da betway： In the second CB Series final, Andrew Symonds taught a streaker a hard lesson. A selection of what people had to say about the incident
da spicy bet： 07-Mar-2008
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“I’d definitely like to have a tackle like that on my resumé. And I don’t think that streaker will be running onto cricket grounds any more.”
“I reckon it was awesome. It’s the best hit I’ve seen for ages. We should sign him up.”
“He didn’t drive through properly. He didn’t finish the tackle off.””Would he have done the same if the streaker was a woman?”
“It was great actually … it was just like playing football.”
“I only saw it live and it looked like the guy was running at him, and Andrew to some extent tried to protect himself.”
“He [Symonds] was dealing with self-preservation, which we support 100 percent. Andrew was in the zone and was severely threatened.”
“It’d just be an absurdity if he was prosecuted for assault because he took firm but reasonable and proportionate action to deal with someone who was invading the pitch at a particularly difficult time of the match.”
“He could have done some injury to Andrew Symonds, because he seemed to run straight at him and all of a sudden he is on his back.”
“No. Wake up to yourself.”
“I’d just got out, so I was sooking. I haven’t seen it yet. There’s been a bit of talk and laughter around the dressing room, but I haven’t spoken to Symmo about it”
“The Indians are on to something with their Symonds obsession. The land of gurus and enlightenment know that we have a cricketer so neanderthal that he should sleep in a cage.”
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