Australia v England, 2nd Test, Adelaide, 5-9 December, 2013

buckSH wrote:I guess England behaves the way they do, because they have never been penalised by the ICC over anything. When was the last time Broad was penalized by ICC over misbehaviour. It's as if he owns that bloody whorehouse.

That's the concession subcontinental teams made to the ICC for allowing their spinners to chuck.

he is part of an inner sanctum for sure, that smugness that he displays while riding on one of his usual tantrums implies that he is well-shielded from all consequences. And as proof of it, he is never penalized. It seems ICC has this inner coterie  or black jedi council that consists of mainly some obnoxious snobby englishmen and a select few of their aussie/NZ/WI acolytes, who agree with their slanted worldview, also make it past the gate. They make rules of the game as per their convenience and rarely consult subis or other boards. In fact the subis, saffer outliers are kept out of this core committee and are only informed of rule changes and other new  developments. At least this used to be the case before bcci got it's act together. This group decides whom to appoint as umpires on it's panel, how ICC funds should be distributed and almost always ICC activities are centered around English cricket. Key decisions in test cricket and the decision to introduce DRS based on some Hot-Spot camera tech was also their decision. Hot-Spot camera was the tech gee-whiz thing, much like Steve Jobs 'game-changing' iphone, it was what they came up with to restore balance back in favor of the old-school snobs when they couldn't fight bcci financial influence. They used to be based in that HQ of snobbery i.e. Lords. Lately they dumped all that and got too greedy and joined some shady bookie types in Dubai.

but Broad still get's a free pass .. so atleast they have some sense of satisfaction that the world hasn't changed too much and too fast for their core concepts of social inequality, class-based discrimination, racial intolerance,

Bucky, you are as mad as a barrel of monkeys.

Fred Nerk wrote:Bucky, you are as mad as a barrel of monkeys.

What - you read his post?

JGK wrote:

Fred Nerk wrote:Bucky, you are as mad as a barrel of monkeys.

What - you read his post?

I started to, then went a bit 'tonic clonic'.

It was brilliant.

I bet if you peeled off Broad's skin they'd be a lizard underneath.

The odds should be high for that though.

Brass Monkey wrote:

JGK wrote:

Fred Nerk wrote:Bucky, you are as mad as a barrel of monkeys.

What - you read his post?

I started to, then went a bit 'tonic clonic'.

Made monkeys of by a monkey.

Just eschew.

FFS DFTT.

But.... but... I freakin' love that guy.

That's NO excuse.

You're sounding like the "hero" of Shutter Island now.

Mark Ruffalo? Why, do I need a poo?

Your guess is as good as mine.