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Temper ... Dan Christian is gaining a reputation for losing it in the dressing room. Source: Ray Titus / News Limited
Cricketers, despite playing in a sport of tradition and gentlemen, are no angels. Dan Christian's suspension by South Australia for trashing dressing rooms is testament to that.
Frustration gets the better of everyone, and if a batsman didn't feel a modicum of rage after foolishly throwing away his wicket then we would all question his passion for the game.
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But Christian's latest outburst – it's his third offence – is just the most recent in a long line of tantrums thrown by cricket's finest. These are some of the best of those tantrums.
Ricky Ponting famously smashed a TV after being run out against Zimbabwe during the 2011 World Cup.
Storming to the pavilion after his disappointing 28, then-captain Punter threw his box at his kit bag which ricocheted into the nearby wide-screen TV causing it to need replacing.
Matthew Hayden rarely threw his wicket away cheaply, but in the 2003 New Year's Test against England it was the umpire's decision that stoked his ire. Restraining himself until he was off the field, Hayden then proceeded to smash a pavilion window instead.
But like Ponting and Hayden, former South Africa captain Hansie Cronje also occasionally took his frustrations out on the dressing room fixtures. In 1999 the South African was so enraged at losing the third Test, and ultimately the series, against Australia he launched a stump through the door to the umpires' room.
Cronje was well-known for his temper, to the extent that calling him on it would get YOU in trouble. Fanie de Villiers reportedly intervened once when Cronje was manhandling a team minder out of their dressing room, only for de Villiers to be dropped for the next series.
Infighting is something Australia does pretty well itself. Who can forget the fallout from Simon Katich's axing from the international setup, when the details of a change room scuffle between him and skipper Michael Clarke came to light.
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Having just beaten South Africa in 2009 at the SCG the two batsmen apparently argued over Pup's desire to get the formalities out of the way so he could have dinner with his girlfriend of the time Lara Bingle. Katich felt Clarke's priorities needed rearranging and felt, it would seem, that grabbing Clarke's throat might achieve this.
However former England captain and now respected pundit Nasser Hussain went one better than Cronje's door spearing.
After losing his wicket against the West Indies Hussain returned to the dressing room in a typical rage. His teammates new from experience to steer clear but poor Angus Fraser hadn't finished padding up.
Fraser watched in horror as his skipper punched a locked door, only to plough his fist right through and get it stuck there. Fraser, wisely holding back laughter, was forced to help Hussain remove his hand from the door before heading out to bat, and is apparently still waiting to be thanked.
However it isn't always in the pavilion that cricketers' tempers can flare. In 1997 Pakistani great Inzamam ul-Haq took his frustrations out on a fan, jumping into the crowd to confront him during play and even threatening the spectator with a bat.
Admittedly the fan had been using a megaphone to hurl insults at poor Inzy, but when the extent of the abuse is 'mota aloo' – fat potato – then it's safe to assume ul-Haq has a pretty short fuse.
Ul-Haq had to be held back by police from knocking the man's block off, and was later handed a four-match ban for bringing the game into disrepute.
So while Christian is sitting out South Austrlia's Sheffield Shield match against Victory this weekend, at least he'll know that he's in good company.
What's your favourite incident of cricketer rage? Vote in our poll, and if we've missed one let us know about it below.
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