might b long but do read😳 as we all have different views here on IF so does these writers..no offence to any aussie fan..i know it hurts when some1 call ur team something bad..i wuld say lets not have any more arguments but just Healthy Discussions😳 (IF is like r second home, we shuldnt fight here na, we all r loving ppl😃 )
*article on cricinfo*
Somebody, probably a preschool teacher, needs to explain simply to Ricky Ponting about the damage that has been caused by his team during the Sydney Test. While India burns and fumes over issues ranging from race to umpiring and sportsmanship, Ponting continues to believe his team has done nothing wrong.
It is extraordinary that he doesn't understand the significance of India's threat to boycott the tour or Australia's direct and indirect roles in the lead-up to it. He is as temporarily blind as some of the officials were at the SCG.
On a day when there was a call for Ponting, Australia's most successful captain, to be sacked, his only concession was that he would sit down with Anil Kumble and talk about the situation "if Anil thinks that is necessary". "But I'd be really surprised if he thought it was."
If it's necessary? At the time Ponting was speaking to the Australian the entire tour was in doubt. A day earlier Kumble had accused Australia of not playing in the spirit of the game, an insult that should be even more damaging than "monkey" or "******" to any self-respecting cricketer. Obviously it's not to Ponting, who remains convinced the match was played hard, fairly and properly.
"Anyone who knows me and the way I play will be aware I do not make a point of running to umpires and making complaints," Ponting wrote. After his aggressive exchange with an Indian journalist at the end of the Test, where he said anyone who doubted his integrity over catches should not be in the room, Ponting is losing credibility by the day. The only problem is it's only those outside the team who can see it
**Steve Waugh n Border said that its all just cultural misunderstanding n diferent nations now need to understand each other. CA ( cricket australia) said that this is the way aussies play, hard but fair**
**article on cricketnext**
Whenever Aussies complained about some has said something to them or sledged them, my first reaction is look who's talking. Yes Aussies are World Champions, yes they have taken their game to new level and the gulf between them and other teams is increasing by the day. But on the other side of the coin their reputation on and off the field is in tatters.
This is the side which has tried best to get official approval from the world for sledging or to say it in Steve Waugh's language, mental disintegration. This is the side which won't spare Mother Teresa if she is padded-up and got some runs against them. Just go back to recent history and you will find incidences of Glenn McGrath telling Sanath Jayasuriya 'black monkey' or fighting boorishly with Ramnaresh Sarwan.
They know how to win but after that they don't have the decency to shake hands with their opponents. Anil Kumble kept waiting after loosing the Test and none of the Aussie players had the courtesy to shake hands with him. (aahh!!! wat wuld u call this now ) I spoke to a few of fellow cricket journalists in Australia and they don't have words to defend their team's behaviour.
Lots of high profile people in Australia have called Indian High commissioner in Australia and said sorry for Ponting and his team's behaviour. ( <<this thing means alot guys) Even the poll on Sydney Morning Herald suggested that the majority of Australians feel that Aussies just sledge other teams, but can't take it back.
Anupamaa
Cricket
