Published: Feb 26, 2016, 11:44 AM (IST)
Edited: Feb 26, 2016, 11:55 AM (IST)
Australian team is yet to file an official complaint against New Zealand cricket fans for abusive comments during their recent tour. After arriving back to Sydney, Australian vice-captain David Warner admitted that the Black Caps fans went too far with passing ‘derogatory and vulgar’ comments during both the Tests at Basin Reserve and Christchurch. Australia and New Zeaalnd played a two-match Test series with Australia sealing with wins in both the matches. Although, both the skippers, Steven Smith and Brendon McCullum showed great spirit as it was the latter’s final international appearance, the home crowd did not take the loss in the right spirits. READ: Australian cricketer David Warner delighted his family wasn’t in NZ to cop `derogatory` abuse
Smith was charged by the International Cricket Council and fined 30 percent of his match fee for showing dissent, while Hazlewood was fined 15 percent for his outburst.
With tensions still running high, Warner said he was disappointed security did not do more to rein in abuse from the crowd, which he claimed included remarks about players’ wives and children.
“It doesn’t matter if you’re home or away, you’re going to cop some form of abuse, but we don’t expect to be hounded for six or seven hours,” he told national radio on Thursday. READ: Australia won’t tone down on aggression, promises David Warner
“Some of the stuff was pretty derogatory and pretty vulgar and the upsetting thing was the fact that I know if my two daughters were in the crowd, I wouldn’t want them listening to that sort of stuff. We go out there and we don’t expect to be abused every single minute of the game, but it goes with sport in general.”
He did not say exactly what was said, but complained that “when they’re talking about people’s families and stuff it takes it a little bit too far and some of the boys raised the issue”.
