just a reminder that Ben Stokes ....

was cleared of affray by a jury of his peers not the MCC committee in a Bristol court

And the fight was because he defended two of his friends who were being verbally attacked for being gay

Posted By: ghostof barry butler on June 27th 2023 at 09:20:03

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Cricket is classist and elitist according to a new report (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 27, 07:58:48
- Report back on how many BAME faces you see at Wimbledon (n/m) (Other Sports) - Henclrikus, Jun 27, 15:11:55
  - Loads every year (n/m) (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 27, 15:26:37
    - Very much this! (n/m) (Other Sports) - revsimon, Jun 27, 16:02:56
- My experience with SD Jnr is mixed. (Other Sports) - Snakepit Divorcee, Jun 27, 10:23:03
- You forgot racist and sexist too (n/m) (Other Sports) - thirsty work, Jun 27, 09:15:37
  - There's nothing wrong with being sexy. (n/m) (Other Sports) - Captain Bligh, Jun 27, 10:04:26
    - or elite (n/m) (Other Sports) - paulg, Jun 27, 13:59:59
  - What’s happened to our black cricketers? (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 27, 09:39:31
    - Very little cricket played in schools these days (Other Sports) - jamesward, Jun 27, 09:58:09
      - and that is the (certainly a big) problem (Other Sports) - paulg, Jun 27, 14:02:30
        
        No one is saying they should stop picking privately educated players (Other Sports) - megson, Jun 27, 14:56:40
      - Vmt,plus a lot more people of African heritage now instead of windies,less history with th (Other Sports) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 27, 10:12:54
        
        Moving cricket on to pay TV probably hasn't helped either (n/m) (Other Sports) - jamesward, Jun 27, 10:18:10
        
        Absolutely. (n/m) (Other Sports) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 27, 10:19:55
- Unlike tennis (Other Sports) - jamesward, Jun 27, 08:47:23
  - Globally maybe, but pretty elitist in the UK (n/m) (Other Sports) - jamesward, Jun 27, 09:16:10
    - Certainly too many poshos at Wimbers (n/m) (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 27, 09:44:29
  - Yep loads of working class champions (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 27, 08:53:41
    - You know cricket is total establishment (Other Sports) - Poirot, Jun 27, 08:59:32
      - just a reminder that Ben Stokes .... (Other Sports) - ghostof barry butler, Jun 27, 09:20:03
        
        Wonder how much the prosecution were asked to fumble (Other Sports) - Poirot, Jun 27, 11:16:23
        
        yer thats what happened (Other Sports) - ghostof barry butler, Jun 27, 12:16:01
        
        Have you seen the video? (Other Sports) - Poirot, Jun 27, 12:37:21
        
        off course i've seen it ..... but to add some context to it (Other Sports) - ghostof barry butler, Jun 27, 13:17:03
        
        Still think he was lucky (Other Sports) - Poirot, Jun 27, 13:36:55
        
        Ah but the MCC nobbled the Jury didn't they, horses heads and all that (Other Sports) - megson, Jun 27, 11:04:21
        
        🤣🤣🤣 (n/m) (Other Sports) - ghostof barry butler, Jun 27, 11:14:47
- Yep. In other news, beats shit in the woods. (n/m) (Other Sports) - Under soil heating, Jun 27, 08:00:16
  - Did the popes catholics? (n/m) (Other Sports) - Bristol Graham, Jun 27, 08:14:39
  - Bears too, so I’m told. (n/m) (Other Sports) - Under soil heating, Jun 27, 08:14:27

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