Cow Corner Warner "is the most juvenile cricketer I have seen on a cricket field," according to Martin Crowe. Crowe is probably right, but Warner is likely to benefit from Armafio's Law, which states that the bigger the rumpus, the bigger the attraction. Talent and a handy baby are good protection, too.
Meanwhile, Warner is involved in a rumpus of a different kind.
Update! What is Hindi for "speak English"?
"When I went over to say something to him, he sort of said something in their language and I said 'speak English' because, if you're going to say something, understand that theoretically I cannot speak Hindi. I did the polite thing and asked him to speak English, therefore he did and I can't repeat what he said."
The polite thing. Well, I suppose. Going by the footage Warner can claim he did not say "speak English, c**t." I mean, that's probably what we all assumed.
He may be a juvenile, but he's our juvenile.
Posted by: Cameron | Monday, January 19, 2015 at 12:34 PM
True. But he's still a bogan muppet.
Posted by: Tony Tea | Monday, January 19, 2015 at 01:15 PM
"...Theoretically I cannot speak Hindi"?????
Posted by: 2BarRiff | Monday, January 19, 2015 at 01:22 PM
Yes. I tweeted that. I theoretically cannot eat vegetarian lasagna.
Posted by: Tony Tea | Monday, January 19, 2015 at 01:33 PM
Theoretically he can recognise Hindi as opposed to Gujarati or Marathi?
Incidentally I just found out that Rohit is learning to play the guitar. Could Warner arrange for him to get a Brett Lee CD to discourage him from this sort of thing?
Posted by: Professor Rosseforp | Monday, January 19, 2015 at 01:36 PM
"Going by the footage", Warner said:
"WHAT?!! Speak English you fucker. Speak English! Speak English!"
I am the Emperor of Lip Reading so you know I make sense.
Posted by: Big Ramifications | Monday, January 19, 2015 at 02:30 PM
Jesus Christ. I just watched "the footage". There is a much better angle I saw live yesterday.
This is the Joe the Cameraman cop-out footage. Did everyone also get a strange lag/edit during the heat of Warner's spray? And if it wasn't the lag, it was various helmeted heads getting in the way of a full lip reading.
I'm calling yet another ACB/Channel 9 conspiracy.
Posted by: Big Ramifications | Monday, January 19, 2015 at 02:37 PM
This footage is different.
Posted by: Tony Tea | Monday, January 19, 2015 at 02:46 PM
"Theoretically I can't speak Hindi". I love it when bogans try to use big words. It reminds me of another Warnerism a little while ago, when he said "word around the campfire is that we really want to win this one". Muppet indeed.
Mind you, there's not really much in it, is there? If I thought someone had nicked a run after it deflected off them I'd be pretty annoyed as well, and if they spoke to me in Hindi in the context of a reasonably heated exchange I might tell them what they thought about that, too. Whether Warner was mistaken about the run or not is really beside the point.
Don't get me wrong, I'm the last guy to fire up on the field in a match, but I'm not playing international cricket, am I. I think people forget, people that should know better (Martin Crowe?) that things are bound to be different when you're doing it for a living and you're playing in front of a bazillion people at the ground and on telly.
Posted by: Carrot | Monday, January 19, 2015 at 09:51 PM
'speak English, cnut' vs 'soon enough someone will get king-hit on a cricket field. Warner may just be the one who gets pinned by someone in retaliation. And if it is him who gets hammered, it will be overdue'
Which is more likely to incite violence?
Posted by: Nick | Monday, January 19, 2015 at 10:07 PM
100% behind Prof Ross on this one. Either that or Greg Baum. Though Prof is sharper with the Bing infliction.
Posted by: Via collins | Monday, January 19, 2015 at 10:14 PM
Hindi for "Speak English" is "English bol!".
Hindi for "Speak Hindi Motherfucker" is "Hindi Bol Maadarchod!" (And yes, that is the same "Maa" as in "Maaki".)
Cheers!
Posted by: Samir Chopra | Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 08:16 AM
Meanwhile Innocent George gets the chop cause the selectors leave out a spinner and we cant complete our overs. We will lose a captain for the World Cup final if they dont pull their finger out and get the overs in. Or put their finger in and get the overs out.
Warner is a dickhead, nothing to see here, move along
Posted by: philsgone | Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 08:57 AM