Tom Curran was banned for four BBL games last year in a pitch row.
Sydney Thunder captain and ex-Australia player David Warner recalled an old controversy about England bowler Tom Curran while criticizing the Big Bash tradition of a celebrity bowling the first ball.
Tom Curran, in the previous BBL season, was suspended for four matches after he barged into the match official, who was preventing him from running on the pitch to mark his run-up before the game started.
Posting on X, Warner brought up the incident of Tom Curran being provided a four-game ban last season, writing “I feel for Tom Curran last year now, getting done for four games because he ran up and down the wicket to mark his run-up to play the bbl game he was participating in. But they allow a celebrity to bowl an actual delivery on the wicket pre-game.”
Warner's remark likely comes after Australian veterinarian and social media influencer Dr. Chris Brown bowled the celebrity first ball in that day's match between the Brisbane Heat and the Hobart Hurricanes, delivering on the match strip rather than a practice wicket, as has been customary in the tournament.
However, the X community notes straightened the facts for Warner’s post noting that Curran's suspension was not due to his decision to run on the pitch before the game, but rather to a cognitive lapse in which he stormed down the pitch when the match official was instructing him to mark and practice his run-up on the strip adjacent to the playing surface.
Curran was punished for intimidating the umpire after the two got into a fight, which landed the player in hot water.
Even the fans quickly corrected David Warner for his claims that Curran was banned for running on the pitch and revealed the true reason for the punishment.
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