didn’t think so…..;-)

I am still waiting for your response on Karthik, and Dhoni’s gloves…….;-)

So drink and heat must do something to the brain…

and the points you have just raised, and the ones you ignored perfectly proved my point!

As for Tony Greig, the moment he points out ANY shortcomings of Aust team he is ganged up on by Rest of the
One eyed commentators.Greig has also
sorted a few of them out as well lately;
ie, Slater & Healy.

If you really believe there was something in Michael Clarke running in to Sachin, you are really clutching at straws. I am starting to understand this, one of the Australian supporters on this site pointed out that Bahji, Muralidaran, etc are not ‘hated’ as such, they take the role of the pantomime villain, classic example is Tony Grieg he was an absolute lambasted villain in Australia when he played, he received more deriscion than the previously mentioned spinners, and yet he eventually moved to Australia and ist now part of the overwhelmingly biased channel9 commentary team. Australia is YOUR pantomime villain, you don’t give an inch, never respond or create any outcry when your players do wrong (Karthiks carry on in the test)or appear to maybe do wrong(M.S Dhoni’s baseball gloves). The video footage mentioned above- as I have pointed out, from other angles it is clearly caught, not grassed- but admission, apology, of course not, Australia are the bad guys- you do what you accuse Australian supporters of, then complain when we don’t change. But there is no problem with that, sport is supposed to be divisive, that is why you have winners and losers, so long as we can all go on with our lives after the game.

@IPL Delhi

I wish all sportspeople could be held aloft as role models and icons of virtue- unfortunately few will ever make the grade.

They set example to millions of kids watching them and any bad behaviour is likely to be aped by them in millions of homes around the country and world.

Sachin has had a career spanning two decades playing in all kinds of conditions and countries. Do you think in all this time he has not be sledged, not provoked, not been been the butt of jokes and criticism?

When you don’t react and carry on with the business of playing the others stop it. It is when they get a reaction out of you that they keep provoking you.

I am sad that the current breed of young cricketers from India are falling prey to behave badly in public and passing it off as a sign of their confidence or whatever of shining new India. If this is shining new India I don’t want any part of it. Behave well, and you earn respect, you earn love and you earn fans.

Is it true that you can win tournaments only if you behave badly. NO! Australia is case in point during this series. They behaved badly yet lost the one-day tri-series!

Gandhi is revered as Mahatama for a reason even today. And make no mistake he got results too. He chucked out the British with our dignity in tact.

Respecting other cultures should come naturally to a land as varied, as diverse and as different as India. But sadly, we are losing that very essential part of our civilisation. Our North-Eastern brethern are case in example.

Forget the Australians, their media, their crowds. Focus on our behaviour and try to improve it, that’s the way great success and glory.

We can’t be all Gandhis for sure but we can behave well. We owe it to children of India who look up to the cricketing heros like gods.

That’s not a tall order.

come out,come out, wherever you are.

Mr Cricket Stands his ground after seeing the ball carry clearly into Dohn’s gloves, if he wasn’t sure, why didn’t he ask Dohni, isn’t that what ponting has been preaching.

As far as Michael Clarke’s Rugby tackle
on Tendulkar, What a Jerk, and he’s going to be the next Aust captain.
This incident has been conveniently
glossed over by Aust Media,but then again Rugby tackling a batsman in Aust
is normal, I think.

Interesting with that video footage, that it only showed that angle, there exists a perfectly good shot, from the opposite side of the ground (and the shot from behind the bowler for that matter) both of which were repeated in slow motion at the time on Ch9 which clearly showed the ball being court at least an inch OFF the ground and Symonds landing on his wrist. Michael Husseys catch in the deep (can’t rememer which game) looked just like Michael Clarkes famous slips catch from the head on view, yet the side view clearly shows it as a catch….