Agmates Editor Steve Truman writes:
So just tell me what it is that Australian Cricket Captain Ricky Ponting has done that has Australians calling for his sacking?
- was it refusing to play the next test unless the ICC sacks the umpire?
- was it racial Abuse?
- was it refusing to accept an ICC decision to ban one of his players for 3 tests?
- was it being “too” competitive - playing the game to hard?
- was it signalling to the umpire that a catch he took at slip was no catch (it had bounced just in front of him)?
- or was it that he had just brilliantly captained the Australian side to a world record equalling 16th straight test win?
Australian Captain and Vice Captain, Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist speaking to Indian batsman Harbhajan Singh and the great Sachin Tendulkar after Singh had called Andrew Symonds “a big monkey” in the Sydney test.
Sydney Morning Herald cricket writer Peter Roebuck in his column wrote “Ponting must be sacked”
Just what is Ponting and this great Australian cricket side guilty of?
Celebrating too much. The best players in the world show to much euphoria at winning a great test match with just 7 balls to spare and in doing so win a world record equalling 16th test match on the trot.
I know our culture is to support the under dog, apparently that even extends to tearing into our own world champions.
Is it that Ponting and his men have ruined the spirit of the game by showing to much joy at achieving an unlikely victory like Roebuck and some of the channel 9 cricket commentators would have us believe.
Has Ponting done as much damage to the game as Indian Spinner Harbhajan Singh has by being found guilty of racial abuse, especially after he’d done it before in last years one day tour of India and had promised to never do it again.
Has Ponting done as much damage to cricket as the Indian Cricket players who not liking the decisions of Umpire Bucknor during the 2nd test or ICC match referee Mike Procter in the Harbhajan hearing refuse to play in an attempt to blackmail the ICC?
Lets face it, the Indians on the final day just weren’t good enough. All they had to do was bat out 72 overs on a pretty good pitch to draw the test and keep the series alive. Australia bowled them out with a part time spin attack and once again proved why they are the world champions.
Typically the Indian players who are treated like gods in their own country, are prepared to blame anybody and anything except themselves for their loss. Syndey was their best chance on this tour to win a test and they blew it. Now they blame the umpires, the Australians unsportsman like approach, the ICC and will “take their bat and ball and go home” unless they get things changed to their favor for the rest of the tour.
It was interesting to see the Indian team playing beach volley ball with Australians at Bondi Beach today. Spoilt pratts, having a great time, living it up while they wait for their demands to be met.Â
If the Australian team was touring India and this had happened they would have been hold up in their hotel, in fear of their lives, with the Indian Army out the front keeping the rabid, ephigy burning Indian fans at bay outside.
Thank god we live in such a great country, with fantastic sporting teams, sportsmen and women. Message to Ricky and the Aussie team: If the spoilt champions of India can be cajoled into fronting up to the Perth test - on a fast bouncy pitch -Â “stick it to them”.
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