article_snippet.sent: n’t understand why any player would feel the need to do that.
article_snippet.sent: That’s not an issue — there is no more appropriate place for sportsmanship.
article_snippet.sent: That is great sportsmanship
article_snippet.sent: told me cricketers applaud the opposition batsman when Brett Lee passes 50 or 100, quite often with a handshake.
article_snippet.sent: But will a batsman walk up to a bowler and pat a batsman on the back after having a batsman stumps uprooted?
article_snippet.sent: I never, for instance, ever considered shaking hands or hugging an opponent in the tunnel before a match.
article_snippet.sent: There is a time and a place for showing mutual respect and it is after the final whistle has gone and you are in the bar afterwards.