{"id":124495,"date":"2023-11-10T17:10:10","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T17:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=124495"},"modified":"2023-11-10T17:10:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T17:10:38","slug":"a-campaign-against-sledging-intimidation-on-the-cricket-field-by-michael-roberts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/a-campaign-against-sledging-intimidation-on-the-cricket-field-by-michael-roberts\/","title":{"rendered":"A Campaign Against Sledging &#038; Intimidation on the Cricket Field-by Michael Roberts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A Campaign Against Sledging &amp; Intimidation on the Cricket Field-<span style=\"color: #800080;\">by Michael Roberts<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-88737 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Michael-Roberts-eLanka.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Roberts\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #800080;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2023\/11\/08\/a-campaign-against-sledging-intimidation-on-the-cricket-field\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thuppahis<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">My upbringing was heavily impregnated with cricket and its sporting values.\u00a0<strong>The practices of sledging and verbal one-upmanship in order to unsettle batsmen was simply unthinkable to those so nourished.\u00a0<\/strong>When Sri Lanka\u2019s team under Arjuna Ranatunga had a prolonged tour of Australia in 187, they happened to spend a lot of time in Adelaide.\u00a0 I was introduced to Arjuna and Ruwan Kalpage at a dinner at the house of Tilak Gunasekera (alas not more with us) and his wife Dawn (nee Buultjens). There I received first-hand tales of the degree to which Australian cricket was, so to speak, impregnated with the sledging form of one-upmanship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2023\/11\/08\/a-campaign-against-sledging-intimidation-on-the-cricket-field\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/SLEDGING-1-150x150.jpg?resize=305%2C305&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"elanka\" width=\"400\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">My distaste for this type of activity was deepened when I witnessed the pressures directed at the Sri Lankan cricket team touring Australia in 1995\/96 \u2014 this time by some of the umpires targetting Murali and his alleged act of throwing decisions which discounted his peculiar anatomy \u2014 a plasticine wrist identified\u00a0<em>THEN<\/em>\u00a0by Dr Buddy Reid and an Uni-Western Australia physiology team).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The result was a series of essays that eventually found a \u2018permanent home \u2018in a book called\u00a0<strong>ESSAYING CRICKET. SRI LANKA AND BEYOND<\/strong>, Colombo, Vijitha Yapa Publishers, 2006.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The degradation of ethics on the cricket field has continued intermittently over the following decades. The cricketing world recently witnessed an outstanding instance of verbal and bodily threat recently\u00a0<strong>when Mohammed Siraj threatened Charith Asalanka with words and bodily posture at \u2018point-balnk range during the World Cup match in Mumbai.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2023\/11\/08\/a-campaign-against-sledging-intimidation-on-the-cricket-field\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/images-31.jpg?w=259&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"elanka\" width=\"600\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Aaagh \u2026\u2026\u2026.. MUMBAI, yes.\u00a0<strong>T<\/strong><strong>he location and the moment both have a bearing of the \u201cconditions of possibility\u201d for such domineering behaviour.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>SOME REFERENCES<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2017\/03\/08\/an-early-plea-in-1990-ban-verbal-assaults-within-the-cricket-field\/\">An Early Plea in 1990: Ban Verbal Assaults within the\u00a0\u2026<\/a><\/strong><strong>\u00a0\u2026. \u00a0\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2017\/03\/08\/an-early-plea-in-1990-ban-verbal-assaults-within-the-cricket-field\/\">https:\/\/thuppahis.com\u00a0\u203a 2017\/03\/08 \u203a an-early-plea-in\u2026<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>8 Mar 2017\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Michael\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Roberts<\/strong><strong>\u00a0\u201c<\/strong><strong>Sin<\/strong><strong>\u2013<\/strong><strong>Bin for Verbal Intimidation<\/strong><strong>\u201d is the title of a plea in an article presented by me in Essaying Cricket.