The Sydney Saga - Part Deux
Now while the purists still vehemently oppose the furtherment of technology as an umpiring aid, i don't think any number of camera angles or slow-motion replays can guarantee sportsmanship on the field. The show put on by the Australians at Sydney was quite disgraceful,to say the least, and the last gentleman of international cricket, Anil Kumble, put it rather aptly by saying that only one side played in the true spirit of the game.
Personally, i can't quite understand why the Australians need to resort to such tactics, when everyone already knows and acknowledges that they undoubtedly are fantastic cricketers. What they really need, is a lesson in respect, for the opposition and for the game. Andrew Symonds, however, badly needs a lesson in profanity, for he clearly hasn't a clue about what to consider abusive. Maybe next time Harbhajan should give him a mouthful of the choicest Punjabi gaalis to at least give the poor bastard a reason to complain.
It's like we're all back in 6th grade, where a few kids have recently learnt how to abuse and are experimenting on their classmates. And being 6th-graders, where everyone takes offense rather easily, being called a monkey is probably reason enough to whine to the teacher and point fingers.
Honestly, how likely is it that a brown-skinned Indian cricketer is going to take a racist swipe at another dark-skinned player on the cricket ground? The 'monkey' statement (if in fact he did say that) is probably testament to Bhajji's limited English abuse vocabulary, and to the fact that Symmo is rather insecure about the fact that he's colored.
Whatever the outcome, I now sense a potential job opening as official cross-cultural profanity etiquette trainer of the Indian cricket team. I need to go practice.
Personally, i can't quite understand why the Australians need to resort to such tactics, when everyone already knows and acknowledges that they undoubtedly are fantastic cricketers. What they really need, is a lesson in respect, for the opposition and for the game. Andrew Symonds, however, badly needs a lesson in profanity, for he clearly hasn't a clue about what to consider abusive. Maybe next time Harbhajan should give him a mouthful of the choicest Punjabi gaalis to at least give the poor bastard a reason to complain.
It's like we're all back in 6th grade, where a few kids have recently learnt how to abuse and are experimenting on their classmates. And being 6th-graders, where everyone takes offense rather easily, being called a monkey is probably reason enough to whine to the teacher and point fingers.
Honestly, how likely is it that a brown-skinned Indian cricketer is going to take a racist swipe at another dark-skinned player on the cricket ground? The 'monkey' statement (if in fact he did say that) is probably testament to Bhajji's limited English abuse vocabulary, and to the fact that Symmo is rather insecure about the fact that he's colored.
Whatever the outcome, I now sense a potential job opening as official cross-cultural profanity etiquette trainer of the Indian cricket team. I need to go practice.
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