Top 5 Worst Altercations in Cricket History

Top 5 Worst Altercations in Cricket History: Cricket is a very competitive game and every player takes the field to lead their country or club to the path of glory and triumphs. The very fact gives a startling rise to a cut throat competition in which sometimes even the players are willing to make the lives of their opponents difficult on the cricket field.

Sometimes, the sledging and banters take a havoc turn when the circumstances of the match crawls into high pressure situations. Then, the players even do not shy away from dismantling the opponents in every shape and form possible to rise to glory.
Although, Cricket is a gentlemen’s game but there are some incidents which have tempted striking questions on the name and fame of the very game itself.

The Top 5 Worst Altercations in Cricket History.

1. Javed Miandad (Pakistan) vs. Denis Lilee (Australia):

Widen Cricketers’ Almanac termed the incident as “One of the most undignified incidents in Test history”. Now, let’s rewind you back to the Australia v Pakistan encounter from 1981. Miandad was taking a single when Lilee turned back to get into the batsmen’s way. But, instead Lille claimed that it was Miandad who struck him on his back with the bat. Lilee in a bullish way kicked Miandad’s flush on his thigh in that too in front view of the umpire at the non-striker’s end.

Miandad was infuriated and in the heat of the moment lifted his bat to strike Lilee. The Umpires had to force them out of it and calm the scene, which could have well worsened. The incident became hot news in the media with almost everyone demanding a severely strict action on the man in crime: Denis Lilee. Ultimately, after much pressure encompassing from all the corners, Cricket Australia (CA) banned Lilee for two matches as the touring party even threatened to leave the tour.