And I thought cricket was a gentlemanly sport.
The Indian Cricket Authority wants to ban sledging. Apparently the cricket field, that icon of English village life, is not the idyllic place it appears. Test match cricketers, sportsmen at the pinnacle of their game, representing their countries, like to indulge in sledging or 'Neh, neh, neh neh, neh, my bat's bigger than yours,' abuse of fellow players.
Henry Blofeld, a well-respected commentator, said, 'Where will they go from here? Will they try to stop gentlemen in a rugger scrum talking?'
Indeed, Henry.
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On a slightly different note, is John Humphries losing it? On the Today programme he couldn't remember what Alistair Darling was. (Man with strange eyebrows?)
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