The West Indian . April 07, 2018 . Page 38 www.thewestindianonline.com COMMENTARY By DR. DHANPAUL NARINE Cricket: Australia Cheated and were Defeated!

Warner went to see Woodfull. After a right abuse of a player his cricket. He baits the Warner was the per- brief silence Woodfull said, “I don’t if the game is getting players and takes them son that suggested the away from the Austra- on with sledging. War- ball-tampering idea. It is want to see you Mr. Warner. There are lians. The Glenn Mc- ner is given the latitude alleged that he conceived two teams out there. One is trying to Grath abuse of Ramna- to carry on because he of the plan and presented play cricket and the other is not.” resh Sarwan is a case in has the game. He is a it to Steve Smith. Why point. There was more destructive batsman that didn’t Smith reject the Dr. Dhanpaul Narine Douglas Jardine and rica was half-hearted. By abusive behavior during can bludgeon the oppo- idea outright and read his men landed in Aus- the time he reached Aus- the series in South Africa sition. Warner the riot act? As Town are continuing tralia in 1932. Jardine, tralia everyone wanted where David Warner and But Warner’s behav- Warner explains, he and to take their toll on the aloof and aristocrat- answers. Smith and Bancroft are players and their fam- ic, had a plan. He was The episode in mates and mates look ilies. Candice Warner going to use his main Cape Town showed out for each other. War- spoke of the pain she strike bowler, Harold that there was plan- ner appeared to have had experienced in South Af- Larwood, to physically ning and the pre- more control and infl u- rica; she has described hurt the Aussies. He was meditation to cheat. ence in the team than her husband David as going to use Bodyline to The idea was that the captain, Steve Smith. ‘an emotional wreck’ thwart the ability of Don the cheaters could Many have argued that is after he was banned by Bradman, and others. get away with it and diffi cult to fi nd sympathy Australia. She blames In the Third Test emerge as victors. for Warner in the current herself for what has hap- at Adelaide, Larwood It did not happen fi asco. pened. struck Woodfull with a that way. The Cape There is another in- It is tempting to judge rising delivery that hit Town incident must triguing question: did the the players harshly. It is his heart. The crowd be examined at three bowlers know that there argued that they are good was incensed with anger. levels to place it in a was tampering? It seems people that were caught This anger lasted beyond proper context. strange that tampering up in a bad place. Can- the length of the series The fi rst is the would happen without dice should know that and Bodyline was seen culture of Australian the prior knowledge of she is an honorable wife as unsportsmanlike. Lar- cricket. In a coun- the bowlers. Common- and mother, and standing wood never played for try where ‘mateship’ sense suggests that they by her husband and her England again. Jardine’s counts sports is the had to know before- family is the best thing legacy remains tainted to personifi cation of Former Australian captain, Steve Smith, expresses remorse hand in order to imple- for his role in ball-tampering in Cape Town, South Africa. to do at this diffi cult this day. the bond that ex- ment a bowling strate- time. Life, like cricket, is The Bodyline about redemption; one series also led to hopes that Bancroft, a diplomatic in- Smith and Warner will cident. The out- emerge stronger and cry threatened better in the future. economic rela- Where does crick- tions. It forced the et go from here? The Prime Ministers ball-tampering scandal of Australia and should become a force England to make for good. There is need statements about for an International the need for good Code of Conduct that conduct on the reinforces decency fi eld of play. and good behavior, on The point from and off the fi eld. The Bodyline is that recent brawl between Australia would Bangladesh and Sri no longer capitu- Tears from David Warner but he fi nds it diffi cult to win public Lanka was disgrace- late and wear the sympathy. ful; other countries, badge of victim- This isn’t cricket! Cameron Bancroft is caught trying to including West Indies, hood. This ex- disfi gure the ball! need to revisit their plains why the captain ists on and off the fi eld. Quentin de Kock had a codes of conduct. of the Australian cricket Mateship also dictates heated exchange that led ior was like a cancer in gy. Perhaps this will be Civility is not only team is almost on equal that winning should be to widespread condem- the team. He set a bad addressed in the future mixing with the oppo- footing with that of pursued at all costs. Aus- nation. example to the young- when Warner reveals sition after the game. the Prime Minister of tralia plays its cricket the Clearly, the spirit of er players. Imagine a more details. Good behavior should be the country. The baggy hard way. They take a the game has been dam- rookie in the Australian Ian Chappell has tak- displayed on the fi eld as green stands for national delight in sledging. The aged in recent years and side sledging a seasoned en the Australian Board well. In the Fourth Test pride. aim is to insult the oppo- Australia have been in player in the opposition! to task for allowing the at the Wanderers, Tim The current fi asco in nent to the point where the forefront in the cul- Surely, one has to earn game to fall into a ‘slip- Paine showed a new and Cape Town has brought players lose control and ture of aggressive be- the right to sledge! pery slope.’ Chappell has friendly face of Austra- responses from Prime make rash mistakes. havior. But the cricket This leads to the third had his own brush with lia. This is a good start. Ministers Malcolm Turn- Who can forget coach administrators were pre- point. In the structure the law. He appeared be- At the conclusion of the bull and Theresa May. Darren Lehmann call- pared to turn a blind eye of the Australian team fore a Guyanese magis- Fourth Test, he promised Both stated their shock ing on Australians to get because the team was Warner appears to be trate in 1979, dressed in to move forward with a at the ball-tampering stuck into Stuart Broad winning. the dominant fi gure. The short pants, to answer a different cricket culture. incident in Cape Town. and make him cry? The second aspect vice-captain advises the charge of slapping a lo- This is even better. Steve Smith, Australia’s The combative ap- of this culture has to do captain and generally cal journalist. Chappell captain, did not appear to proach can take different with behavior of play- has his or her back. But has called for strong The views expressed in this column realize the seriousness or forms, from claiming ers on the fi eld of play. it appears as if Warner leadership to restore the areThe solely views those expressed of the writerin this and column do not arenecessarily solely those represent of the writer the views and ofdo the not enormity of the incident. to catch a bump ball David Warner has an, took over the team. credibility of the game. necessarilyTHE represent WEST INDIAN. the views of the His apology in South Af- cleanly, to the down- ‘in your face’ attitude to It is reported that The incidents in Cape THE WEST INDIAN.