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cricketer gone mad

thebaz · 2006-09-20 22:49:10

Did anyone see the Zimbawean cricket player , going mad at some cricket match in England on SkyNews last night ? its not on youtube , but i havnt seen a sportman lose it like that since Tyson bit yer mans ear off ? Threw a ball at some spectators , then some steward came along and clobered him good - i thought cricket was…

20-09-2006 10:49pm

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thebaz

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Did anyone see the Zimbawean cricket player , going mad at some cricket match in England on SkyNews last night ?
its not on youtube , but i havnt seen a sportman lose it like that since Tyson bit yer mans ear off ?
Threw a ball at some spectators , then some steward came along and clobered him good - i thought cricket was a game for gentlemen !

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#2 20-09-2006 11:08pm

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He got a three year ban (two suspended) from English cricket for that and that's only after a reduction on appeal from ten years. Here is BBC story about it.

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#3 20-09-2006 11:15pm

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surely the bloke who beat seven bells out of him must be done for assault

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#4 22-09-2006 2:50pm

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county wrote:

surely the bloke who beat seven bells out of him must be done for assault

He was taking up one of the boundary markers (to attack crowd) looked like a small handfork thingy. He deserved the beating and he would say that himself I reckon.

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