Urinating on the Oval pitch
You aren't that good a side ffs
You aren't that good a side ffs
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England's players look set to be investigated by the ECB after reports they urinated on The Oval pitch during Ashes celebrations.
Spin bowler Graeme Swann admitted he had been involved in a late-night "private celebration" with some of his team-mates on the wicket on Sunday, but played down the severity of the team's conduct.
The England and Wales Cricket Board has been unavailable for comment, but Surrey Cricket Club revealed the governing body will be acting on the matter.
Chief executive Richard Gould told theSun: "We've spoken to the ECB and they say they will be looking into the matter.
"We would be very disappointed if it turns out they did urinate on the pitch."
England secured Ashes glory over the weekend after drawing the final Test when bad light halted their push for a 4-0 victory, needing 21 runs from four overs.
Australian journalists have reported seeing England pacemen James Anderson and Stuart Broad and batsman Kevin Pietersen relieving themselves on the pitch in south London.
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Swann told The Sun: "We did go out to the middle of the pitch, all the lads, drinking beers, singing a few songs and enjoying each other's company.
"I think the call of nature might have come once or twice but it was nothing untoward. It was midnight, a private celebration in the middle of the pitch and the ground was dark."
Australia legend Shane Warne called the England players "crass and arrogant" after hearing about the incident.
"Unfortunately, the way people are judged these days it's best to celebrate within the confines of the dressing room," he told the Daily Telegraph.
"Stay in there as long as you like, get as drunk as you like if that is what you want to do and enjoy your team-mates and the moment.
"But to go and disrespect something as ancient as the Oval pitch in such an unnecessary and crass way is a pretty ordinary and arrogant thing to do, I wonder also if the opposition was mentioned to?"
Spin bowler Graeme Swann admitted he had been involved in a late-night "private celebration" with some of his team-mates on the wicket on Sunday, but played down the severity of the team's conduct.
The England and Wales Cricket Board has been unavailable for comment, but Surrey Cricket Club revealed the governing body will be acting on the matter.
Chief executive Richard Gould told theSun: "We've spoken to the ECB and they say they will be looking into the matter.
"We would be very disappointed if it turns out they did urinate on the pitch."
England secured Ashes glory over the weekend after drawing the final Test when bad light halted their push for a 4-0 victory, needing 21 runs from four overs.
Australian journalists have reported seeing England pacemen James Anderson and Stuart Broad and batsman Kevin Pietersen relieving themselves on the pitch in south London.
Private celebration
Swann told The Sun: "We did go out to the middle of the pitch, all the lads, drinking beers, singing a few songs and enjoying each other's company.
"I think the call of nature might have come once or twice but it was nothing untoward. It was midnight, a private celebration in the middle of the pitch and the ground was dark."
Australia legend Shane Warne called the England players "crass and arrogant" after hearing about the incident.
"Unfortunately, the way people are judged these days it's best to celebrate within the confines of the dressing room," he told the Daily Telegraph.
"Stay in there as long as you like, get as drunk as you like if that is what you want to do and enjoy your team-mates and the moment.
"But to go and disrespect something as ancient as the Oval pitch in such an unnecessary and crass way is a pretty ordinary and arrogant thing to do, I wonder also if the opposition was mentioned to?"
Marko
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SproutMackem
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"Crass and arrogant" - from an Ozzie? - That's the definition of irony.
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Harry Lime
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The only thing they've done wrong is get caught.
Mackem DJ
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As i said, warne in particular is keen for the good name of cricket to be upheld, fair play, sporting, played in good spirit.
Thats now Australia are shite of course.
When they weee world beaters they couldnt give a f•ck & were the nastiest most snarling, vulgar, rude bloody minded sportsmen going...
Mr Redknapp
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Barry Fry did it at St Andrews
Can't really do it any harm. It's a f***ing shite pitch anyway.
Twisted
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ask yourself how you'd feel if they had pissed all over the riverside. that's how i thought of it today, i'd be f***ing fuming
I really don't think I'd give a fuck. Nor do I think the club would. Well, they don't seem to care that a load of charvers piss all over it when they have morons like Jessie J and Five performing a couple of weeks before the biggest game we've ever hosted.
how good would they have to be for this to be okay (ffs)?
It's a nothing story. Few lads won a cricket match/series, had a few beers out on the pitch (Aussies have been known to hold their "celebrations" all over the ground including opposing changing room). Few of the lads had a piss on the ground rather than go back to the dressing rooms.
So what?
So what?
This, all this faux outrage from the media is more embarrassing to me that's what the players did.
It's a complete nothing story. Perhaps the press are just upset because the series is over.
TwasOnTheFifthOfMay
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I may be being a bit thick here, but aren't those two statements directly contradictory?
"It's bad the way people are judged today, but I'll judge them myself anyway."[DOUBLEPOST=1377976620][/DOUBLEPOST]
The groundsman, or a groundsman anyway, has been on during the week to say it isn't particularly good for the pitch.
smoker
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Warne was caught taking a banned substance. His opinion on fair play is worthless.
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