On-field chatter was on the agenda again after the Gabba Test. The question being asked; “Why did India taunt Mitchell Johnson?” The more important question is; “Why does cricket allow so much on-field chatter?”

The more players talk on the field, the more likelihood there is something personal will be said. If something personal is said at the wrong time there will eventually be an altercation on the field. When that happens it will be players who are punished and as is almost always the case, the administrators will escape scot-free, despite being guilty of allowing the problem to escalate to this point.