Re: Is this guy on drugs or something
**Sreesanth needs to cool down **
Kochi: There is a thin line between aggression and antics.
The talent in Santhakumaran Sreesanth is beyond question, but the paceman continues to indulge in theatrics on the cricket field.
Sreesanth did himself little credit before his home crowd towards the end of the Australian innings here on Tuesday.
**First, he got into a verbal duel with Brad Haddin. **
**Then, as non-striker Andrew Symonds walked down the pitch to have a word with his partner, Sreesanth picked the ball up, dislodged the bails, and appealed for a run-out verdict. **
Despite the umpire ruling it as a dead ball, Sreesanth continued pleading and skipper M.S. Dhoni had to move swiftly to the bowler to coax him to bowl again.
Sreesanth’s on field behaviour made little sense.
Dhoni’s advice
“He (Sreesanth) has to realise that this is international cricket and there are people watching him,” said Dhoni the other night in Bangalore. He added that at this level, he was not a school teacher and Sreesanth his pupil.
http://www.hindu.com/2007/10/03/stories/2007100356742100.htm
Time Sree curbed his aggression
**KOCHI, October 2: **A maverick, an uninhibited entertainer. A good actor he could be. S Sreesanth, however, has transgressed cricket’s code of conduct too often. In the past, he has been warned and fined by the International Cricket Council. And his seniors have repeatedly advised him to restrain his emotions. Yet, he continues to flaunt what comes naturally to him: aggression.
On Tuesday, Sreesanth once again brought the game to disrepute, snarling and gesticulating at the Australian batsmen, even appealing for a run out against Andrew Symonds when the ball was dead. It was not a pretty picture. After unsuccessfully appealing for a LBW against Brad Haddin, Sree swaggered up to the batsman and gave him an earful. Even as Symonds came to his mates’ rescue, Sree threw down the wickets at the non-strikers’ end and appealed for a run out. He was persuasive, putting umpire Suresh Shastry under pressure. It took skipper Dhoni to get the situation under control, as he ordered his bowler to get on with the game.
**As if this was not enough to trigger ICC match referee to consider a possible case of disrepute against him, Sree again made mockery of the code of conduct when he crudely remonstrated after accepting a return catch from Symonds. Celebration is one thing, behaving disrespectfully is another. **
Perhaps, Sree wouldn’t care. Playing in front of his home crowd, could have pumped him up. Also, the Aussies, who are masters at sledging, could have baited him, but Sree had no business to do what he did.
His tryst with infamy began in Johannesburg last year when he wildly swirled his bat around in the air after slamming Andre Nel, who had dared him, for a six over the sight screen. If we thought it was a one-off incident, an incensed Sree earned the match referee’s wrath when he shoulder-charged English captain Michael Vaughan and bowled a bouncer at Paul Collingwood after overstepping the crease by over two yards. Though reprimanded by match referee Ranjan Madugalle, Sree had the chutzpah to bowl a beamer at Kevin Pietersen.
More recently, he was charged for excessive appealing and fined 25 per cent of his match fees by the ICC during the T20 World Cup semi-finals. In the same game, he drummed his palm on the pitch after castling Matthew Hayden.
Sree’s behaviour is cause for concern to past masters. “He is a remarkably talented. He has the ability to win matches. But he has to change his attitude on the field. He can’t go on like this. Someone please do something about this,” pleaded former India captain Chandu Borde. “I wish someone could inject sense into him.”
SOURCE: http://cricket.indiatimes.com/Time_Sree_curbed_his_aggression/articleshow/2423152.cms