Aussie cricketer allegedly calls Moeen "Osama"

Assuming it's true, is there any possible world where it isn't David Warner?

Why the actual crap didn't this come out 3 years ago, if it is true? He should have left the field until the issue was resolved. (That or just tw@tted him, if it was Warner)

Apparently he said "Part-timer" not "Osama".

Remind you of anything?

vilkrang wrote:Apparently he said "Part-timer" not "Osama".

Remind you of anything?

Mark Clattenburg/Jon Obi Mikel incident?

It was probably Terry Markey

I checked the WAToday site to check what this topic was about

The following article was about Moeen Ali ....note the lack of Osama/Part timer references

Shit Ozzie media in action



England all-rounder Moeen Ali has claimed the Australian side under former skipper Steve Smith was rude and lacked respect.

The 31-year-old's struggles with bat and ball on the Ashes tour last year were a major reason for England's 4-0 defeat and led to him being dropped for the first time in his career at the conclusion of the series.


Regarded as one of the more reserved and polite players in the England side, Ali admits the pressure of a first overseas Ashes series got to him but said the abuse meted out to him on the field took him aback.

"Everyone you speak to ... they are the only team I've played against my whole life that I've actually disliked," Ali told The Times newspaper in London.

"Not because it's Australia and they are the old enemy but because of the way they carry on and [their] disrespect of people and players."



Ali, who played a major role in England's 4-1 series win over India after being recalled to the side, also feels no sympathy for banned trio David Warner, Smith and Cameron Bancroft.

"I'm someone who generally feels sorry for people when things go wrong but it's difficult to feel sorry for them," he said.


"The first game I ever played against them, in Sydney, just before the 2015 World Cup, they were not just going hard at you, they were almost abusing you.

"That was the first time it hit me. I gave them the benefit of the doubt, but the more I played against them they were just as bad, the Ashes here [in 2015] they were worse actually.


"Not intimidating, just rude. Individually they are fine and the Aussies we've had at Worcester have been fantastic, lovely guys."

Ali admits he struggled against Nathan Lyon during the Ashes and said the hostile environment created by the hosts paid off.

"I found it very difficult in Australia to switch off," he said.

"It was my first Ashes tour and I was desperate to do well and was really looking forward to it.

"I worked so hard on the short ball before the series began, maybe too hard.

"Then [Nathan] Lyon kept getting me out. I found that very hard to deal with. I never thought that I was a poor player of spin but I really struggled against him.

I wasn't getting any wickets either. Things just got tougher and tougher."

AAP

Perhaps Moeen misheard an Aussie player saying he was "alarmed" at how poorly the lefty played Elmer.

An Aussie cricket team reported as being rude and disrespectful? That's hardly breaking news.

maybe we should stick with 'classy' Aussie insults like "d!ckbrain" and "f*ckhead".

Is "Osama" offensive?

An absent friend reckons Moeen definitely misheard "you've played shithouse ALL-SUMMER".

I think he nailed it.

JGK wrote:Is "Osama" offensive?

Well, if that happens to be someone’s actual name, no... but if you’re using it to someone who is Muslim to associate them with a terrorist, I don’t know how you could argue that it wasn’t.

Has Moeen stated why it took him three years to be offended?

It didnt take 3 years to be offended

He reported it at the time

The ozzies played the Terry Markey card and they got on with playing cricket

He's now trying to sell a book and hes using it as an example of why he thinks the Oz team are/were a bunch of arseholes

GCS Twatto and Midge are my main suspects for the sledge ...and we wouldnt be surprised if it was one of them ...although coming up with the Osama/Part Timer excuse is probably beyond their IQs ...so maybe they did say part timer

embee wrote:It didnt take 3 years to be offended

He reported it at the time

The ozzies played the Terry Markey card and they got on with playing cricket  

He's now trying to sell a book and hes using it as an example of why he thinks the Oz team are/were a bunch of arseholes

GCS Twatto and Midge are my main suspects for the sledge ...and we wouldnt be surprised if it was one of them  ...although coming up with the Osama/Part Timer excuse is probably beyond their IQs ...so maybe they did say part timer    

It wouldn't be Warner. He punched Root for disrespecting Amla.

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I agree with skulls. An aussie team acting like thunderqunts is hardly news. And also with whoever mentioned the intellect involved. I don't think this team shares a brain cell between them.

They are all so sheltered from real world events they wouldnt know Osama was President of the US

The excuses are beginning to remind me of monkeygate

taipan wrote:The excuses are beginning to remind me of monkeygate

My thoughts exactly.

vilkrang wrote:Apparently he said "Part-timer" not "Osama".

Remind you of anything?

Not 'Osama' but 'Ohawa' like I was calling him all last summer