Banning the Wave
Cricket chiefs ban Mexican Wave
Earlier this summer I called Cricket Australia stupid (and worse) for trying to stop people from calling the English cricketers poms. I don’t like it, but let’s be realistic - what were they going to do, eject 20,000 people? I think not. Well, now they’ve done something even more stupid in my books - they’ve banned the Mexican Wave at all cricket grounds.
I understand why, of course. There’s a safety concern with people throwing cups and bottles into the air, and nobody wants to get food and beer thrown on them for sitting where they’re told to sit. They had to do something, but this is a bit stupid. The Wave goes around the entire ground - at Sydney that’s 40,000 people, at Melbourne 80,000. And there are only so many police. What are they going to do, throw out everyone in the ground? Of course they can’t.
The Wave is just a part of cricket; what they should do is eject the people who throw objects, and so far they’ve done a pretty good job of that. But to me Cricket Australia’s language on this has been ridiculous. They’re a beaucracy. There are so many concerns about cricket right now, and this is what they choose to take a stand on? Urgh!
Dean on 
