ICC to help cricketers identify journalists who insulted them
The World Cup saw at least two instances of offended players mistaking people for journalists who had offended them through their writing. Both Virat Kohli and Ahmed Shehzad picked on the wrong guy, and who knows how many other similar instances went unreported.
With an eye to nipping such embarrassing incidents in the bud at future tournaments, a proactive ICC has announced that it will from now on be organising special meet-and-greet events early on in the piece to help each butt-hurt cricketer identify and memorise the face of the man who wrote all that shit about him in that one article a while back.
"Journalists are asked to bring a copy of the offending article with them, along with two forms of photo identification so that the cricketer in question can be fully satisfied you are the right man," said one organiser.
The two parties will also be given the chance to work things out right then and there, if they so wish, by having the cricketer punch the journalist in the face - oh, a couple of times or so should do it. If the journalist declines this opportunity to put things behind them, they will agree that the cricketer reserves the right to gesticulate wildly and cast aspersions on the nature of the writer's relationship with his sister from a safe distance during practice.
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The World Cup saw at least two instances of offended players mistaking people for journalists who had offended them through their writing. Both Virat Kohli and Ahmed Shehzad picked on the wrong guy, and who knows how many other similar instances went unreported.
With an eye to nipping such embarrassing incidents in the bud at future tournaments, a proactive ICC has announced that it will from now on be organising special meet-and-greet events early on in the piece to help each butt-hurt cricketer identify and memorise the face of the man who wrote all that shit about him in that one article a while back.
"Journalists are asked to bring a copy of the offending article with them, along with two forms of photo identification so that the cricketer in question can be fully satisfied you are the right man," said one organiser.
The two parties will also be given the chance to work things out right then and there, if they so wish, by having the cricketer punch the journalist in the face - oh, a couple of times or so should do it. If the journalist declines this opportunity to put things behind them, they will agree that the cricketer reserves the right to gesticulate wildly and cast aspersions on the nature of the writer's relationship with his sister from a safe distance during practice.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/857325.html