'You feeling thirsty?': Australia's Shane Warne slammed for drinking comments

(CNN)Australian cricket great Shane Warne has been criticized for promoting an unhealthy drinking culture, following post-match interviews at cricket's World Cup final in which he repeatedly quizzed players about their drinking plans.

Acting as part of the commentary team for Australian broadcaster Channel Nine, Warne interviewed the victorious Australian players at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in the wake of their comfortable win over New Zealand.

Broadcast live and amplified throughout the stadium, the exchanges -- in which Warne seemed preoccupied with how much the players planned to drink -- prompted a backlash on social media using the hashtag "#thirsty."

To wicketkeeper Brad Haddin, Warne asked: "You feeling thirsty?"

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/03/30/sport/...index.html

Cricket Thirst is part of the glorious Game  8)

Yuh tink Warney is Indo GY?

Cricket matches in de diaspora is dominated by drunk men congregating near cyar trunks haha

Why shouldn't they have a beer .. or two... or three ... or drink however much they want ??? !!  Steuups ...

There is nothing offensive about Warne comments. After all the Aussies are the worlds leading consumer of beer per capita

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There is nothing offensive about Warne comments. After all the Aussies are the worlds leading consumer of beer per capita
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According to Wikipedia, the Czech Republic are the worlds leading consumers of beer per capita. Australia, surprisingly, is just outside the top 10. There are a lot of Eastern European countries in the top 10!

Like Vodka got replaced with Beer !  :-[

It looks as though the average Russian downs a whopping 13.9 litres of vodka each year!

Okay I don't see what the big news is. Is it illegal for grown men to drink alcohol and especially after winning the biggest prize in world cricket? Every tiny issue these days seems to be blown out of proportion by the media.

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Why shouldn't they have a beer .. or two... or three ... or drink however much they want ??? !!  Steuups ...
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Some people are too damn dumb. Social media is giving license to stupidity