da betsson： Ricky Ponting laughs at Justin Langer’s call for less sledging in county cricket
da aposte e ganhe： Cricinfo staff16-Apr-2007
Ricky rats on Justin: “The little fella was never too far away from it” © Getty Images
It’s a move that Ricky Ponting has branded a bit rich. Justin Langer has called for no more sledging in county cricket – despite having areputation within the Australia set-up as a bit of a chatterbox.”There must be two Justin Langers in the world I think,” Ponting, the Australian captain, told newspaper when informedof Langer’s call. “I don’t know what’s happened there. But I know thelittle fella was never too far away from it if something was going on.”Langer, who recently retired from Tests but has taken up his positionat Somerset again, told newspaper: “I don’t believein it and it is something that has disturbed me over the years, particularly when Glenn McGrath and Ramnaresh Sarwan were involved inan ugly incident in 2003.” That incident involved an offensivereference to McGrath’s wife, Jane.There is only a small distinction between what’s acceptable and what isn’t in Langer’s book. “If the batsman comes out and the fieldersshout to the bowler, ‘He doesn’t like playing out-swingers’, then thatis a part of cricket, but there is a fine line between that and gamesmanship.”
