Castle Corner and...

Participate in discussion with your fellow Zimbabwe cricket fans!
Post Reply
User avatar
CrimsonAvenger
Posts: 9859
Joined: Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:57 am
Supports: Mountaineers
Location: India

Castle Corner and...

Post by CrimsonAvenger »

Check this out: https://twitter.com/Dobie_M/status/796360224718393344

What's the point of "home advantage" if our own guys have to cop obnoxious abuse? What are your thoughts?
abuse.jpg
abuse.jpg (161.95 KiB) Viewed 2641 times

User avatar
gargamel
Posts: 800
Joined: Wed May 04, 2011 10:57 am
Supports: Mountaineers
Location: Mutambara Chimanimani Zimbabwe

Re: Castle Corner and...

Post by gargamel »

Well for a professional who gets paid a decent wage and has a simple task of put hand to ball and hold on for 10 secounds its a simple task . He has caught so many in his life time that he could catch the ball blind folded, with one hand tied to his back. My Grandmother in a wheel chair could have caught it without her glasses. So he got what he deserved.
Rainbow Cricket Club First and Always

User avatar
Kriterion_BD
Posts: 7613
Joined: Sat Nov 07, 2009 8:41 am

Re: Castle Corner and...

Post by Kriterion_BD »

Happens in BD too. When the team loses badly fans turn on the home team. Indian players have had their homes attacked as have BD players. Im sure similar has happened to Pak as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYq6auq5cyQ (Jaylen Brown, 2024 NBA Finals MVP)

User avatar
watermelon
Posts: 344
Joined: Mon Apr 25, 2016 3:46 am

Re: Castle Corner and...

Post by watermelon »

gargamel wrote:Well for a professional who gets paid a decent wage and has a simple task of put hand to ball and hold on for 10 secounds its a simple task . He has caught so many in his life time that he could catch the ball blind folded, with one hand tied to his back. My Grandmother in a wheel chair could have caught it without her glasses. So he got what he deserved.

When has Waller ever made a catch. He never seems to go more than 10 overs without spilling a simple catch. He doesn't score runs with the bat, he is a chucker with the ball, and he can't field - why is he in the team? Quotas, thats why!

-watermelon.
<3 Jemisi rules <3

User avatar
CrimsonAvenger
Posts: 9859
Joined: Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:57 am
Supports: Mountaineers
Location: India

Re: Castle Corner and...

Post by CrimsonAvenger »

But folks, its not just the Waller incident, as bayhaus writes in the thread, they seem to dish out this vulgar abuse to everyone, and apparently are in good books of ZC, so no action taken. Our own guys getting abused "during the match" as opposed tto post match disappointment are two different things. Yes, there have been incidents of bottles being thrown into the ground as protest when the home team did not do well in India, Pak and SL, but verbal and racial abuse of your own players during the match?

Googly
Posts: 19084
Joined: Thu Feb 07, 2013 5:48 pm

Re: Castle Corner and...

Post by Googly »

He wouldn't have made a complaint unless there was a racial slur.

User avatar
CrimsonAvenger
Posts: 9859
Joined: Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:57 am
Supports: Mountaineers
Location: India

Re: Castle Corner and...

Post by CrimsonAvenger »

Official statement by ZC on the incident: http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-pres ... ans/228960

Mueddie28
Posts: 1259
Joined: Tue Feb 09, 2016 7:59 pm

Re: Castle Corner and...

Post by Mueddie28 »

watermelon wrote:
gargamel wrote:Well for a professional who gets paid a decent wage and has a simple task of put hand to ball and hold on for 10 secounds its a simple task . He has caught so many in his life time that he could catch the ball blind folded, with one hand tied to his back. My Grandmother in a wheel chair could have caught it without her glasses. So he got what he deserved.

When has Waller ever made a catch. He never seems to go more than 10 overs without spilling a simple catch. He doesn't score runs with the bat, he is a chucker with the ball, and he can't field - why is he in the team? Quotas, thats why!

-watermelon.
Who are your best top 5 fielders currently active for Zimbabwe...

Post Reply