Friday, February 20, 2009

Ok, I think Aussies should shut up about 'racism'

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Indians-Abroad/Australian_police_to_Indian_students_Dont_speak_loudly_in_public/articleshow/4156842.cms

The police in Australia is asking Indian students to not speak in their native language... coz otherwise they're just asking to be beaten up.

And you're commenting on my page passing judgment on my tolerance! What a joke.

Saturday, February 2, 2008

Eggs hurled at Murali in Hobart

No sunny side to this.
http://content-eap.cricinfo.com/cbs/content/current/story/334673.html

This is the meaning of racism. A random set of dark-skinned people walking on a dark street (even if we grant that this wasn't about Murali) get abused and have eggs thrown at them. And they were up in arms about the non-event involving Bhajji.

All the maxims and proverbs one can assemble about glass houses, mirrors, fingers pointing back, spitting in the air, keeping one's house in order and such, together cannot express the sheer hypocrisy of the Bhajji incident.

Was le affaire Bhajji an act of racism by an Indian towards a half-black Australian athlete, or an act of racism by a white institution (ICC, though I shouldn't really have needed to spell it out) towards an Indian athlete?

Sunday, January 20, 2008

Bhajji ji di fateh!!

Source: http://content-eap.cricinfo.com/ci/content/image/332285.html

Saturday, January 19, 2008

...and India supply the best answer :)

WOOooooHHHOOOooo!!!!!


Test no. 1862
Border-Gavaskar Trophy - 3rd Test
Australia v India
2007/08 season

Played at W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth, on 16,17,18,19 January 2008 (5-day match)

Result India won by 72 runs

India 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR

W Jaffer c wicketkeeperGilchrist b Lee 16 94 53 2 0 30.18

V Sehwag c wicketkeeperGilchrist b Johnson 29 80 58 6 0 50.00

R Dravid c Ponting b Symonds 93 278 183 14 0 50.81

SR Tendulkar lbw b Lee 71 175 128 9 0 55.46

SC Ganguly c Hussey b Johnson 9 17 12 2 0 75.00

VVS Laxman c Tait b Lee 27 89 56 3 0 48.21
wicketkeeper MS Dhoni lbw b Clark 19 84 52 2 0 36.53

IK Pathan lbw b Johnson 28 73 44 4 0 63.63
captain A Kumble c Rogers b Clark 1 10 6 0 0 16.66

RP Singh c Hussey b Johnson 0 7 2 0 0 0.00

I Sharma not out 0 5 5 0 0 0.00

Extras (lb 19, w 9, nb 9) 37











Total (all out; 98.2 overs; 450 mins) 330 (3.35 runs per over)

Bowling O M R W Econ

B Lee 24 5 71 3 2.95 (6nb, 1w)

MG Johnson 28.2 7 86 4 3.03 (2w)

SR Clark 17 4 45 2 2.64 (1w)

SW Tait 13 1 59 0 4.53 (3nb, 1w)

A Symonds 10 1 36 1 3.60

MJ Clarke 6 1 14 0 2.33

Australia 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR

PA Jaques c Laxman b Pathan 8 17 13 1 0 61.53

CJL Rogers lbw b Pathan 4 14 9 1 0 44.44
captain RT Ponting c Dravid b Sharma 20 50 35 2 0 57.14

MEK Hussey c wicketkeeperDhoni b Singh 0 10 8 0 0 0.00

MJ Clarke c wicketkeeperDhoni b Sharma 23 58 34 3 0 67.64

A Symonds c Dravid b Kumble (#600)
66 103 70 7 1 94.28
wicketkeeper AC Gilchrist c wicketkeeperDhoni b Singh 55 116 61 9 0 90.16

B Lee c wicketkeeperDhoni b Singh 11 48 43 0 0 25.58

MG Johnson not out 6 31 14 1 0 42.85

SR Clark c wicketkeeperDhoni b Singh 0 2 3 0 0 0.00

SW Tait c & b Kumble 8 10 11 2 0 72.72

Extras (b 4, lb 1, w 4, nb 2) 11











Total (all out; 50 overs; 240 mins) 212 (4.24 runs per over)

Bowling O M R W Econ

RP Singh 14 2 68 4 4.85 (1w)

IK Pathan 17 2 63 2 3.70 (2w)

I Sharma 7 0 34 2 4.85 (1w)

A Kumble 12 1 42 2 3.50 (2nb)


India 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR

W Jaffer c Hussey b Clark 11 45 27 1 0 40.74

V Sehwag b Clark 43 86 61 7 0 70.49

IK Pathan c Ponting b Clark 46 133 64 6 0 71.87

R Dravid c wicketkeeperGilchrist b Lee 3 5 5 0 0 60.00

SR Tendulkar lbw b Lee 13 33 25 2 0 52.00

SC Ganguly c Clarke b Johnson 0 7 3 0 0 0.00

VVS Laxman c wicketkeeperGilchrist b Lee 79 228 156 8 0 50.64
wicketkeeper MS Dhoni c wicketkeeperGilchrist b Symonds 38 100 87 2 2 43.67
captain A Kumble c Clarke b Symonds 0 2 4 0 0 0.00

RP Singh c wicketkeeperGilchrist b Clark 30 73 59 3 1 50.84

I Sharma not out 4 5 1 1 0 400.00

Extras (lb 14, w 5, nb 8) 27











Total (all out; 80.4 overs; 360 mins) 294 (3.64 runs per over)

Bowling O M R W Econ

B Lee 20.4 4 54 3 2.61 (4nb, 1w)

MG Johnson 10 0 58 1 5.80

SR Clark 19 4 61 4 3.21 (2w)

SW Tait 8 0 33 0 4.12 (4nb, 2w)

MJ Clarke 13 2 38 0 2.92

A Symonds 10 2 36 2 3.60





Australia 2nd innings (target: 413 runs)

R M B 4s 6s SR



CJL Rogers
c wicketkeeperDhoni b Pathan

15 22 18 3 0 83.33



PA Jaques
c Jaffer b Pathan

16 46 30 3 0 53.33
captain

RT Ponting
c Dravid b Sharma

45 139 71 6 0 63.38



MEK Hussey
lbw b Singh

46 165 113 5 0 40.70



MJ Clarke
st wicketkeeperDhoni b Kumble

81 160 134 10 0 60.44



A Symonds
lbw b Kumble

12 18 14 1 1 85.71
wicketkeeper

AC Gilchrist
b Sehwag

15 51 22 2 0 68.18



B Lee
c Laxman b Sehwag

0 8 6 0 0 0.00



MG Johnson
not out

50 101 80 5 2 62.50



SR Clark
c wicketkeeperDhoni b Pathan

32 55 35 3 1 91.42



SW Tait
b Singh

4 15 8 1 0 50.00



Extras
(lb 6, w 8, nb 10)

24















Total
(all out; 86.5 overs; 396 mins)

340 (3.91 runs per over)

Bowling O M R W Econ

RP Singh 21.5 4 95 2 4.35 (3w)

IK Pathan 16 2 54 3 3.37

I Sharma 17 0 63 1 3.70 (7nb, 1w)

A Kumble 24 2 98 2 4.08 (3nb)

V Sehwag 8 1 24 2 3.00