When players' tongues outran their brains
Frank Tyson finds the harassment and questioning of umpires "obnoxious".
The Surfer
25-Feb-2013
Frank Tyson finds the harassment and questioning of umpires "obnoxious".
The consequent frayed relationships between two of the leading cricket nations [Australia and South Africa] may result in future unpleasant incidents when the two sides meet in the second half of the rubber on the high veldt; but personally, I was of the opinion that most of the animosity occurred in the media, provoked some players' tongues into outrunning their brains and testing Cricket Australia's tolerance.
...The war of words between the South African skipper, Graeme Smith and Aussie leg-spinner, Shane Warne, in their respective newspaper columns, masqueraded as psychological "banter", until it descended into personal name-calling, at which stage Cricket Australia had to intervene.