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Friday, December 12, 2014

I do cross the line sometimes: Warner - The Hindu

The ill-tempered incidents on day four even pushed a rare achievement such as a century in each innings of a Test into the background.

David Warner was persistently asked about the on-field bitterness, here, on Friday after the day’s play.

Asked about him rushing from the non-striker’s end when Steve Smith and Rohit Sharma had a confrontation, Warner admitted, “I think the world knows how I like to get involved and how I play my cricket. I like to be verbal and sometimes I do cross the line.”

On his face-off with Varun Aaron and Virat Kohli, he said “Temperature got to 40-degree plus so maybe that got to some people. Happens in cricket when decisions don’t go your way and you bowl someone off a no ball. They will come at you. Sometimes you give it back sometimes you take it.”

The left-hander elaborated, “Happens in IPL. He (Aaron) bowled tight and he felt he deserved that wicket. It’s unlucky but that happens when you bowl no balls.”

Warner added, “It is just how cricket is played. When things don’t go your way, you are full of adrenaline. Him bowling that no ball and me coming back at him and sort of (having a) go at him. Shouldn’t have. Regrouped after that.”

On the contrasting images of Australian cricketers rushing to Virat Kohli’s assistance after being hit on the helmet by a Mitchell Johnson bouncer and Friday’s stormy events, Warner said, “Given last week and a half, it’s quite tough when someone gets hit in the head. You sit back and hope he is okay. We play cricket in spirit of game. When we play tough, we play tough. That’s verbal. But when someone gets hurt you have to give him sympathy.”

Matching Hughes’s achievement

Queried whether he had wanted to match Phillip Hughes’ achievement of century in each innings of a Test, Warner said, “Yeah, definitely, it was in the back of my mind as well. Have been seeing highlights of his (Hughes’) back-to-back hundreds over the last week or so. Gave me some luck out there today. Memorable thing to do. He (Hughes) played fantastic knocks as well in South Africa.”

It was the second time in his evolving Test career that Warner has achieved the century-in-each-innings feat.

On the impact off-spinner Nathan Lyon could have on the final day he said, “At the moment it’s hard to score when ball gets older. Nice rough area for Lyon. Saw that in first innings, pretty much every delivery he hit it (the rough).”

India batsman Ajinkya Rahane, responding to questions on the unsavoury incident, first said, “It was competitive between India and Australia. It’s good for cricket. The umpires handled it pretty well.”

Rahane clarifies

Within minutes, Rahane sent a clarification that what he meant was “It was a part and parcel of the cricket but is not good for the game.”

Although the Indians bowled in the right areas, the Australians batted well, he said.

While he acknowledged the threat from Lyon, Rahane was confident that the Indians would apply their minds and save the Test.

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