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[yvk3103]

Shocking!

Both at fault. Immaterial who is at fault more.

Fine both of them. More than the fine, ban for 1 or 2 games.

[WalkingWicket37]

To be honest, that's just village by both.

Starc would have only hit a leg with a pad on, a short ball would've been a better option.

As for Pollard's placement of the bat, he was aiming for mid off and it went to cow corner, far too much bottom hand!

[potzy248]

I absolutely hate Pollard. He thinks he is gods gift to cricket. Starc should not have bowled the ball, but good stuff getting stuck into that stuck up waste of space.

[yvk3103]

Ironically, both got the other out ))

[cricketbadger]

Only thing Starc did wrong was not to bowl it as a Beamer.
Pollard is a tool and should be facing a hefty ban afte chucking a bat at an opponent, or at least trying to. Doubt he will though as he's seen as a superstar and plays for a big side.

[Number4]

I think Starc was thinking he was backing away, as batsmen do in 20/20, so followed him with the ball.... Pollard is a serious tool

[tim2000s]

Only thing Starc did wrong was not to bowl it as a Beamer.
Pollard is a tool and should be facing a hefty ban afte chucking a bat at an opponent, or at least trying to. Doubt he will though as he's seen as a superstar and plays for a big side.

To be fair, if Pollard is getting banned for chucking the bat, Starc should be for bowling the ball AT the batsman who has stepped away well before the delivery stride.

[cricketbadger]

Could have been thinking he was doing the batsmens version of an Andre Russell. Starc followed him. Pollard over reacted

[csnew]

Could have been thinking he was doing the batsmens version of an Andre Russell. Starc followed him. Pollard over reacted

Pollard had his back turned at the point of delivery. That's why pollard reacted the way he did. Back turned and a ball coming towards his way with very little protection.
Starc was mouthing off the ball before incase it was missed.

Anyway both won't be banned since the ipl never ban players for on field behaviour. A few seasons ago Munaf Patel pushed/abused the umpire and only got a fine.
Fair to say pollard won that given that rcb got smashed after that point. Think Sammy put it best, same result everytime it happens.

[lbg]

I think Pollard embarrassed himself a bit here.  Starc HAS to be that worked up to bowl quick and want to hit a batsman who will smash him out of the game if he gets half a chance. Look at Steyn, Johnson, Lee, even Jimmy Anderson. They have all thrown dot balls back at batsman and sledged so badly the stump mice have to be turned off. Fast bowlers just have to be that way. Starc was worked up and angry so when Pollard backed away he first thought to follow him and perhaps acted petulantly. But it is just impossible for someone running in at that pace to see a batsman move away to leg, think he wants to give himself room to clobber it and decide to follow him then last minute realise Pollard is pulling out and just stop the action mid way through. He is bowling 90 mph!

Plus for all that stuff I said about angry bowlers there is an equally strong case for stoic batsmen. Viv, Tendulkar, Amla. All the best batsmen will just stare you down and hit the next one for four. Or even better, stare you down and leave the next one like chanderpaul or Dravid (different format I know) letting the bowler know he is nowhere near getting in their head.

[lbg]

Ha! 'Stump mice'. My bad. *mic.

[tim2000s]

I think Pollard embarrassed himself a bit here.  Starc HAS to be that worked up to bowl quick and want to hit a batsman who will smash him out of the game if he gets half a chance. Look at Steyn, Johnson, Lee, even Jimmy Anderson. They have all thrown dot balls back at batsman and sledged so badly the stump mice have to be turned off. Fast bowlers just have to be that way. Starc was worked up and angry so when Pollard backed away he first thought to follow him and perhaps acted petulantly. But it is just impossible for someone running in at that pace to see a batsman move away to leg, think he wants to give himself room to clobber it and decide to follow him then last minute realise Pollard is pulling out and just stop the action mid way through. He is bowling 90 mph!

I fundamentally disagree with this. Starc could see in plenty of time that he had turned his back and was walking away. Even running in hard to bowl at 90mph. There was no reason to release the ball, and even less to bowl it at the back of a batsman. There was no way you could mistake that for backing away to leg to have a hit.

[King pair]

I fundamentally disagree with this. Starc could see in plenty of time that he had turned his back and was walking away. Even running in hard to bowl at 90mph. There was no reason to release the ball, and even less to bowl it at the back of a batsman. There was no way you could mistake that for backing away to leg to have a hit.

completely agree, if he wanted to make a point he could've throw it at the stumps and knocked them down. He's lucky pollard changed his mind and threw it away from him. i wouldn't have blamed him at all for planting the bat in his face starc was well out of order.

[fros23]

These West Indians and Australians really seem to hate each other these days, this isn't the first incident over the last couple of years.

[skip1973]

Plenty of history of Pollard pulling out while batting and bowling, he is a antagonist to the extreme and like most bullies can't handle it when he cops it back.