You’ve got to admire Sulieman Benn. Well I do.
Some people get in trouble, like say a Pub Brawl in Sydney, and then they fix all their problems, get on the straight and narrow and eventually become captains of their side.
Benn seems hell bent on never going straight.
He may not even be capable of it.
No player has the ability to get himself into his shit without drinking, drugging or womaning like Benn.
I wrote this for cricinfo a couple of days back:
“No one can annoy like Benn. Batsmen, umpires and his own captain are the usual subjects. In the history of cricket there have been few players who can get under the skin of players on both sides so brilliantly. But this is a skill. Skills need time, patience and hard work. While being the annoying spinner can work – Paul Harris has made a career from it – Benn can actually bowl. If he spent all the time he usually uses on annoying people on bowling, wow, the man could be a cult hero spin-bowling god, the Manute Bol of finger spin. And he wouldn’t get sent off the field by his captain as much.”
His career highlights so far:
At least two tripping incidents.
Mouthing off to every opposition player.
Mouthing off to most players on his own team.
Getting in scrapes with Johnson and Haddin that lead to a suspension.
Being thrown off the field by his own captain.
And getting spat at by Dale Steyn.
That is not bad for a guy who has played 50 international matches.
Nathan Hauritz played that many before anyone knew he was alive.
Now Benn has been suspended again.
This time for going into the South African changeroom to continue the fight he had been having with Steyn throughout the whole game that Steyn tried to end with the spit.
He has stayed true to himself.
I have nothing but admiration for the man.
Respect.
The ICC is a bunch of racists. Sulie did nothing wrong. He is just blacker than others. You must have a peanut-sized brain not to realise that.
If only he had of hit Haddin. Surely there isn’t a law against that?
That is not bad for a guy who has played 50 international matches.
Nathan Hauritz played that many before anyone knew he was alive.
That is some real truth. Some Australian Cricketers are absolute Unbelievables. We won’t even know they exist by the time they reach some serious landmarks!
Clearly it wasn’t racist of Chris Gayle to send him off the pitch, so if racism can’t explain why no other cricketers are ever expelled by their captains, what can? Simply, Sulie is a loose cannon. Whether or not the suspensions were justified is not being debated in this post, so why insult jrod over it, Wes? Can we not appreciate someone who is such a crazy character? Please don’t turn this into the Gambhir suspension furore, mark two, with racism allegations being bandied around.
I think Benn is a touch unlucky, he wasn’t totally at fault with the Brad Haddin incident from what I can remember, and he seemed to get punished the most.
Also, whatever went on with Dale Steyn on the pitch I’m not sure. But I don’t blame him for not letting Steyn get away with the spitting. Any punishment handed out to Steyn?
He strikes me as a man who dosen’t stand for much shit, on or off the field. Whether that is a recipe for a long term test cricket career, I somehow doubt.
And of course he dosen’t help himself with the fact he can’t seem to keep his mouth shut.
He is entertaining though, you’ve got to give him that.
Your cricket blog is without doubt the worst on the net.
Why not try for interesting content or original thought. You seem to have spent far too much time on the look of your pages and practically none on what really matters.
Bedi99, awesome comment. You’re a rare person. Keep that up.
Excuse me NJ, no time to explain, must bang head against desk *bangs head against desk*
Sorry Wes, sarcasm doesn’t transfer well across the internet when it’s being received at 5 in the morning :(
hahahaha Jrod I think it was sarcasm as well …
@ This song is To Dear Ben
Ben Ben Ben Ben Ben Ben … BenBenBenBen Benly Ben ooohoohoooh (Yeh replace now Ben with Men….. from 2 and half Men)
I can rhyme Yehhh
Apparently, everyone who has the name ‘Bedi’ is a retard. Cricketers and fans alike.
I love your punching bags — Hauritz, Ian Bell (may his foot rest in peace) and Phillip Hughes’ tweets (which BTW, after your including it in your book, pretty much stopped). I can imagine these gentle folks getting together on a Punch Bag conference call or summit and deciding on a course of action against you. But, including them in any posts always guarantees a laugh!
And, Oh.. John fucken Davison!
Bedi99:
I think not, Bedi – Jrod’s humour may not be universal, but this is beyond doubt one of the ugliest web sites on the internet.
Bottom edge, that is one of the nicest things anyone has ever said to me.
That is an extremely unnecessary and racist comment Sach… not surprisingly it seems to coincide with the start of an India-SL series… you want a fight, we’ll give you a fight!
/has seen Mandira Bedi act in a play which raised (oh please) his opinion of her 10 fold
I knew you would take it in the spirit in which it was intended.
Get a room, you two. This worse than the time Mathew Hayden, before IPL 3 started spewing out things like he and people of Chennai were bosom pals…
Achettup, I think Sach was talking in the main of the legendary Bitchin’ Singh Bedi — greatest animal, vegetable or mineral ever to engage on a cricket bitch. Hence the “cricketers and fans alike” rider. Mandira Bedi is neither cricketer nor fan, just bimbo.
@Achettup
I’m brown, and what is it, that one brown man can say to another brown man, that is racist?
;)
Thanks, Shaitan!
Shaitaan, I find your acerbic and sexist remarks highly disturbing and contrary to the spirit of this blog, I think. Let us not forget there are other Bedis to consider, 99 for instance and Kiran, a highly decorated civilian policewoman, I think. I must confess that I agree with most of Bitchin’ (classic!) Singh Bedi’s remarks save his belief that the IPL is ruining cricket. I have also not played “animal/ vegetable/ mineral” for the longest time and appreciate the invitation.
Sach, forgive my perceived insolence and the lame attempt to fuse some interest in the gazillionth Ind-SL series of the past month. Rereading my comment I can see that it might have presented the opportunity for evil forces to instigate a division, and I cannot fathom how that could have affected relations in our brown bloc. And before any of you Saffers take any offence, our brown-black bloc. BROWN PAWAR!
Precisely, Achettup, which is why I merely clarified that bimbos (and, alright, decorated policewomen and even actors who once played Sandokan) were not necessarily in Sach’s ambit. Bitchin’ Singh, however, was once bitchin’ by game (say those who saw him bowl in his heyday) but is now merely Bitchin’ by name.
As for India vs SL, bring it on, I mean Bring It On, I mean, BRING IT— …
PS: I am surprised (ref your blog post: ‘Will The ICC’s Anti Corruption Unit Investigate Ross Emerson’s Allegations?’) no one has picked up on that. A cricket board official meeting an umpire before a game with a clear mandate to ‘call’ a certain player? Basically begs the question: Was it as simple as Emerson calling it like he saw it? Would he not, having been told to call it, feel even slightly pressured had he decided not to call it?
Heh, Achettup, do you agree with his(B.Bedi’s) “Doosra is another man in a woman’s life” remarks as well?
the worthy heir to Patrick Patterson