'Rudeness is in Aussie blood and heredity': Wadekar

[Guest dada_rocks]

'Rudeness is in Aussie blood and heredity' Ajit Wadekar Posted online: Thursday, March 15, 2007 at 1133 hours IST Updated: Thursday, March 15, 2007 at 1920 hours IST New Delhi, March 15: At last, the biggest show in world cricket is on. The prolonged hype and wait is over. From now we see cricket and only cricket. And what a fiery note to start this great event with Australian captain Ricky Ponting hitting out, no holds barred, at Sunil Gavaskar, because our batting legend had written about the Aussies? rude attitude and behaviour on and off the field. This I have experienced first hand. It was way back in 1967-68, the Indians had completed their tour, and there was a farewell dinner in Sydney organised by the Australian Board, where Sir Donald Bradman, considered God to the cricketing fraternity all over the world even now, was giving a speech. His goodbye speech was getting slightly long, when some Australian players started booing him. It was slow, but in chorus. We were all aghast, stunned and terribly embarrassed too. In fact, when we had landed in Australia for that series, we were asked to clean the dust from the soles of our cricket shoes. It was as if the Aussies play the game in the air, never touching the dirt from the cricket ground. More Sport Headlines People who read this story also read India?s assessment in the middle could be right 15.03.07 Two faces, one dream 11.03.07 Ad pitch for world cup 11.03.07 Lara?s WC maybe, but unlikely West Indies? 10.03.07 'My gut feeling-India, but it?s too much hype' 10.03.07 Full Coverage Gurgaon Masterplan Delhi Masterplan SelectExpress ReporterTerror revisits MumbaiMandal 2Terror hits VaranasiIndo-US Nuke DealJustice for JessicaBihar PollsSave BangaloreMumbai FloodsDay in PicsDiscovery in SpaceRam Temple TurmoilJustice for ImranaWimbledon 2005Advani's resignationBollywood icon: Sunil DuttSamrat Shah RukhOne Year of UPA RuleThe Great Indian DebateParveen Babi's DeathNRI NewsKanchi Seer's ArrestAmbani vs AmbaniGujarat RiotsJ-K MonitorIndia Pak TalksIndia-Aus SeriesIndia-Pak SeriesIslamabad SummitIndia Down UnderWar on IraqNE MonitorIndia-Pak Face OffPak Nuke LeakElections 2003 Related Links Stop acting high 'n mighty, Ponting to Gavaskar 'Aussies can get whacked in a bar' India is dangerous, bad travellers too? I suppose this rude behaviour is in their blood and heredity. On the field, it was a good opening to the World Cup, too. Hosts West Indies and Pakistan are both most unpredictable and unreliable. Both epitomise the gospel truth of this one-day game on inconsistency. Of course, India aren?t too far behind. The hosts won fair and square, but the result isn?t going to matter, because the way the groups have been formed with the inclusion of the minnows, even the mid-caps are most likely to scrape through to the Super Eights. However, that?s where the similarity between the two teams end. The West Indians are emotional, instinctive and happy go lucky by nature, though highly talented. The Pakistanis, though equally talented, are always mired in some controversy or other. Yes, the West Indians have produced greats like George Headley nicknamed Black Bradman, the three Ws, Sobers, Kanhai, Clive Lloyd, Viv Richards, Brian Lara, in addition to great pace bowlers in Hall, Gilchrist, Holding, Andy Roberts, Marshall etc. Till yesterday, there was big talk about the nature of the wickets in the West Indies. It was supposed to be slow and low, favouring spinners. But this wicket at Sabina Park, Kingston, seems to have defied many experts. Of course, it wasn?t the typical Jamaican wicket of yesteryears when the speedster could comb his hair in its reflection. This one looked a perfect batting track, except that it had some moisture to start with, and as the day progressed, it dried up further, getting better. Hope it lasts till the show gets over. That little bit of moisture must have made Inzamam-ul Haq choose to field after winning the toss. Unfortunately, it boomeranged for lack of confidence in his own medium pacers and who also did not look that aggressive except Rao Iftikhar, who managed to get three wickets. And just to prove that Pakistan are equally unpredictable, they lost their first wicket too early and thereafter, the West Indies bowlers bowled excellent line and length, most economical among them being Collymore. At some stage of the match, his figures were reading 4 runs in 7 overs. But that should not distract from the all-round effort made by Smith who appears quite mature for his age. It was quite apt that he was chosen Man of the Match. In fact, Lara didn?t bother to bring in the spinners as his counterpart did without much success. My gut feeing is that Samuels will go on to be another West Indies great. He is natural, gutsy and tremendously powerful. The bad start with Gayle chasing the outgoing delivery from Gul put the West Indies batsmen under pressure. If the catch from Saravanan was gobbled the first ball he flashed off Younis Khan, the story could have been different. It was that daredevil batting from Samuels and Smith that made West Indies end with 241 runs for Pakistan to chase. It wasn?t that difficult, especially when the boundary was so short, the ground was fast and wicket was flat. Perhaps the terrible jolt the West Indies suffered at the hands of India in the practice match came as an eye-opener. With this easy victory the West Indies will be a force to reckon. The conversion of Sabina Park into a beautiful modern stadium of world class brought back nostalgic memories of the past. Way back in 1971, it was here that I, as a captain of the Indian team, went straight to the dressing room of the West Indies and asked Gary Sobers, their captain, to bat, meaning that India were enforcing the follow-on for first time on the West Indies. And that too

