I'm sick if the Indian Cricket Team already. They talk a good story about the spirit of the game, then threaten to call off the tour when things don't go their way. I say let them go, we may as well play the Kiwis again, for all the good that India are. It is also really disappointing to me that all the news stories around I have read seem to be targetted at the Australians, accusing them of a lack of integrity for standing their ground until the umpire makes a decision. Michael Clarke's standing his ground when he nicked it to slip certainly was ridiculous, but at no stage it insulting or racially motivated. How can 90% of the cricket stories around be questioning the spirit of the Australian team when Harbhajan Singh gets a three Test suspension for calling Andrew Symonds a monkey?? Do not be fooled by the spurious Indian claims that monkey to them is not a racially offensive term. The fact that it is was made clear to them when Symonds was subjected to, not only the name calling, but to hooting from Indian crowds late last year when Australia toured. While the Australian team will undoubtedly be painted as the bad guys (again) after this Test, surely their behaviour is less offensive than racial vilification and their awful display of petulance by blaming the umpires for costing them the Test. Of course, the Asian dominated ICC will do nothing about their outburst and may even go so far as to censure the Australian team for the way they play.
If, or maybe I should say, when Singh's ban is overturned, rest assured, I will be in the outer of the WACA, hooting like a monkey for all my worth whenever he touches the ball.
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Hi, like the blog. I agree with all you say about the Indian cricketers. They claim it was a conspiracy of lies between the Aussies - how ridiculous - what is in it for Symonds and the rest to collude to say Singh called Symonds a monkey?
On the other hand it is quite believable that Singh, in a moment of anger (which I'm sure he regretted later) called Symonds a monkey, and then, when accused, realising the trouble he was in, denied it.
I think when someone uses the argument "....How DARE you accuse me of that......", that they are often in the wrong and using the wounded pride card to divert attention from their actions.
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