Victorian captain David Hussey and his Queensland counterpart Chris Simpson have spoken out about Shane Harwood's gun-toting post-wicket celebration in the Bushrangers' nine-wicket win over the Bulls at the Gabba.
After dismissing Ashley Noffke on the eve of lunch, Harwood knelt on one knee and proceeded to fire an imaginary machine-gun, with some of his team-mates joining in the theatrics by pretending to fall over as if they had been shot.
The Sheffield Shield match was hardly in the balance at that stage, with the Bulls languishing at a lowly 6-87, still requiring another 21 runs to make Victoria bat again, and Hussey made it clear after the game that the gesture was not appropriate.
"I was not entirely happy with it, I don't think it is in the spirit of the game," he said.
"It wasn't a great look, it has probably taken the gloss off a really great win."
"I don't think Shane is the smartest guy going around and he got carried away."
Hussey believed the celebration had innocent enough origins, with the Bushrangers planning on playing paint-ball on Friday if they successfully wrapped up the match in three days, and was happy his opponents took the gibe in good spirits.
"Full credit to the Queensland boys, they were okay with it and we will have a beer with them tonight," he said.
Simpson did not believe the celebration was intended to mock the home side, but was still upset.
"I'm not sure if there is a place for that in the traditional white form of the game," he said.
Simpson was left disappointed after watching his side waste an excellent start to the match, where they appeared to be coasting at 2-186 in the first innings before losing eight wickets for 59 runs.
"Martin Love just had a good chat with us about what it takes to score runs at the Gabba and at the moment we definitely are not doing it, so something has got to change," he said.
Love suffered a groin injury in the match and while Simpson was unaware of how long the veteran could possibly be on the sidelines for, he was confident the depth in batting was there for Queensland.
"I'm not aware of where his body is at, but we're in the privileged situation where we got guys like Lee (Carseldine) and Clinton Perren who have runs on the board in the other form of the game," he said.
"Hopefully, they'll bring a positive feel into the bating line-up."
The Bulls did not fare much better in the second innings with the willow when they were routed for 150 on the back of career-best figures of 7-50 from Dirk Nannes.
"He (Nannes) bowled very well, but that’s probably one of the better wickets that we'll play on here and to be bowled out like that is very disappointing and there are no excuses for it," Simpson said.
Things do not get much easier for the Bulls, with their next Shield match an away game at the WACA against the table-topping Western Warriors.