Sporting Gestures

A noisy stadium packed with supporters, groups of players on a spacious field, coaches on the sideline, and a referee. Sports provide a perfect blend of ingredients for a banquet of gestures. Has modern dramatic action theatre discarded words? Or was it no different in classical times? News today: Darren Lehmann, a cricket player, was reprimanded for an obscene gesture to the crowd (not unlike this basketball player). But what did he do exactly? The web is silent, but perhaps you know?

Tags: gesture, sports, history, obscene, Lehmann