Sunday, January 6, 2008

Who's racist.. Ponting or Bhajji

Who's the biggest racist in among the current crop of cricketers?
a) Ricky Ponting
b) Andrew Symonds
c) Harbhajan Singh
d) Steve Bucknor
e) Umpire Benson officiating in 2nd Sydney Test of ongoing Border-Gavaskar test series
f) Michael Clarke

I think all of the above except Harbhajan Singh could be termed as racist and should be charged of inappropriate behavior and be banned from playing cricket or umpiring for a further 4 tests.

Benson in giving Ganguly out, consults Ricky Ponting to check if Ganguly was taken cleanly by Clarke or not. Consider this, Clarke on day 4 after a huge edge of Kumble and had taken cleanly, stands his ground. Ponting who had nicked a delivery going down the legside does not walk away and is given not out by umpires. Can the word of these two players, keen to equal the world-record of 16 consecutive test wins, be taken considered? And can a fielder make the judgement? If yes, then what's the need for umpires in cricket and every time a fielding side appeals, the batsmen should be given out.

Will the match adjucator and ICC chief Malcom Speed now look into this aspect of the game. Bucknor and all those other so called gentlemen of the game?

We hope that this match is abandoned and declared a draw for so many issues. In fact the entire series should be called off and you Aussies, watch out when you come to India. GenX and GenY Indians know how to give back right where it hurt's most.

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