Was he right for going or wrong for going?
After all, England lost to South Africa..
2007-09-18 13:04:01 · 7 answers · asked by Furioso Lion88 5 in Sports ➔ Cricket
England captain Paul Collingwood has been fined £1000 after admitting drinking at a lap-dancing bar in Cape Town on Saturday, the night before England's crucial Super Eight match against South Africa. He was handed the fine by a panel that included England coach Peter Moores, chairman of selectors David Graveney and ECB chief executive David Collier.
"Paul Collingwood has been levied with a suitable fine," a terse ECB media release said. "The matter is now closed."
"It's obviously unacceptable," Collingwood admitted. "I'm England captain and going to these places isn't the thing to do. You learn from these lessons and hopefully it won't happen again."
Collingwood was out the first ball in the game against South Africa which England lost by 19 runs. He claimed he had been taken to the club by friends and was not drinking seriously.
The Collingwood incident will raise comparisons with the more serious 'Fredallo' incident during the World Cup in the Caribbean in March. As a result of that Andrew Flintoff was stripped of the vice-captaincy and banned for a match, while five other players were fined after being caught drinking into the early hours of a match day. However, Collingwood's crime was to be in the wrong place at the wrong time rather than drinking to excess.
Collingwood, whose captaincy in the current tournament won him praise from Graveney, said he was concentrating on Wednesday's must-win match against India. "Hopefully we can quickly get over it and concentrate on this game on Wednesday. Mathematically we're still hoping we can get through."
2007-09-18 17:48:12 · answer #1 · answered by Chama 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-04 23:24:05 · answer #2 · answered by shenk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
English have a habit of hitting the bars and brothels after losing games. Remember the Freddie incident when he was so drunk that he fell outta the boat and had to be rescued?
Its normal practice for them. But I didn't accept Colly to do this kinda sh*t. Shame on you, Colly.
Your a skip and you must lead by example, ON THE FIELD, dumbazz !
2007-09-18 17:13:29 · answer #3 · answered by The ROCK 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was not at all right. He has admitted the fact and apologised for the same.
He has made following statements to the media:
" Yes. It happened. i am sorry. I won't do it again.
But I did not come back drunk to the botel. I just had
one beer. I am disappointed with myself. I have
sent out apologies to all concerned. I do not know what
steps they will take"
it is learned he has been levied a fine of $ 2,000/-
2007-09-18 17:05:26 · answer #4 · answered by vakayil k 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
England has very strict guidelines for their players or something. So considering that they don't expect players to go to a lap-dancing bar.. after the match.. But again I mean if it wasn't for the guidelines why is it wrong for him to go to a lap-dancing bar. :/
2007-09-18 14:27:53 · answer #5 · answered by the Ali 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean 'morally wrong'? Well, the moral guidelines may not be same across the world.
2007-09-18 18:35:31 · answer #6 · answered by Siddhartha Basu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was right
2007-09-18 19:02:30 · answer #7 · answered by john 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