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Shane Warne loses his cool...
Topic Started: Sep 24 2006, 09:47 AM (264 Views)
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Shane Warne bowled a series of bouncers and was no-balled for throwing the ball from a standing start as Hampshire's match with Lancashire ended in farce.

The game petered out to a draw, with Lancashire determined not to relinquish their second place to Hampshire.

So they batted all day to finish on 339-6, Luke Sutton taking advantage to hit his second century for the team.

But Warne took exception to opposing captain Mark Chilton's refusal to declare despite holding a big lead.

In a ridiculous finish, wicket-keeper Nic Pothas bowled three overs and Jimmy Adams took a rare wicket of his own.

Warne defended his actions, saying: "Coming into the day and after losing a day through rain, we thought we were going to get a game.

"It got to the stage where they were 430 ahead with 60 overs left and still didn't declare - it was ridiculous.

"I started throwing some lob-ups to see if they wanted any more runs but that didn't work.

"From their point of view it would have been good for Jimmy Anderson to come out and bowl under pressure so they missed a trick and, to be honest, lost the spirit of the game - it was pretty poor form.

"I was proud of our guys and the umpires congratulated us on our conduct.

"We did everything we could to get a game but I was disappointed for the crowd who had come to see what happened."

Chilton said he regretted his policy of not declaring.

"We definitely didn't want to lose the game so we were going to bat ourselves into a very strong position," said the Lancashire captain.

"After lunch there was a window of opportunity in which we could, and should have perhaps, declared.

"But after Hampshire started throwing the bowl 20 feet into the air we decided it would be inappropriate.

"I'm not proud of what happened but I feel sorry for all the spectators that made the journey and I hope this doesn't cloud what has been a great season for us.

"If I could have the time again, I would have done it differently and I will learn from things like this."


I saw it on Sky Sports News: He bowled while standing still, bowled bouncers, got our wicket-keeper Nic Pothas to bowl and made Chris Benham bowl with his left and right arm :lol:

I'm going soon to watch Hants v Glamorgan in the play-off (which is also live on Sky Sports 1). Come on Hampshire!
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