Malcolm Conn: Indian team a "rabble with no redeeming features"

[Karan114]

Indian team a "rabble with no redeeming features" Malcolm Conn The Daily Telegraph February 26, 2012 CAN India find anything else to whinge about? Thank goodness Tuesday night's game against Sri Lanka in Hobart will be India's last on this tour - barring some major mathematical quirk of results which will see them make the finals. India cannot go home soon enough to their bulging bank accounts and flat, grassless wickets. Sachin Tendulkar's run out for 14 at the SCG last night typified India's tour. Pathetic. To remonstrate that he had been blocked by Brett Lee when they barely touched was just woeful. Tendulkar was not forced to alter course and he gave up attempting to make his ground. He may once have been the greatest modern cricketer in the world and India the new arrogant financial force in the game, but on and off the field this rabble will go home with no redeeming features. It was yet another example of India treating the greater game with scant respect. It is impossible to believe that India was the number one Test team in the world for nigh on 20 months and won the World Cup in April. Instead, Australia has been presented with the same under-prepared shambles who lost top place on the Test table with a 4-0 flogging in England mid-year. This over-paid, over-indulged, over-aged bunch of prima-donnas should be ashamed of themselves. But when you're paid millions to frolic about in the IPL and millions more by leading Indian companies in a rapidly-expanding economy, what does it really matter? Cricket would be a curiosity rather than a serious world sport if it was not for the money and passion of a vast Indian population. With a billion people, an exploding middle class of 300 million and no significant competition from other sports on the global stage what does India lack, apart from decent administration and a worldly team? Does India really care about the greater good of the game? From the experience of this tour the answer is a resounding no. Start with captain MS Dhoni. In remarkable displays of incompetence, or lack of caring, he has been suspended for slow overrates during the Test and one-day series. Of all the records ever set in cricket how many skippers will manage to get themselves suspended twice on the same tour in different forms of the game? India treated its passionate and vocal supporters with contempt (locking them out of training sessions), remains in the Stone Age as the only country which refuses to embrace technology for umpiring decisions and makes no attempt to promote the game. Tendulkar, the most loved and admired player in the game, has made no effort to address his many fans at any stage during more two months on tour. The only time he managed to utter anything to anyone besides his team mates and staff came before yesterday's match. He made a short thank-you speech after being awarded honorary membership of the Sydney Cricket Ground, where he has a Test average of 157. Is India ever going to embrace the global cricket community, or remain just a whinging, home ground bully? http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/cricket/shane-watson-latest-to-fail-after-being-given-leadership-role/story-fn67x4c9-1226282025473

[The Outsider]

This guy, Malcolm Conn is a rabid, jingoistic fool and it's difficult to take anything he writes seriously but one particular thing did stick out here:

Start with captain MS Dhoni. In remarkable displays of incompetence, or lack of caring, he has been suspended for slow overrates during the Test and one-day series.

What should be added here is that on both occasions it happened, India were playing a four pronged pace attack. Yeah, India were playing a four pronged pace attack. I simply cannot get my head around this. It's got to be one of the dumbest things I've seen done in cricket and Dhoni and the selectors did it twice in a month.

[Ultimate_Game]

Indian team a "rabble with no redeeming features" Malcolm Conn The Daily Telegraph February 26, 2012 CAN India find anything else to whinge about? Sachin Tendulkar's run out for 14 at the SCG last night typified India's tour. Pathetic. To remonstrate that he had been blocked by Brett Lee when they barely touched was just woeful. Tendulkar was not forced to alter course and he gave up attempting to make his ground. It was yet another example of India treating the greater game with scant respect. Is India ever going to embrace the global cricket community, or remain just a whinging, home ground bully? http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/cricket/shane-watson-latest-to-fail-after-being-given-leadership-role/story-fn67x4c9-1226282025473

See this is what happens when you try to uphold spirit of cricket. So we are "whingers" when Lee goes out of his way to stand in front of Tendulkar when he's taking a run, or when umps rule Hussey not out when he clearly handled the ball and under the laws of the game he was out (wonder what they would have done if an Indian batsman had done so), or when umps decide to ask India to "rethink" an appeal (Thirimanne) for lawfully being run out, or when 3rd umpire gives Hussey out and then call him back. SRT deserves criticisms for many things but not being a gentleman is not one of the things he deserves flak for. You will be hard-pressed to find a better ambassador for the game where he has spent 23 years with hardly an unsavory incident. To go after SRT for something that Aussies (Lee) did was uncalled for and below the belt to say the least. I hope that our board, players and media remember everything that transpired this series when Aussies tour us. Media should go after them the way Aussies media went after the Indians and call them all sorts of things in the press and interviews etc., and curators make turning dustbowls that turn square day 1.

