Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke mistakenly said his players would watch footage of 'bondage,' meaning 'Bondy' for NZ's Shane Bond. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke mistakenly said his players would watch footage of 'bondage,' meaning 'Bondy' for NZ's Shane Bond. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Clearly their minds are elsewhere as they prepare to take on New Zealand in the first Twenty20 international here tomorrow night.
Yesterday, coach Tim Nielsen made a verbal slip-up on arrival when he said "we haven't had a lot of sex, um, successover here", and today it was vice-captain Michael Clarke who got tongue-tied.
Asked about New Zealand paceman Shane Bond, Clarke said he featured high on their gameplan for tomorrow. How high, we had no idea.
"We'll have a good look at footage of bondage... ahmm, Bondy," said Clarke, as the guffaws began again.
"'Geez I feel like the coach, what's going on," he continued with a grin.
Clearly Nielsen had suffered among the team for his slip-up, and as Clarke departed the press conference he knew the same fate would likely befall him.
"Front page, I can see it now...," he said, making a hurried exit.