[King]

Re: 'Rudeness is in Aussie blood and heredity': Wadekar Rally around Sunil Gavaskar and why not. I quite like this attitude by the old timers. This is something that is usually missing with the Indian cricketers. I'm sure few x Indian cricketers standing by Sunny sends out a strong message. This is excatly what Aussies do, rally around their countrymen even when things aren't going well.

In fact, when we had landed in Australia for that series, we were asked to clean the dust from the soles of our cricket shoes. It was as if the Aussies play the game in the air, never touching the dirt from the cricket ground.

I think Wadekar is in a bit of a unknown territory here. It is not the dust that bothers the other countries but the grass, founa, seeds that stick to the shoes when you have been to farm lands or forest. It is a norm to declare boots, clean up boots, golf clubs et al This is to ensure no floura and founa is not hampered by foreign land grass microbes. If you can't clean your shoes they will quartine the boot. I'm surprised someone like him that has travelled the world doesn't know this :shrug:

[shailesh]

Re: 'Rudeness is in Aussie blood and heredity': Wadekar I read an article by an Aussie journo who reported how their players treated Indians very demeaningly when he travelled with them on a tour..like calling by the N word, and a few even nudged people sleeping on railway platform with their feet :mad: @#*%(%^ :mad:

[Guest dada_rocks]

Re: 'Rudeness is in Aussie blood and heredity': Wadekar

I read an article by an Aussie journo who reported how their players treated Indians very demeaningly when he travelled with them on a tour..like calling by the N word, and a few even nudged people sleeping on railway platform with their feet :mad: @#*%(%^ :mad:

Whites have this superiority chip on their shoulder.

[King]

Re: 'Rudeness is in Aussie blood and heredity': Wadekar

Whites have this superiority chip on their shoulder.

Not all of them DR, just some of them. Depends on where they come from. S, I've read in some of the autobiographies when the players had a bit of a bad time and miffed they used to beat up the stewards in the dressing room in India. I can't remember which book but it clearly mentions the batter had enough and was finding it hard to cope with the conditions so he took his anger on a poor fella that was cleaning up the dressing room or something. Later he was given a pair of sock or something to patch up :eew: It doesn't happen anymore though, it used to in the 70s and even in 80s.

[veer]

Re: 'Rudeness is in Aussie blood and heredity': Wadekar When you say something against one aussie, they come at you in packs.. i was just thinking about this yesterday on why no one is supporting sunny .. atleast one came out..

[Guest dada_rocks]

Re: 'Rudeness is in Aussie blood and heredity': Wadekar

When you say something against one aussie, they come at you in packs.. i was just thinking about this yesterday on why no one is supporting sunny .. atleast one came out..

Au-contraire siddhu was castigating gavaskar on some tv show.....

[King]

Re: 'Rudeness is in Aussie blood and heredity': Wadekar

When you say something against one aussie, they come at you in packs.. i was just thinking about this yesterday on why no one is supporting sunny .. atleast one came out..

I in my personal capacity didn't find Gavaskar's words amusing but his team mates or the ones he knows should of course rally around him.

[gator]

Re: 'Rudeness is in Aussie blood and heredity': Wadekar forget the ex-players rallying around him.... our self-loathing media has made a bonfire of Sunny and dancing around him....

[Birbal3]

Re: 'Rudeness is in Aussie blood and heredity': Wadekar Btw, Wadekar never said what the headline claims... He said I "suppose".... then what the headline says... They leave out the KEY word "suppose"... He is just baffled by this persistent trait of boorish behavior from Aussies and he can't find any other explanation... It is hardly a definitive statement... Yet as Gator said...the Indian media is having a merry old time... They did it to Ganguly...later they did it to Veeru... and now they are doing it to Irfan...and now Sunny... I am sure the members of the Indian team are saying... Thanks sunny for taking all the attention away from us....hahahahaaaa

[Guest BossBhai]

Re: 'Rudeness is in Aussie blood and heredity': Wadekar -- Removed on request of the user --

[gator]

Re: 'Rudeness is in Aussie blood and heredity': Wadekar Bheems.... many in this forum qualify as indian journalists, if u get my drift ;)

[Ranvir]

Re: 'Rudeness is in Aussie blood and heredity': Wadekar You have to remember that most Australians' ancestors were prisoners from Britain, that is why they are rude and rough.

[gs]

Re: 'Rudeness is in Aussie blood and heredity': Wadekar and we need to overcome slavish/weak mentality resulting from 250 years of British rule!!