So Kohli, Ranga or Ganguly?

Which of the aforementioned skippers is the biggest prick in terms of getting under one's skin?

E-Coli by the length of the Nullarbor.

Tugga may disagree.

Personally, I have no drama with E-Coli's hard-arsed approach, although I'm not sure he won too many friends today in taking play to within one over of the scheduled finish, when the draw was locked about 20 minutes earlier. Gunner Gould was certainly pissed off.

Kohli's only real rival is Ian Chappell.

Must be a subi trait, good at giving not so good at taking.
For me E-Coli gets it, for his overall lack of sportsmanship. Yes Australia plays hard and sledges (what ICC country doesn't) so should expect it in return , but ignoring the opposition in post match speeches, accusing them of cheating etc goes beyond the field imo

Tbh, I can't see how Australia are coming off with any grace in this to call it a"subi" trait.

The cheating accusation was a bit beyond the pale.

I see it as a Kohli trait, first identified 10 years ago.

with two c*nts like AB and Sunny adorning the trophy name, is it even a surprise this series is full of twattitude?

There's two more names for the above list

No list of unflushed turds of the Subcontinental persuasion can ever be complete if 'Salim Malik' is not on it.

Blackadder wrote:Must be a subi trait, good at giving not so good at taking.....

As for the thread topic:

Red wrote:Which of the aforementioned skippers is the biggest prick in terms of getting under one's skin?

Why do you fellows whinge so much?

hmmmn not a clever thread.

Fatarjuna (leaving aside criminals like Azza and Cronje) for me was the worst behaved captain I have seen. In by far the worst. In fact by the length of the circumference around his belly.

Fatarjuna famously beat up some little boys with a cricket bat. Their crime - wanting the great man's autograph.

By comparison e-coli, Count Ganguly, Chappelli are choir boys

skully wrote:The cheating accusation was a bit beyond the pale.

Even if it was cheating?

I agree with horrie. To take a side off the field because he disagreed with an umpire's call (amongst the many other arseholey things he did) was grossly unacceptable.

Alec Stewart summed up Fatatunga with his "your performance today as captain of your country has been disgraceful" as he stood over the stumps in an Adelaide ODI.

taipan wrote:Even if it was cheating?

Yeah, think this cheating point is where the difference is coming up. The most complimentary thing I can say of Smith's referral referral is that he was looking to game the DRS. We've labelled players like Rashid Latif and Ramdin as cheats for things which are much more spontaneous and prone to brain fades like claiming a catch. I have no issue with the questioning of Smith. He brought that on himself. And as furri pointed out, finding a scapegoat in Handscombe brings questions about his leadership, particularly in crises.

Equally, none of that defends Kohli's press conferences or antics. But it's far from a one way street.

skully wrote:I agree with horrie. To take a side off the field because he disagreed with an umpire's call (amongst the many other arseholey things he did) was grossly unacceptable.

Alec Stewart summed up Fatatunga with his "your performance today as captain of your country has been disgraceful" as he stood over the stumps in an Adelaide ODI.

Isn't he a politician now? How fitting!

Just put a Mars bar on a good length!

tricycle wrote:

taipan wrote:Even if it was cheating?

Yeah, think this cheating point is where the difference is coming up. The most complimentary thing I can say of Smith's referral referral is that he was looking to game the DRS. We've labelled players like Rashid Latif and Ramdin as cheats for things which are much more spontaneous and prone to brain fades like claiming a catch. I have no issue with the questioning of Smith. He brought that on himself. And as furri pointed out, finding a scapegoat in Handscombe brings questions about his leadership, particularly in crises.

Equally, none of that defends Kohli's press conferences or antics. But it's far from a one way street.

Fair commentary.

Kohli's not all bad

aye....destined to be the Bannies' 9th greatest cricketer.

'Great pose Virat, great facial, there was a bloke called Dave Rodan played for us a few years ago, looked just like you....hold that pose, just move along the wall a bit further, so we've got that sign saying 'contagious' in the background....'

tricycle wrote:Tbh, I can't see how Australia are coming off with any grace in this to call it a"subi" trait.

Have to back you up here, at least in years past. I've always thought the few times they had to take it (you don't often let it bother you when you are the winningest) they demonstrated a complete lack of ticker.

Bradman wrote:

tricycle wrote:Tbh, I can't see how Australia are coming off with any grace in this to call it a"subi" trait.

Have to back you up here, at least in years past.  I've always thought the few times they had to take it (you don't often let it bother you when you are the winningest) they demonstrated a complete lack of ticker.

Agree with you both. Only a minority of Australians of the red necked persuasion would generalise a personality trait to all people of a geographic sub-region.

Though I think you can do it with nationalities.

horace wrote:

Bradman wrote:

tricycle wrote:Tbh, I can't see how Australia are coming off with any grace in this to call it a"subi" trait.

Have to back you up here, at least in years past.  I've always thought the few times they had to take it (you don't often let it bother you when you are the winningest) they demonstrated a complete lack of ticker.

Agree with you both. Only a minority of Australians of the red necked persuasion would generalise a personality trait to all people of a geographic sub-region.

mainly bitter vomits do it

hehehe...touche

I do concede I have met many folk from all other States that I have become friends with over the years - ps don't tell anyone.