Cricket, as they said, in my childhood was gentleman’s game. My father considered it a waste of time. Now with population of gentlemen dwindling to a mere 11 to 15, collectively called as Australian cricket team under your able management, I agree with my dad’s observation.
I salute Mr Hayden’s humility. Bhajji is such a magnanimous nuisance to your otherwise serene game and he still calls him just a weed! Obnoxious? We have to agree. On Australian tracks, your stroking woods were expected to dispatch all his balls across ropes. And being the annoying one that he is, he disrespected your ability and bowled with an economy rate of 4.03!
Bowling is still cricket, Sir. More challenging is his audacity. He looks into eyes and blabbers a mouthful to your well built gentlemen. Especially to so decent looking Mr. Symonds. I sincerely apologize on his behalf sir. He never meant to make any comment on Mr Symond’s race. If what he had said is true, he must have commented on his face. It’s a facial abuse sir, not racial.
But there was a misunderstanding due to a googly of mispronunciation, nicked by ignorance. Atmosphere in Oz holds us in perennial awe. And as our jaws drop out of it, our pronunciations tweak. So a “Maaki” in Hindi, sounded a “Mowki”. Cold Australian wind must have shrunk nostrils giving a nasal tone to Mowki, making it Monkey! Maaki in Hindi means - Mother’s! I swear Sir, Bhajji was referring to Symond’s biological mother and not ancestral lineage. And Maaki is certainly no insult. Even if it is, Harbhajan should learn an Australian’s love for animals. Mothers can wait.
If Harbhajan was not enough, Sir, we got you Ishaant. Pacing to crease on a 6 ft plus built, long hair waving across the shoulders, releasing a rocket paced perfect length swinging delivery and forcing errors on batsmen, is a right and sight reserved just to your bowlers. This is infringement. And Mr. Hayden is right Sir. I understand how hurt is well placed ego must be. Those who cannot be belted on the pitch, should be bashed in the boxing ring.
Sir as I pen my apologies India has won the first finals at Sydney. I hope these words would soothe those new scars too.
Not so gentleman
An Indian
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