A response to all the "critics" of australian cricket,biased umpiring and the like.
Here we go mates!
If Australia only won at home, then all this ridiculous spouting might have some merit. However, they've beaten, and in some cases convincingly (clean sweep of Sri Lanka,India,South africa,England,Pakistan,Nz comes to mind) opposition on the home soil. No Australian umpires around.
So, what you're basically saying is that all the current umpiring panel, from all countries around the world are biased towards Australia. Yeah, sure. That's right. I don't know what you're smoking, but I'd like some.
The joy and appreciation of cricket should transcend the boundaries of geography and nationalistic fervor.
I can appreciate the genius of Lara and Tendulkar. The sublime bowling of Harmison,Bhajji,Pollock and Shane Bond( When he's fit) and KP smashing bowlers the world over.I love watching Dravid take it up to Australia and the belligerence of Shahid Afridi getting under the skin of all he plays against. I remember the devastation of Holding, Garner, Marshall and the swagger of Richards. I hold the Windies team of the 80's in the highest regards. Watching Kapil Dev destroy batting attacks and the flourish of David Gower. Mate I love cricket!
How could somebody be embarrassed to cheer on Gilchrist or Clarke and the way they play the game? The brilliance of Warne ? Simmo's superlative fileding,Watching McGrath bowl with unwavering line and length for over after over. The bouncing mullet of Dizzy after taking a wicket and Ponting pulling the short ball are all delights to watch. If you don't understand that many of these players are as great as any who have played then I'm sorry for you.
Now, who's the real "cricketfan" ? I love the game, and I love the way that Australia is playing it at the moment. And so should everybody who loves the game.
Have a look at cricket without the ridiculous nationalistic fervor that’s poisoned your watching of the game. Who knows, you might even learn to love the game, rather than just when "your team" is winning.
If England wins the Ashes, I'll be cheering long and hard for the way they play. It will be even better if it's a close result.
I do love my Aussies. However, as I've said a number of times before, the sport of cricket is more important to me.
Nothing you, or others like you will make me change that. It's sad how much joy you must be missing in the game when you resort to personal attacks on players, and your general ignorant statements just smacks of being whiney. Of course, the English, the Men in blue and the Pakis are paragons of the game (as are clearly the rest of the world from what I'm starting to understand) and it's only the Australian players that resort to any form of play that could be described as "just not cricket".
The Indian teams of yesteryear were perceived to be "soft". Time and everthing else have changed all that. In the recently concluded home series against Aus our good old
Punjab De Puttar "Bhajji" was screaming abuse at every Australian cricketer that set foot on the field. Retribution it seems is the order of the day. If that be the case does it make sense to stoop to their level? So there is no difference at the end of the day between the Aussies and any other team that plays the game today.
The Pakis have a history of cheating. Who can forget the infamous Indian tour of Pak in 1976 when our dressing rooms were bugged, when beamers were hurled at our tailenders ,the great sarfraz nawaz bowling wide after wide to prevent us from winning.Imran Khan Niazi confessed to using a bottle top on the cricket ball!
Have people forgotten all that? They also BTW have a history of churning out poor substandard umpires. India's tour of Pakistan in the early 90's Afridi was stumped off Rajesh Chauhan, by a distance when he could have been given run out. A coutry mile for crying out loud. What does the 3rd Ump rule. Not out! of course..
It's funny how people attacking me, and the Australian cricketers are full of bile and vitriol, and refuse to acknowledge that great cricketers do come from Oz.
That's ok. You're allowed to be whiney. I just feel pity for all you guys out there.
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