27/12/2009

The Petulance of Stuart Broad

Stuart Broad in the 3rd ODI at the Rose Bowl, ...Image via Wikipedia
Sunil Gavaskar throws light on why Stuart Broad has never been reported for his petulance.
The reason is simple. Stuart's father Chris is one of ICC's match referees and so the umpires are reluctant to make a complaint against the youngster. Remember the umpires and match referees are used to hanging out together in the evenings since they are in a foreign country and so forge a good relationship and obviously the umpires are not looking to spoil that by citing the young Broad for a violation of the code of conduct.
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