Manoj Tiwary has
had more downs than ups – he has so far played 12 ODIs for India. After a highly successful season, he
was sure to make his debut against Bangladesh – but on the eve of the match, he
injured his shoulder………..then he flew down to Brisbane and played in ODI 2670
in Feb 2008 – looked all at sea – Brett Lee bowled him for 2. That match produced no result. He had to wait for 3 long years for his
next match – was pushed to open – then in Dec 2011 at Chepauk against West
Indies played a good innings scoring his maiden century and winning the Man of
the Match.
This year, he
played 3 matches against Zimbabwe, did not score much – has a total of 287
including that unbeaten 104. At Chepauk,
Tiwary had walked out to face the fourth delivery of the match, with Roach on a
hat-trick after a lack of bounce did for Rahane and Patel. Kieron
Pollard smashed ten sixes, and
farmed the strike adeptly after Russell departed, and was last man out trying for an eleventh.
In IPL 2014 - in a match between Mumbai Indians and Royal
Challengers, Starc bowled a bouncer at
Pollard, who was beaten as he attempted a hook. Starc went up to the batsman
and spoke a few words; Pollard's reaction waved him off. As Starc ran in to
bowl the next ball, Pollard pulled out of the delivery by backing away outside
leg stump just as the bowler was approaching his jump. Starc did not abort the
delivery, instead - followed the batsman and bowled the ball in
anger close to Pollard's legs. Pollard responded by swinging his bat hard -
appearing to threaten to throw it at the bowler - and it slipped out of his
hand and fell on the leg side. Both players were visibly angry and continued to
exchange words.
Today there is news
that - Gautam Gambhir and Manoj Tiwary, captains of the Delhi and Bengal teams,
were involved in a prolonged heated exchange during the third day's play of the
Ranji Trophy match at Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi. The umpire, K Srinath, had to
intervene, and the match referee, Valmik Buch, has called for a hearing. In a
statement issued after the hearing, Gambhir said Buch conceded he had seen
video evidence of Tiwary pushing Delhi seamer Pradeep Sangwan.
The incident
happened in the seventh over of Bengal's second innings, when Tiwary came out
to bat at the fall of the second wicket, that of Parthasarathi Bhattacharjee to
the left-arm spin of Manan Sharma. Delhi had fallen behind by 108 runs in the
first innings, and were looking to bowl Bengal out a second time around for a
shot at an outright win. Tiwary came out
wearing a cap, but even before he faced a delivery - probably realising a pace
bowler was bowling from the other end - he called for a helmet. Delhi probably
saw this as an act of wasting time by Bengal to hold on to their three
first-innings lead points. There were words exchanged, which soon gave way to
aggressive gestures between Gambhir, fielding at first slip, and Tiwary.
Srinath had to
separate the two. Buch called in the two team managers, Manoj Kapoor of Delhi
and Sameer Dasgupta of Bengal, and the two captains. Some reports suggest that
in an ugly gesture, Gambhir even pushed umpire Srinath, who was trying to get
him out of the way to hit Tiwary. Touching umpire is a grave offence, which
could invite a ban.
Gambhir has been
involved in some ugly spars ~ and it is time, a player of his experience
conducts himself on field. Ugly spats
are not restricted to ‘street cricket’ …… Ambati Rayudu while playing for
Hyderabad years ago, was attacked by Arjun Yadav, son of famed Shivlal
Yadav. Worser still was the left arm
pacer from Baroda Rashid Patel chasing Raman Lamba with a stick in hand. It was Jan 1991, Duleep Trophy final between
West Zone and North zone. Lamba made 180
and NZ piled up 729/9 when declaration came.
In the 2nd innings Lamba was taunting them again…… Kiran More was
the Captain who reportedly shouted something to Rashid Patel, who kept bouncing
to Lamba. Reportedly Patel overstepped far too long and
hurled one short with a big ‘no-ball’, injuring Lamba. The incident was widely reported in all
newspapers. There were exchange of
words, incensed Lamba reportedly waved his bat – Rashid Patel plucked the
stump, chased him around the ground and probably hit him too. Following an enquiry Lamba was debarred for
10 months and Rashid Patel – 13 months.
In 1992, there was
an International event – at Perth when the mighty Dennis Lillee and dogged
Javed Mianded were involved in an altercation.
Lillee was not having a great day and Miandad reportedly teased him with
some snide remarks… when Miandad played down to fineleg and set off for a
single, Lillee deliberately crossed his path and collided. Miandad’s bat hit
Lillee’s back, Lillee kicked him on his knee - resembling a boxer ~ Miandad
advanced with bat held high in a threatening gesture …. Aussie Capt Greg
Chappel entirely blamed Miandad, though Lillee got a warning a $ 200 fine…
Recently in 2013
occurred an off-field brawl at around 2
am in a bar in Birmingham city Aussies were celebrating their win over England
at Edgbaston; a small contingent of English players had also come to be
bar. David Warner reportedly threw a
punch at England player Joe Root in an altercation and promptly received a
ban…. In Aug 2013, a picture tweeted by
England's wicket keeper Matt Prior showed the squad celebrated, sat on the Oval after dark surrounded by beer
and champagne.
And Malcolm Conn
wrote in the Herald Sun: 'While the center of the ground was quite dark, lights
were on in the grandstands with dozens of people still cleaning up after a late
finish which saw the game go beyond 7.30pm. 'A number of players including Stuart Broad,
Kevin Pietersen and Jimmy Anderson took it in turns urinating on the pitch to
the cheers of their team mates.
~ these people bring disrespute to the game ..
With regards – S.
Sampathkumar
24th Oct 2015.
