Throw… jeez.

Yeah, the sanctimony is hilarious. Boorish sanctimony might well be the “spirit of the Baggy Green”. I think we know now that it is Davey who draws “the line” that international cricketers must not cross. I think we also know that he draws it such that the opposition is on the wrong side. That was about running on an overthrough… FFS.

It’s the “goes looking for things to react to” bit that is worst about him. This wasn’t a spur-of-the-moment response, and even if you believe Warner’s (incorrect) view of the event, it wasn’t a particularly bad thing that happened. He was wrong about a trivial thing that didn’t affect him or the match, and some appreciable time later he decided to make an issue of it. And it’s hard to see anything other than genuine hatred in his face when he is making his language suggestion to Rohit. While pondering the event, he turned it into a matter of personal pride for which he then needed to get redress. If he did nothing, Rohit would have “won”. That couldn’t be allowed, Warner had to win, he always has to win.

I’ve known a few people like this, mainly in rugby – nice and reasonable if and only if everything is going their way, else nasty. The former doesn’t cancel the latter; in fact it makes it worse. Warner is simply a dick, a nasty little shit with massive talent, massive arrogance, and little else. The good thing is that the Australian press has generally seen this for what it is and criticised Warner roundly. The bad thing is that the people in charge of the team still think that sporting aggression and personal nastiness are the same thing, and are too frightened to address one for fear of damaging the other.

Thinking Warner – the guy who actually uses his brain during ordinary conversations – is actually quite self-aware and that’s always a likeable quality.

Emotional Warner – the guy who reacts to things and goes looking for things to react to – is a king-size cock.

We can only hope that when it happens he picks on someone like Mohammad Irfan.

Warner’s had all of five series outside of Australia. Three of them feature his three lowest series averages (in WI, England, and India), but he’s averaged more than 50 in the UAE and South Africa (actually 90-odd in SA).

So basically, if we drop his first series (the WI tour) and South Africa, where conditions are very similar to Australia, he’s got one good series (albeit only four innings) and two not-good ones (comprising fourteen innings).

I tend to rate Warner, but there might be something to your theory.

Not at all, daneel.

The point (and indeed the use of the word oik) is not a reference to class in the bogan, chav, larrikin sense, but instead refers to Warner’s uncouth, obnoxious behaviour.

Posh boys can behave like oiks too, but they can never be bogans, chavs or larrikins.

He’s Australian. He’s not a oik, he’s a bogan.