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2017\/11\/23\/the-icc-is-imbecile-verbal-assaults-permitted-within-cricket-field\/\">The ICC is Imbecile: Verbal Assaults permitted within \u2026\u2026\u2026<\/a><\/strong><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2017\/11\/23\/the-icc-is-imbecile-verbal-assaults-permitted-within-cricket-field\/\">https:\/\/thuppahis.com\u00a0\u203a 2017\/11\/23 \u203a the-icc-is-imbeci\u2026<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2013\/11\/27\/verbal-assault-on-the-cricket-field-icc-piss-weak-tv-commentators-insouciant\/\">https:\/\/thuppahis.com\u00a0\u203a 2013\/11\/27 \u203a verbal-assault-o\u2026<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>27 Nov 2013\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Michael\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Roberts<\/strong><strong>\u00a0Ever since I began to write on cricket in the late 1980s \u2026 It enabled those better versed in\u00a0<\/strong><strong>verbal intimidation<\/strong><strong>\u00a0in all its\u00a0\u2026<\/strong><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2016\/10\/27\/intimidating-assault-tactics-behind-phil-hughes-death-by-bouncer\/\">Intimidating Assault Tactics behind Phil-Hughes\u2019 Death by \u2026 \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/a><\/strong><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2016\/10\/27\/intimidating-assault-tactics-behind-phil-hughes-death-by-bouncer\/\">Thuppahi\u2019<\/a><\/strong><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2016\/10\/27\/intimidating-assault-tactics-behind-phil-hughes-death-by-bouncer\/\">https:\/\/thuppahis.com\u00a0\u203a 2016\/10\/27 \u203a intimidating-ass\u2026<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2018\/03\/28\/the-will-to-win-in-australian-cricket-outcomes\/\">The Will to Win in Australian Cricket. Outcomes<\/a><\/strong>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..\u00a0<strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2018\/03\/28\/the-will-to-win-in-australian-cricket-outcomes\/\">https:\/\/thuppahis.com\u00a0\u203a 2018\/03\/28 \u203a the-will-to-win-i\u2026<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/9b13c64c2d127cb07f53e89ac6984216.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-76869\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/9b13c64c2d127cb07f53e89ac6984216-150x150.jpg?resize=202%2C202&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/9b13c64c2d127cb07f53e89ac6984216.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/9b13c64c2d127cb07f53e89ac6984216.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/9b13c64c2d127cb07f53e89ac6984216.jpg?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"202\" data-attachment-id=\"76869\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2023\/11\/04\/the-unity-in-a-contradiction-over-time-top-dog-bullying-in-cricket\/9b13c64c2d127cb07f53e89ac6984216\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/9b13c64c2d127cb07f53e89ac6984216.jpg?fit=320%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"320,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"9b13c64c2d127cb07f53e89ac6984216\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/9b13c64c2d127cb07f53e89ac6984216.jpg?fit=300%2C281&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/9b13c64c2d127cb07f53e89ac6984216.jpg?fit=320%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/7cfda08fbbf5081d98c9b460b579e139.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-76868\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/7cfda08fbbf5081d98c9b460b579e139-150x150.jpg?resize=212%2C212&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/7cfda08fbbf5081d98c9b460b579e139.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/7cfda08fbbf5081d98c9b460b579e139.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/7cfda08fbbf5081d98c9b460b579e139.jpg?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/7cfda08fbbf5081d98c9b460b579e139.jpg?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/7cfda08fbbf5081d98c9b460b579e139.jpg?w=474&amp;ssl=1 474w\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"212\" data-attachment-id=\"76868\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2023\/11\/04\/the-unity-in-a-contradiction-over-time-top-dog-bullying-in-cricket\/7cfda08fbbf5081d98c9b460b579e139\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/7cfda08fbbf5081d98c9b460b579e139.jpg?fit=474%2C474&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"474,474\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"7cfda08fbbf5081d98c9b460b579e139\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/7cfda08fbbf5081d98c9b460b579e139.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/7cfda08fbbf5081d98c9b460b579e139.jpg?fit=474%2C474&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Campaign Against Sledging &amp; Intimidation on the Cricket Field-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis My upbringing was heavily impregnated with cricket and its sporting values.\u00a0The practices of sledging and verbal one-upmanship in order to unsettle batsmen was simply unthinkable to those so nourished.\u00a0When Sri Lanka\u2019s team under Arjuna Ranatunga had a prolonged tour of Australia in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":88737,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,42710],"tags":[35247,29441,57333],"class_list":{"0":"post-124495","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-aside","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-articles","8":"category-michael-roberts","9":"tag-charith-asalanka","10":"tag-michael-roberts","11":"tag-uni-western-australia","12":"post_format-post-format-aside"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.7.1 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Campaign Against Sledging &amp; 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