Sledging – don’t single out cricket
The ICC can’t seriously expect cricket to be played without sledging. The game is built for sledging. There is a lot of downtime, as the bowler walks back to his mark and between overs.
Aside from shaking hands at the toss or after the game, there is no physical contact between opponents.
The real violence in cricket
Test cricket – for the ages
Harry lives across the road. It is a slow life. At 94, he is cheerful and quick with a wave but is rarely seen, emerging from his house to check the letter box and tend to his rubbish bins.
Angus already loves Test cricket
When his wife died a few years ago, Harry ended up depressed, sitting on a chair beneath the house, bleeding from his wrists. He drank weed poison then went upstairs to die.
