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Weeding Monkeys

Posted in Australia, Cricket, India, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 5, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Praveen Kumar, Piyush Chawla, Ishant Sharma, Rohit Sharma.
Names I had not even heard of before this Aussie summer. But names that should come up frequently if this recently concluded series is any indication.
And if people had told me back in January that this combination was going to win India its first ODI tournament in Australia [...]

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Yahooooooooooooooooooooo!

Posted in Australia, Cricket, tagged , , , on March 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »

We win the series. Who would have thunk ?
Possibly, the most touching moment:
Praveen Kumar is the Man of the Match for his four wickets and he looks a bit embarrassed, all beams he has to be taken on to the stage by his captain, Dhoni, a touching moment. He takes the cheque and runs [...]

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The Scratchy Itch…

Posted in Australia, Cricket, Rants, tagged , , , , , , , on March 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »

While the Sydney Morning Herald continues to embarrass itself by its near apoplectic harping on the ’scartching’ non-issue (see the previous post), one of its writers, Greg Baum, cuts through the crap (via):
“There are a lot of young people sitting here, and it was inappropriate,” one spectator told The Age. “If he wants respect, he [...]

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Dont scratch yourself….

Posted in Australia, tagged , , , , , , , on March 2, 2008 | 9 Comments »

….err in the arm-pits. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the gesture is racist (apparently a monkey taunt) !!!!
Check for yourself and judge:

I won’t be defending Harbhajan if indeed he made monkey taunts, but if this is the picture that forms the basis of their accusation, it is a very weak one.
[Not justifying anything, [...]

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