In Tamil comedy film ‘Kalakalappu’, directed by Sundar C ~ Santhanam will show a portrait of a man attacking a cheetah with sickle. Vimal would remark having seen it elsewhere… Santhanam retorts saying that it was his grandfather attacking the tiger – the photo which they later gave to matchbox manufacturer….. to Vimal’s remark that it does not sound believable – Santhanam would say that his grandfather told him that food would be provided only if he believes and would ask Vimal whether he would like to dine !!!
England could field two different teams on the same day at separate venues if the COVID-19 pandemic leads to a compressed home season, wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler says. England have suspended all professional cricket until at least May 28 due to the global health crisis, which also looms over their home series against West Indies, Pakistan, Australia and Ireland later in the year. In an effort to squeeze as much cricket as possible into a shortened season, the prospect of England playing a Test match and a T20 on the same day at different venues has been floated as a possibility worth exploring. This is no post on Covid-19 .. ..but on Cricket and Aussie’s way of playing the game – ‘sledging’ ! .. ..bullying is not uncommon in other sports, yet ! Merv Hughes was all over Gooch in one test and proceeded to say: "Would you like me to bowl a piano and see if you can play that".In another instance, he asked Robin Smith whether he would read the back of the bat for instructions to hit the ball ! .. .. … For years, Australia made winning a habit. Annihilating the opposition with savage blows and leaving it to pick up the pieces. Most teams would be beaten between the ears much ahead of the completion of a series. Having delivered body blows at will at the hapless rival, the Aussies would then enjoy a day away from the cricket field. They will claim that they play the game hardway ! ~ would claim that they will do all that is required for winning !! ~ the cuss word is ‘Sledging’ .. those olden days, when Aussies were all powerful – when Thommo, Lillee, Walker, Hughes and somebody ran in hard, hurled at pace, batsman were continuously harassed by comments from the close-in cordon ! verbal harangue aimed at distracting, diverting and demonising opponents .. ..Aussies specialised in that, England too were not far behind .. .. England allrounder Moeen Ali has hit out at the sledging and abuse by Australia’s cricketers, saying he was called “Osama” by one player in the 2015 Ashes series. Moeen has made the claim in his autobiography, Moeen, saying he was racially vilified during the first Test at Cardiff in 2015, where he made 77 in the first innings and took five wickets for the match in England’s 169-run win. When he was sledging players, Aussie media hailed that Merv Hughes’ sense of humor and on-pitch persona were a large part of his success as a fast bowler. He was extremely aggressive, making use of a fearsome stare to unnerve batsmen, as well as regular chat, threats and jokes. His sledges (as also of his teammates) ranged from the crude to the genuinely witty—from blunt swearing to advising.Australians are known for sledging ….andDavid Warner was another pushy advocate. Once he went far on an on-field spar with Rohit Sharma, instructing him to speak English !New Zealand cricket great Martin Croweslammed 'childish' David Warner for his 'thuggish behaviour' after the Australian opener got engaged in a slanging match with Rohit Sharma. There are friendly banters too – in1999 World Cup Australia needed to beat South Africa to keep their tournament hopes alive. Steve Waugh was on 56* gifted Gibbs a simple catch. Gibbs took the catch, went to celebrate the catch, ended up dropping,leaving Waugh to retort: "You've just dropped the World Cup- mate". During a One-dayer between Australia and Sri Lanka Ranatunga decided he needed a runner. The stump microphone then picked upsledge from Healy: "You don't get a runner for being an overweight, fat ____ ".During the Big Bash - Shane Warne wassuspended for a match and fined $4,500 after being found guilty of three of the four misconduct charges arising from his Twenty20 Big Bash clash with West Indies allrounder Marlon Samuels. Shanee was found guilty of making “inappropriate and deliberate physical contact” but was cleared of deliberately throwing the ball at Samuels in an inappropriate or dangerous manner. Michael Clarke's verbal barrage at England's last man standing James Anderson was in usual bad taste. Clarke was heard through the stump microphone on the field telling Anderson that he should "get ready for a broken f----ing arm."