arun’s blog

I am not an ardent admirer or a fervid fan of Cricket as I once was. However, the vehement incidents that happened over the last test match resulting in alleging and vilifying Harbhajan over racial abuse certainly gets every Indian’s attention and I am no different. I have tried to put forth my views, claims, comments as understandable as it needs to be. Yes, it is as simple as that.

First things first.

Question: Does Steve Bucknor really have a peculiar tryst with the Indian team or is he really impotent?

Answer: Both.

What is this hothead doing at 61 years umpiring when the time taken by his eyes for a simple gaze is 10 seconds minimum, the reaction time for a LBW being less than a second. Owls see better at day and snakes hear better than him. Vampires can better perform in the day than this loony screwball. Even an astronomical pince-nez buckled up his non-gazing eyes couldn’t save the spirit of cricket from this old bloke, whose fingers gets aroused when the bowler’s appeal rings in his ears (120 tests and still STANDING). Probably he should have heeded to the then umpire Dickie Bird and retired with unblemished record while he could, who had to say,

When you get to that age… I have said to Steve, ‘Don’t go on too long, get out while you are still respected

Well, Mr. Bird, that ain’t going to happen any sooner, at least not without clouting. Is it Mr. Bucknor?

Secondly, coming to the alleged racial abuse. So, lets see what Andrew Symonds had to say.

This is what happened before our confrontation. Brett Lee had just sent down a delivery and Harbhajan took off down the wicket. When he was returning to his crease, he decided to hit Brett on the backside. I have no idea why he did it. I was standing nearby and when I saw what happened, I thought, ‘Hold on, that’s not on’. I’m a firm believer in sticking up for your team-mate so I stepped in and had a bit of a crack at Harbhajan, telling him exactly what I thought of his antics. He then had a shot back, which brings us to the situation we’re facing.

This seems not an obvious taradiddle, certainly. One has to accept. However, who could assure about the credibility of the “shot back” he has mentioned. There was this deaf and blind Bucknor. Adam Gilchrist said he dint hear anything. Ricky Ponting also dint hear anything but lodged the complaint frantically over the statement of Symonds I guess. Who are the cry-babies now?? Other than that, the only player in the vicinity was Sachin excluding the alleged Harbhajan.

The match referee Mike Procter harangued,

Obviously this has all been very difficult for me. I didn’t get to sleep until 11am, and then only for a couple of hours. It has been one of the most difficult days of my life.

Hell yeah! If you couldn’t sleep, take your pills and calm down. I hope not the brains seize functioning due to lack of sleep. After innumerous incorrigible umpiring decisions and a ban over an alleged, inconclusive, biased and concocted judgement, if you expect the Indian board to be callous, then you probably should question yourself “Am I fit for this position?”. Isn’t it obvious, when there is not enough evidence, the benefit of doubt goes to the alleged.

Next, this is really interesting. Steve Waugh and Allan border had said that the whole issue is a consequence of cultural misunderstanding. Boy, why dint we think of that?? When Glenn McGrath asked Sarwan, “What does Brian Lara’s d*** taste like”, Sarwan misunderstood it because of “cultural misunderstanding”. And when Sarwan owing to the “cultural misunderstanding” backfired with the reply “Ask your wife”, again unfortunately, this time McGrath misunderstood and yelled at Sarwan “If you f***ing mention my wife again, I will f***ing rip your f***ing throat off”. Check out this video below.

Pakistan wicket keeper Rashid Latif was banned for 5 ODI over a disputed catch against Bangladesh. How is it different when Michael Clarke replicated the similar scenario? And which crackpot umpire asks the players to arrive at the decision? That too, Ricky Ponting!! We all know how much of a gentleman he is. Boy, he couldn’t tolerate his streak record against Harbhajan, out in the first ball in 5 times.

Praise Ponting, don’t bury him, says Malcolm Conn.

I say “Bugger off”. Let clear of alcohol in your system and then speak without rumbling and rambling (unlike my blog). And, don’t even get me started over Dravid’s appeal!!

Sachin’s stern belief over Harbhajan and opinion over the bias at the hearing on repudiating their views entirely has lead to the BCCI restoring the pride of India by retaliating to the excruciating injustice. BCCI has placed their views with cogent reasoning, proving their standpoint, by not yielding to the false accusations blindfoldedly. They have also announced that Indian team will continue the game in Perth with decisions regarding Harbhajan’s ban postponed for later. Lets see how far this has yet to go.