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By: peter lalor

peter lalor — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 09:58:16 +0000

I apologise whole heartedly, I realise after watching the first day of the Sydney test that Yuvraj Singh is god’s gift to fielding and his bowler’s must love having him out there.
Every team must wish they had eleven of him and every coach must wish they could bottle his attitude.
Alright, I hereby confess I made it all up, I hate all things Indian and he was not responsible for any mis-fields in Melbourne or Sydney.
Keep setting the standards high guys and you’ll keep getting those great results!
PS Gautam I don’t dance.

By: Gautam

Gautam — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:22:43 +0000

@Peter Lalor

Your defensive posting makes Rahul Dravid’s defensive batting (5 runs off 66 balls) look attractive.

Your closing line “You may wish to defend the side’s effort if you like” suggests you don’t read before you post. This blogsite has been constant in its criticism of the Indian fielding.

Your pointer to “parts of the Indian team” agreeing whole heartedly, is blasphemous. I am very close to several members of the Indian team and all of them are disgusted by your post. After your post and the story on Yuvraj Singh in The Age, they have vowed not to read Australian newspapers at all.

Not a bad effort mate. For a self-proclaimed Indophile, you are doing quite well at destroying the trust and confidence that Team India has in you and your tribe! Well done mate. Very well done!

Your article was factually inaccurate in that you marked out Yuvraj Singh as the candidate to pillory. Like you, I too dislike bad cricket and it has been recorded almost everywhere that India played bad cricket at the MCG. That is not the problem though with your article. You built a story out of a crass misrepresentation. And now you are defending it by claiming something that can’t be substantiated — that the Indian team likes your writing. Whats’ more? That claim is again false. Shame on you. If you are a man though, you will not hide behind a cloak of falseness and defensive postures. You would take responsibility for the error in your ways, take it on the chin (like a true Aussie) and move on.

Teams visiting Australia do not just have to combat hostile conditions. They have to combat irresponsible hoons in the media.

I agree with the tone of the post on this blogsite. A pen in your hand is a weapon of mass villification. I’d have said “stick to your day job”. But alas! It is at your day job that you are most dangerous.

By the way, here is a hot tip. You do not become an Indophile by eating samosa and dancing to a Bollywood tune at a mate’s party.

By: peter lalor

peter lalor — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 09:56:38 +0000

Peter Lalor replies: I take issue with only one thing in your report. Which isn’t to say that I concur with the rest.
Anyway.
I do not “hate all things Indian” and could provide many articles celebrating Indian cricket to prove that.
The fact that I chose to spend much of my spare time in that country might also indicate some affection, no?
Indeed I spent New Years Eve at a party for part of the Indian community in Sydney.
I do, however, hate poor cricket whoever plays it and that’s what some of the Indian fielders gave us in that Test.
I might also point out that the article was well received by parts of the Indian team who agreed whole heartedly. You may wish to defend the side’s effort if you like.

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By: 10yearslate

10yearslate — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 22:29:13 +0000

You expect this sort of writing from that paragon of tabloid excess, The Herald Sun, as embodied by its writers Craddock and Pierik.

But surely the Australian caters for a ‘Higher Common Denominator’ audience, who deserve better.

By: mohankaus

mohankaus — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:15:51 +0000

Ajay:

Proven?

By: Ajay Gandhi

Ajay Gandhi — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:17:49 +0000

How can you say that? This blog has proven that Mr. Lalor is a saint.

By: Shan

Shan — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:00:43 +0000

Peter Lalor hates all things Indian with a passion. He has been writing tripe since the Aussies visited India. It’s getting a bit too much now.