Is calling "Monkey" is racism?

[Ray]

I am also on record with this:

I really don't care about these results because it is no longer played for the fun of it.

There is too much of hype, crass commercialism, sponsorships resulting in turning this game into a hotbed of controversies so that more hook on and keep the tills ringing.

Imagine Woolmer's case. They still cannot decide what caused it. Creates curiosity and more people taking interest in these games.

Same thing with world football. Hooliganism and all sorts of shady stuff.

[Ray]

Freddie,

Hakuna Matata!

[furkensturker]

Originally Posted by Ray

Freddie,

Any answers to my post on match fixing?

I thought you wanted FACTS?

How about one teeny weeny FACT that the newspapers published false stuff and they were sued!

Newspapers, The first rule of a journalist is "NEVER LET THE TRUTH STAND IN THE WAY OF A GOOD STORY"

Freddie

[furkensturker]

Originally Posted by Ray

Freddie,

Hakuna Matata!

Couldn't have said it better myself.

It's your shout for a beer

Freddie

[dave lukins]

Izzat restored well, almost

[Ray]

Dave,

Always watching in the wings.

Right, Big Brother?

Not really about izzat, it is just that I find the game no longer fun. Too much of hype and too much of commercialism and too much of put on rivalry like what you see amongst boxers for a World Championship!

[dave lukins]

[quote=Ray;450159]I find the game no longer fun. Too much of hype and too much of commercialism and too much of put on rivalryQUOTE]

I agree, I played Regiment, Corp and Army Cricket for 20+yrs and I am afraid todays "game" is not the one I remember

[dave lukins]

[quote=Ray;450159]Dave,

Always watching in the wings.

Right, Big Brother?

Not at all Brigadier, Moi!

A tad of Keats to calm the nerves:

Chitrarekha meghamala mandagati dimantoki jakhan rangaye...I hope I got most of it right

[Tronic]

Originally Posted by furkensturker

At the time, an underarm delivery was legal. In that match, New Zealand was in a position where they could not win and Chapple directed his Brother to bowl underarm, just to piss off the Kiwis. It did just that.

But it was legal.

Thats total BS!!! Kiwis needed like 6 runs off 1 ball to tie the match; They COULD have prevented a loss, but they were cheated out of it by not even being given a chance!

And it was legal? Only in Australia; no one else knew about it as the Aussies were the only team in the world to have bowled such a cheap delivery. Only after that match was the rule written in Aussie cricket aswell against bowling such cheap deliveries.

And of course the Indians are angels, not. Watch this video and see another looser.

YouTube - Gavaskar throws toys out of the pram! (Cricket)

The "spit the dummy" play India uses goes back to the 80s

Sooky sooky la la.

That doesn't even compare with the underarm delivery; all we see is another Indian batsman annoyed at the fact at being thrown out of the match by another umpire!

Suni Gavaskar was given out when LBW plumb in front. He spat the dummy and pulled the not out batsman off the field in protest, shades of the 2007 series? take your bat and ball and have a sook in the rooms.


Freddie

The man believed he got an inside edge on that ball; I agree it was wrong for him to do what he did but there is a limit as to what a player can take, I guess that was enough for him. Sort of reminds me of Pakistan's incident when the umpires wrongly accused them of ball tampering simply because they were pounding England.

[Tronic]

Originally Posted by furkensturker

Fact: The Indian crowd refered to Symonds as monkey, a term he regarded as racist.

Fact: The Police took action against the culprits and even Symonds said he was satisfied.

Fact: Singh muttered a word that Symonds thought was Monkey but in reality was a word roughly translated means mother******, a word that in Australia is considered highly offensive and attracts an argument and most likely a black eye or broken nose.

Fact: Australia does the same, but there is a fine line between offensive words(which Team India may also find highly offensive) and racist words. Aussies and South Africans have called far more offensive names to Inzy like "p*ki"; you think they are not offended by it? It is only a one way road?

Fact: Singh was given a fair hearing as per the ICC regulations and suspended.

Fact: Singh was given a hearing in which no evidence was used and the witnesses that were used were the Australian team. Nope, they wouldn't be biased at all, right? You call that a "fair" hearing?

Fact: The Indian team felt they had been hard done by, even after the ICC had acted in a legal and fair manner and threatened to pull out of the series. If this had not been legal, why is there no appeal to a higher authority?

Fact: There is an appeal, and respond to the "fairness" part of the hearing above.

[bolo121]

heh
just talked with my buddy who is currently in australia for work.
A bunch of them got together at his place and watched the match.
Everybody shouted monkey monkey whenever symonds was on strike.
I asked why he said if we have to do the time might as well do the crime.
Victory!!!!

[Tronic]

Well bolo, we aren't and will not do the time! As Bhajji has not done the crime! (btw, your friends are another story; not to get all personal here, but if one is accused of stooping low, then one should not actually go and stoop low!)

And as for the recent match, game well played by the Aussies, good sportsmanship, unlike the Sydney test. Australia's winning streak has ended, but being Australia, they might aswell just go on another one.

[bolo121]

heh i agree but they were totally drunk at the time so excuse them this one time.

[chankya]

Originally Posted by Tronic

Well bolo, we aren't and will not do the time! As Bhajji has not done the crime! (btw, your friends are another story; not to get all personal here, but if one is accused of stooping low, then one should not actually go and stoop low!)

And as for the recent match, game well played by the Aussies, good sportsmanship, unlike the Sydney test. Australia's winning streak has ended, but being Australia, they might aswell just go on another one.

Yeah. You've got to admire the australians though. They went down fighting. Johnson's 50 was just beautiful cricket.

Pathan, RP Singh, Laxman and sehwag were awesome. And Kumble of course.

[Parihaka]

Originally Posted by furkensturker

At the time, an underarm delivery was legal. In that match, New Zealand was in a position where they could not win and Chapple directed his Brother to bowl underarm, just to piss off the Kiwis. It did just that.

Six to win , and we would have won, or course