Sit Tight; This is a long one.

This Sunday, /r/Cricket users got excited during a special cricketing moment, A really stunning catch by one of the most famous cricketer, Steve Smith and They posted a streamable of that on /r/sports claiming "Unbelievable catch in cricket!!"

Reddit:- https://np.reddit.com/r/sports/comments/5ger8e/unbelievable_catch_in_cricket/

Ceddit:- http://ceddit.com/r/sports/comments/5ger8e/unbelievable_catch_in_cricket/

This post reaches top of /r/all and was removed by /r/sports mods claiming it referenced the older drama with /r/AFL. /r/cricket users were understandably furious and posted a bunch of posts bashing /r/sports mods.

https://np.reddit.com/r/Cricket/comments/5gfq6u/did_rsports_remove_the_post_on_smiths_catch/

https://np.reddit.com/r/Cricket/comments/5gfp37/welp_the_rsports_thread_just_got_removed_was_fun/

Some r/CricketShitPost mods, a subreddit dedicated to cricket memes, apparently made the r/CricketShitPost private(to stop lurking r/sports mods) to discuss how to tackle the r/sports mods.

https://np.reddit.com/r/Cricket/comments/5gfp37/welp_the_rsports_thread_just_got_removed_was_fun/daryvfh/

Last I checked, /r/CricketShitpost is still private.

Things went quite for the Sunday night, but come Monday and /r/sports mods threaten /r/cricket mods with "Action". /r/cricket mods warn their users.

https://np.reddit.com/r/Cricket/comments/5giaho/rcricket_and_rsports/

Things keep cooking in /r/CricketShitPost as one of their mods reddit-requests /r/Worldsports to, "end the /r/sports monopoly over sports on cricket"

https://np.reddit.com/r/redditrequest/comments/5gm1cz/rworldsports_has_been_inactive_for_a_long_time/

The /r/CricketShitPost Mods go on and complain about /r/sports mods on /r/subredditcancer.

https://np.reddit.com/r/subredditcancer/comments/5gn7ob/rsports_mods_deleted_a_cricket_post_that_reached/

Then today, there was another game and it was sure that cricket users will go and post something to /r/sports, r/sports mods were ready to fire and reportedly banned and shadow-banned countless r/CricketShitPost & r/Cricket users.

In the Match Thread, One of r/Cricket user tries to explain Shitposting culture to apparently lurking Reddit Admins and /r/sports mods.

https://np.reddit.com/r/Cricket/comments/5gq929/match_thread_australia_vs_new_zealand_at_manuka/daua1pr/

Faceplanting picture appears everywhere on the Match Threads, as a protest or as a meme(It was hard to tell). Both /r/Cricket and /r/CricketShitPost sported faceplanting picture in their respective sidebars.

Shortly thereafter, many of users who commented on /r/sports bashing threads earlier were being given bans from /r/sports without giving any reason.

https://np.reddit.com/r/Cricket/comments/5gq929/match_thread_australia_vs_new_zealand_at_manuka/dauf7i5/

Reportedly, half of the /r/CricketShitPost mod team were handed temp/perm suspensions.

Some, very limited no of users, were seen using /r/pansysports as a protest to the suspensions handed to /r/CricketShitPost mods team.

TLDR; /r/sports mods deleted a cricket post from top of /r/all, and /r/Cricket users went furious. /r/CricketShitPost got involved, and went private to stop lurking /r/sports mods. /r/CricketShitPost users posted to /r/sports today and were handed suspensions/bans.