Grow up, Aussies !!

Nov 16, 2008 Cricket

What’s with the Aussie cricketers? They seem to be all busy writing books, and funnily enough each of them have some nasty ‘India’ tales to tell. The timing of course is superb and the more controversial the better.

Adam Gilchrist set the ball rolling with his comments against Tendulkar and Harbhajan, and then was quickly followed by Warne, Symonds and Ponting, each picking on current and former Indian players. Maybe Hayden was feeling left out of this India-bashing fest, so he also chipped in, making statements that the Aussies’ slow over rates were due to the problems that were part of playing in a ‘Third World country’. Huh ?

This was an atrocious remark, especially in this day and age. Till a decade ago, players touring India used to suffer from the ‘Delhi belly’ and faced travel and accomodation problems. However, all that is history now, and Hayden would do well to remember that; infact cricketers are treated like celebrities here !!

What makes his remark all the more laughable is the fact that he’s willing to come and play in the same third world country as long as they’re paying him a fat sum for playing in the IPL T20 matches. Hypocrisy rules…

Put simply, Aussies are bad losers, and hate having their supremacy challenged. Grow up, guys, and learn to see and accept the writing on the wall !!