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    The bulk of them are coming from the Australians themselves

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    The Victorians can point the finger at those cheating New South Welshman.

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    #leaveoutyourtape

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    @virgil said in Convicts v Marxist Land Thieves - Crucket:

    The bulk of them are coming from the Australians themselves

    I watched something on the 1981 underarm incident some time ago, the public turned on the team then too.

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    @baron-silas-greenback said in Convicts v Marxist Land Thieves - Crucket:

    Ok. I have gone from "not outraged " to "people need to calm the fuck down" . Some of articles and reports I have read are getting silly.

    Agreed. There are far more important issues people should be losing their shit over around our political spectrum, but they won't because they don't care about politics nearly as much as they care about cricket. Cricket is easy to think about.

    Plus, this feels a bit like the straw that broke the camel's back. As a cricketing public, we have generally allowed a lot of things to occur that other nations witness with a kind of seething hatred (that we've often written off to jealousy). This time we're not only losing, we're losing badly.

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    @baron-silas-greenback said in Convicts v Marxist Land Thieves - Crucket:

    Ok. I have gone from "not outraged " to "people need to calm the fuck down" . Some of articles and reports I have read are getting silly.

    Agreed. There are far more important issues people should be losing their shit over around our political spectrum, but they won't because they don't care about politics nearly as much as they care about cricket. Cricket is easy to think about.

    Plus, this feels a bit like the straw that broke the camel's back. As a cricketing public, we have generally allowed a lot of things to occur that other nations witness with a kind of seething hatred (that we've often written off to jealousy). This time we're not only losing, we're losing cheating badly.

    Fixed!

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    @virgil "losing badly" as in "bad losers".

    Aren't you fucking loving this? 😂

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    @nta said in Convicts v Marxist Land Thieves - Crucket:

    @virgil "losing badly" as in "bad losers".

    Aren't you fucking loving this? 😂

    Only me?

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    @virgil probably not.

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    Surely this would be as good of a time as any for the ICC to really clamp down on ball tampering and change the rules to provide some sort of deterrent?

    Is it any wonder ball tampering is so rampant when the punishment is so weak?

    ICC haven't banned Bancroft, didn't ban Faf Du Plessis etc etc go back as many years as you like.

    It all seems a bit strange that the governing body of cricket seem to allow this to go on with minimal punishment.

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    @nta said in Convicts v Marxist Land Thieves - Crucket:

    @baron-silas-greenback said in Convicts v Marxist Land Thieves - Crucket:

    Ok. I have gone from "not outraged " to "people need to calm the fuck down" . Some of articles and reports I have read are getting silly.

    Agreed. There are far more important issues people should be losing their shit over around our political spectrum, but they won't because they don't care about politics nearly as much as they care about cricket. Cricket is easy to think about.

    Plus, this feels a bit like the straw that broke the camel's back. As a cricketing public, we have generally allowed a lot of things to occur that other nations witness with a kind of seething hatred (that we've often written off to jealousy). This time we're not only losing, we're losing badly.

    This won't do at all NTA. I demand you get more angry, outraged, offended, hurt and disappointed.

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    @virgil said in Convicts v Marxist Land Thieves - Crucket:

    The bulk of them are coming from the Australians themselves

    See my comment above. After the Aus fans, press and administrators are finished with them you might even feel some sympathy (or not). It's going to get seriously ugly.

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    Some might just simply say the Aussie’s are reaping what they have been sowing.

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    It's fun watching this unravel no matter what country. When your leaders conspire to cheat and then come out and say 'this won't happen again under my leadership' just makes the sideshow more intersting.

    I wonder if that is how Starc go much swing int he first test?

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    the 'everyone is/was doing it' defence is a bit soft...were they all just doing it better?

    As above, at some point, the ICC need to draw a line in the sand, either by allowing it, or banning any type, which I guess you could argue includes shining one side of it.

    Not sure Smith should ever be captain again, but needs to play, he is good for the game.

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    @taniwharugby said in Convicts v Marxist Land Thieves - Crucket:

    the 'everyone is/was doing it' defence is a bit soft...were they all just doing it better?

    As above, at some point, the ICC need to draw a line in the sand, either by allowing it, or banning any type, which I guess you could argue includes shining one side of it.

    Not sure Smith should ever be captain again, but needs to play, he is good for the game.

    Pretty sure only the Australian Cricket team is allowed to decide where this Line can be placed.
    They are in charge of it, only they can move it (mostly to suit themselves of course but thats to be expected)

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    There are two issues here, tangentially related:

    1. What is the ICC going to do about ball tampering? The current system in place isn't working to effectively police and punish offenders. There are too many grey areas. It's rampant, but nobody wants to admit to it. At the very least, they need to outlaw pockets on cricket pants 🙂

    2. Australian cricket and their approach to the game. Which has been well canvassed.

    I do agree the coverage has gone a bit OTT. Nobody has died here. It's only a game. But it shows the relationship between cricket and Australia, and the bubbling unease at the way our players have been operating for the past few years.

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    @barbarian said in Convicts v Marxist Land Thieves - Crucket:

    There are two issues here, tangentially related:

    1. What is the ICC going to do about ball tampering? The current system in place isn't working to effectively police and punish offenders. There are too many grey areas. It's rampant, but nobody wants to admit to it. At the very least, they need to outlaw pockets on cricket pants 🙂

    2. Australian cricket and their approach to the game. Which has been well canvassed.

    I do agree the coverage has gone a bit OTT. Nobody has died here. It's only a game. But it shows the relationship between cricket and Australia, and the bubbling unease at the way our players have been operating for the past few years.

    Banning pockets sounds like a brilliantly simple solution to stop this kind of thing happening again, but unfortunately Bancroft has shown you can get around not having a pocket to cheat..

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    There is a risk that this thing will go the full retard. People talking about life bans need to have a good lie-down.

    What I think is seriously fucked up is getting Bankroft to be the proverbial mule. Youngest, most inexperienced guy on the team with his spot under question. That is just disgusting.

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