‘ICC no good in handling on-field showdowns’
BY PTI17 July 2014 11:45 PM GMT
PTI17 July 2014 11:45 PM GMT
Former Australia captain Ian Chappell feels incidents like the alleged fracas between Ravindra Jadeja and James Anderson in the India-England Test series are increasing because the ICC has not been good enough while deciding on such issues.
England pace spearhead Anderson has been charged for allegedly ‘abusing and pushing’ Jadeja during the first cricket Test at Trent Bridge. ‘ICC should block this and start again - they are no good. Probably wasn’t good when I was playing. Tell me when was the last time a decision was made in the best interest of the game of cricket. The decisions are made money wise,’ he told PTI in an exclusive interview. Chappell said the old system of talking it out over drinks was good enough to sort out on-field conflicts.
Chappell blamed ICC for letting things go out of hands. ‘The ICC is stupid to let this thing go out of hand, really. I am not talking about the abusive stuff, I am talking about eye-to-eye chatter,’ he said. Chappell also said the umpires should sort the conflicts happening on the field. ‘If this happens to me. I would tell the bowler ‘mate it is going to be a long day because I am not facing up to you’. The umpire would know I am not happy. I will be telling the umpire you get this sorted out. He doesn’t sort it out, I am going to take the law in own hands,’ he said.
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