[bajrang]

Indian team a "rabble with no redeeming features" Malcolm Conn Is India ever going to embrace the global cricket community, or remain just a whinging, home ground bully?

no! phuk your global community! convict ke bache, tere toh naam main he "conn" hai.

[Mandrake]

Greater good of the game?? What the hell is that:finger:

[Ultimate_Game]

Greater good of the game?? What the hell is that:finger:

That my friend is called the green eyed monster :winky: They would love to have the same say they used to have in earlier days but don't anymore. Some people still can't get over it.

[amiret]

The English are just jealous of India and it's great cricket team.

[VRV Singh]

A very poor piece. Mindless attacks. Quite convenient to attack Tendulkar on these 'fan effort' grounds when he is not scoring runs.

[Ultimate_Game]

The English are just jealous of India and it's great cricket team.

They definitely haven't gotten over the fact they have to bend down in front of BCCI.

[amiret]

It is immaterial whether they are jealous or not . Malcolm has articulated what a vast majority of us are feeling.

Malcolm Conn CAN India find anything else to whinge about? India cannot go home soon enough to their bulging bank accounts and flat, grassless wickets.

To remonstrate that he had been blocked by Brett Lee when they barely touched was just woeful. Tendulkar was not forced to alter course and he gave up attempting to make his ground.

It is impossible to believe that India was the number one Test team in the world for nigh on 20 months and won the World Cup in April.

impossible to believe indeed.

This over-paid, over-indulged, over-aged bunch of prima-donnas should be ashamed of themselves. Is India ever going to embrace the global cricket community, or remain just a whinging, home ground bully?

Gambhir,kohli & srinivasan have already answered that question during the Test series.

[Ultimate_Game]

It is immaterial whether they are jealous or not . Malcolm has articulated what a vast majority of us are feeling.

I am sure he has articulated what Pakis are feeling :haha:

[Pagalpanti]

Writer is obviously trying to troll.

[leon7766]

The English are just jealous of India and it's great cricket team.

I think you will find he is Australian Also Indias cricket team isnt great

[jairamesh]

But when you're paid millions to frolic about in the IPL and millions more by leading Indian companies in a rapidly-expanding economy, what does it really matter?

:hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: I love it, when these pompous jingoistic journalist try to link cricket with the "expanding economy". India is still a relatively poor country with the world's worst sporting facilities. And love it when they call us "home ground bully", which is just an excuse for them unable to dominate their home record. Rather be a home bully then be flogged around in your own background especially embarrassingly the by hopeless travelers the English!, and Australian ODI side ain't anything decent, they have been been outplayed by a tiny little island country even poorer than India on their own "bouncy" tracks. But hey, anything that keeps this "true" Aussie journo reclaim his pompous self-assurance. PS: There is nothing any of these Anglo & Antipodeans feckers can write that will erase that April 2011 World Cup win (no matter how hard these white journalists try) . We are still the World Champions and will be for another three years!:finger:

[Robelinda]

Brilliant article. suck it up, hard. The most disgraceful show by any team that has ever toured australia. At least TRY and look like you want to play cricket. Enjoy the IPL.

[jairamesh]

^^ Yeah "brilliant" article from an Aussie tabloid, relief and pity what you consider "brilliant" written anlysis.:hysterical:

[Robelinda]

^^ Yeah "brilliant" article from an Aussie tabloid' date=' relief and pity what you consider "brilliant" written anlysis.:hysterical:[/quote'] Well everyone sure knows this Indian "team" is not brilliant, unless you are referring to their brilliant whinging and in-fighting. get over it sissy. :hysterical:

[VRV Singh]

Awfully low standards for 'brilliant' articles. Stuff like this is the hallmark of gutter press.

[Moncy]

Brilliant article. suck it up' date=' hard. The most disgraceful show by any team that has ever toured australia. At least TRY and look like you want to play cricket. Enjoy the IPL.[/quote'] +11111 I'm Indian and I agree with what the writer wrote about our pathetic team.

[Robelinda]

Awfully low standards for 'brilliant' articles. Stuff like this is the hallmark of gutter press.

Maybe if India played better cricket the articles would improve. The disgraceful manner that India is playing cricket makes it hard for any article to written to that low level.