fineleg Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 After the Brisbane ODI win yesterday Indian team management unhappy with Hayden. In what is probably the most recent of spats between the two cricketers, Matthew Hayden is reported to have teased Harbhajan by scratching his near-bald head when the latter was in immediate vicinity. This incident happened when the two teams were boarding their buses after the match at Brisbane. Sources close to the driver of the Australian coach (whose existence was appreciated by Shane Warne) have revealed that this gesture was meant to frustrate and irritate Harbhajan Singh who was unable to scratch his head whenever he wanted to because of his turban. The incident is being interpreted as a religious insult by the Indian management, who feel that Harbhajan was targeted deliberately because of his headgear. “Why didn’t Hayden do this against Ishant?” fumed an Indian official who did not want to be named. “After all, Ishant has more hair than Harbhajan! I’ll tell you why. Hayden came to know after his last radio interview that Ishant actually has a black belt in Karate. And since he didn’t specify what kind of ring he wanted to face Ishant in, he was afraid that his challenge might be accepted”, the official revealed. An Indian team member, on condition of anonymity, said such a gesture was uncalled for. “How would Hayden feel”, he asked, “if we went near him and started combing our hair?” A BCCI official said that such action was despicable from an accomplished batsman. “What Harbhajan does with his hair is his own business. Who is Hayden?” he thundered. Niranjan Shah, the BCCI secretary, expressed his disappointment over the incident. “The Australian team has to keep in mind that it has to visit India later this year”, he said. “There are many more bald men in India and they might teach Hayden a thing or two about scratching.” Many Australian players were unavailable for comment. However, former captain Steve Waugh, who pioneered many mental disintegration tactics, was eager as always to go on record and proclaimed that cricketers who grow long hair should face the consequences. “What happens when they board the bus should stay within the bus. Australians play it hard and fair”, he added, rather out of context. Peter Lalor came up with a scathing attack on Harbhajan Singh in his latest column. “Harbhajan’s antics after India won the series were disgusting”, he wrote. “His chest-thumping can rightly be viewed as yet another racist gesture. This incident explains to all why he is a sick [sic!]”, wrote Lalor, confusing words at various levels. Malcolm Conn was not less vituperative. He wrote, “It is difficult to understand why the BCCI is still persisting with a player whose very presence is enough to cause the gentlest of Australian cricketers to fly into rage. Cricket Australia, by not pressing charges against Harbhajan for his odious presence, is yet again proving that it has ceded authority to the BCCI. It is time money stopped calling shots in this game.” India are yet to decide whether or not to press charges against Hayden. It is expected they will wait till October this year, when the Australian team is to tour India, and then spring this issue to go one up on the shock factor. Link to comment
Rajiv Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Just glad, this tour is over and we are leaving that hell I seriously had high hopes of visiting there once, left a bad taste this Can't wait for them to Visit India Link to comment
King Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 It sounds like some kind of joke to me. Not a legit report. It is a joke for haven's sake:haha: Link to comment
Guest Hiten. Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 “The Australian team has to keep in mind that it has to visit India later this yearâ€' date=' he said. “There are many more bald men in India and they might teach Hayden a thing or two about scratching.â€[/quote'] LMFAO :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: Link to comment
Rajiv Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 It sounds like some kind of joke to me. Not a legit report. Don't think we need another report to chalk out the stuff which has happened down under, its like this; as long as you don't hurt aussie feelings, they are nice and "multicultural" but as soon as you start giving back, they get back to the roots and start giving back. Link to comment
sreej Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 It sounds like some kind of joke to me. Not a legit report. It is a joke for haven's sake:haha: You're right... this is by Prem panicker... Link to comment
King Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Don't think we need another report to chalk out the stuff which has happened down under' date=' its like this; as long as you don't hurt aussie feelings, they are nice and "multicultural" but as soon as you start giving back, they get back to the roots and start giving back.[/quote'] It sure is a fact the Aussie players can't handle when given back in kind. That's true with all bullies anyways. Link to comment
theguyinallblue Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 i think its a spoof.. where is the link ? Link to comment
anbuchelvan Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 I know they are convicts but now I realize they headless racists Link to comment
maaki Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Very well written skit.. Link Please... Link to comment
sachin_fan Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 awesome, absolutely wonderful:hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: Link to comment
fineleg Posted March 5, 2008 Author Share Posted March 5, 2008 yes, i found this on Prem Panicker's website. But on re-reading, it seems to be a nicely written skit. Link to comment
flamy Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 hm....he is portraying the Indians as being the touch ones (albeit fictional) here, thats why it didn't have much of an effect on me. it was the aussies who were nitpicking on small things... Link to comment
kumble_rocks Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Hayden should be banned from IPL ... Link to comment
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