10 Hilarious Instances of Banter in Sports

#5 When Michael Atherton was right at home in Rome

Mike Atherton is

recognised

as the last of the gentlemen in the gentleman's game.

The winter of 1990-91 was England cricketer Michael Atherton’s first Ashes tour to Australia. On one particular occasion, the umpire refused a close caught-behind appeal even though Australian wicket-keeper Ian Healy clearly thought Atherton had edged the ball.

Later, criticising Atherton for not walking, Healy called him a ‘cheat’.

Atherton, who throughout his career has been regarded as the last of cricket’s gentlemen, simply nodded, smiled and pat came the reply, “When in Rome, old boy.”