Enough, much more than enough has been written and spoken on the
Despite all the shock and noise, the crisis that had seemingly threatened to engulf the cricket world has quickly blown over. Money, money, money, always sunny, in the rich man’s world; thus went the lyrics of this great number by that terrific Swedish group ABBA. Termination of the tour by India, as demanded by many who had been deeply angered and hurt, would have meant losses of millions of dollars to all the parties who make hay while the game shines. For them it has to be always sunny…it’s a rich man’s world!
Indian skipper Anil Kumble could not have been more forthright after the match when he said that only one team played the game in the spirit of the game. That was a bigger blow to the Aussies than the many adjectives used later by all those who can spell cricket. Surprise, surprise, Ponting also had no doubts in his mind that he and his team had played the game in the spirit too!
Both Kumble and Ponting are right. The problem is only in the understanding of what the word ‘game’ means to them. For Kumble and the Indians, cricket is the game they are in
What is it that has made the Aussies what they are?
Dr David Andrew Roberts, an Australian who teaches convict history at the University of New England, has this to say for his fellow countrymen: “We are proud to be descendants of people who were kicked out of England by corrupt judges and aristocrats…To be descended from a convict now gives on a sense of being authentically Australian.”
What is he saying? The ancestors of present day Australians were not criminals who committed heinous crimes for which they were banished for ever from
Which is the missing or defective gene which the Aussies seem to have inherited from their illustrious ancestors? A number of studies have been carried out in various parts of the world about the effects of MAO A levels on human behavior. In a study of a family of Dutch criminals, it was found that they all had a defect in the gene that controls MAO A. In
The Aussies are not to blame for their pathetic behavior. See what happens even to mice with the switching off of only one gene! Ponting and his "dobbers" need to be forgiven for they do not know what they have done.
Blame their abrasive, abnormal aggression and propensity to cheat on MAO!
This is what the Indians should remember when they step into the field in
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