article_snippet.sent: And West Indies great Curtly Ambrose, now the bowling coach, insisted afterwards that Marlon Samuels Marlon Samuels was just having a bit of fun.
article_snippet.sent: I didn’t really see it, but there’s nothing wrong with a little banter in international cricket,’ said Curtly Ambrose.
article_snippet.sent: International cricket is hard, and the guys must find ways to relax the guys, and smiling is one of those things.
article_snippet.sent: The gesture was seen as good 'banter' by Geoffrey Boycott in commentary for BBC's Test Match Special.
article_snippet.sent: Geoffrey Boycott said: 'The Samuels salute was all right because it is banter and fun.
article_snippet.sent: Graeme Swann said immediately after the day's play that while not the biggest fan of Samuels
article_snippet.sent: The gesture made Graeme Swann laugh. '
article_snippet.sent: Graeme Swann can be an absolute tool sometimes
article_snippet.sent: just made me laugh tea out of my nose with Graeme Swann saluting send off,' Graeme Swann wrote on Twitter. '
article_snippet.sent: Love to see humour on the field.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Curtly Ambrose said: 'There's nothing wrong with a little bantering'
  Graeme Swann said the salute made Marlon Samuels 'laugh tea out of my nose'
  England lead by 74 runs at stumps on day three in St George's .