Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Mad at the Ozzies
Agreed Dravid's decision was a close call, and Ganguly's fell prey to an earlier agreeement between captains of both teams, but if eight decisions out of nine are fixed in their favour, and if the racism allegation was intended to demoralise us, then these low tactics have worked, and worked admirably. Now the Ozzies are the undisputed kings of test cricket, the record books will prove that. But, when the history of the game is written, at least by fair-minded chaps, then this Sydney test will go down as singularly lacking in ethics. It is ok to rile the batsmen or the bowler, but not okay to shift the blame for alleged racist taunts entirely to one side. remember, two teams played and the most sledge-abled team won. it also brought the gentlemen's game into disrepute. this was winning at all costs. even the mighty west indians played their cricket hard, and they had a better team through the 60s, 70s and 80s than the ozzies have had in the last decade or so, but they were known to play fair. That is one word the ozzies have deleted from their lexicon. What else can you expect of descendants of ex-convicts?
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