making a racist remark ?

Spot on Rich, at worst Gale has used an xenophobic slur in the heat of the moment.

It smacks of double standards by the ECB, who have stood by Jimmy Anderson for his aggressive comments to Jadeja and have done absolutely nothing of the abuse Moeen Ali received in the India T20. Also Daryl Mitchell made comments a while ago about there were too many kolpaks in the county game, other than the swearing it's not different to what Gale has implied.

I'd love it if Gale sues the ECB for defamination of character and wins.

[SaintPowelly]

Saying there are too many Kolpaks and picking an individual and telling him to go back where he came from are 2 opposite ends of the spectrum.

[Making_Splinters]

The original penalty was decided by the umpires, the ECB has subsequently and separately decided that the original level 2 punishment was not severe enough for the offence.

[Dr Cricket]

I see James Anderson is deluded in what he said to Jadeja.

[Aidan11]

I've just seen the name Downton trending on twitter and clicked on it hoping he might have resigned.

Turned out it was for Downton Abbey.

[dan08]

Really bizarre LBW in the Asian Games

[KipperJohn]

Many congratulations to the Bells on the birth of a daughter today.

[Arthur Crabtree]

The ECB has a new Chairman, Tom Harrison, replacing David Collier.

Clarke said they looked at people 'outside the industry'.

Or sport, as some call it.

[hopeforthebest]

Many congratulations to the Bells on the birth of a daughter today.

Here, here.