Moeen abuse shows cricket's dark side

[mancalledsting]

http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-india-2014/content/story/778919.html

[vayuu1]

Well the all white crowds have previously targeted the Asian origin players.

[NareshK]

When English crowd booed Jadeja, did it show their intolerance ? What a pathetic, bunch of whining babies these Poms are.

[Scarves]

Well the all white crowds have previously targeted the Asian origin players.

All? Really? Really? No. From my experiences sitting with all the Aussie, British, South African and every other crowd. The most racism I've heard come from Indian crowds but that was like 3 guys. That being said I have sat with the Swarmy Army and they are nice people. Australian crowds bag you out for playing style and sure there are dumbass bogan who really should be slapped across the face for their sheer stupidity in terms of saying racist stuff, but really 95% of the Aussie crowds are fine just like 95% Indian and so on. Just always a bad bunch that ruins it for the rest.

[King Tendulkar]

It was total pantomime booing Just like booing for Anderson, all just jokey stuff

[YCCC]

Thank goodness this series is over. It started with an unsavoury incident on the field and finished with one off it. And the cricket itself was decent only very occasionally, but more often than not absolutely shite. If India, and Ashes series every two years is the future then God help the game of cricket

[King Tendulkar]

Anyway Ali deserved to be booed I would have booed him , no issues there:haha:

[Scarves]

It was total pantomime booing Just like booing for Anderson, all just jokey stuff

Pretty much. Kohli got booed here because people saw him as a villain. Sports need heroes and villains. Ponting was booed in England, Pietersen in SA and so on. Jadeja as people to to say that the English crowd were booing him was not racial at all. If it were racial than he would have told Dhoni and the tour manager like every other cricketer does. Ali, I guess just laughed it off if it were racial. And you don't think if it were racial on any Indian player that there would not be a big media storm about it and Indian team telling the tour manager? I mean seriously.

[Marco Polo]

Bull crap. Ravi bopara was booed by the Indian crowd. Are we racist to our own kind?

[kosingh]

Even if this is a problem, it's a British problem. Not an Indian problem. When Indian origin players playing for other countries tour India, do Indian crowds boo them? I don't think so. BTW I do think India is one of the more racist countries in the contemporary world. But here I don't think India is at fault

[mishra]

Wasnt Moen the one asking for more support. I dont see anything wrong with it. PS: Last time (CT Final) Edgbaston crowd targeted Bopara.

[Sarkar]

Moeen Ali,s support of wearing Save Gaza bands shows the hypocrisy of Moeen Ali

[CSK Fan]

This is a new thing from Indian fans. And because the news has got highlighted, now he is being booed everywhere

[Malcolm Merlyn]

Boooooooooooooooooooo Moeen.

[sourab10forever]

poor chap.....looks so innocent and ppl do tis

[kubrickian]

Thank goodness this series is over. It started with an unsavoury incident on the field and finished with one off it. And the cricket itself was decent only very occasionally' date= but more often than not absolutely shite. If India, and Ashes series every two years is the future then God help the game of cricket

On the contrary, these are the only matches(India's overseas tours) I really look forward to. Test cricket played on SC pitches which are flat, slow and low is just really boring. I'm getting a bit tired of the run fests in ODIs and T20s but I still prefer them over watching tv or movies. Its still good time pass.

[mishra]

poor chap.....looks so innocent and ppl do tis

He started with a band of "Support Gaza" then moved on to interview of "Support England" and now "Support Moein". Lets see how long will he keep manufacturing tabloid news. One Pakistan series in England next.

[vvvslaxman]

Jadeja booing showed beautiful side of cricket? lol

[G_B_]

Pretty much. Kohli got booed here because people saw him as a villain. Sports need heroes and villains. Ponting was booed in England, Pietersen in SA and so on. Jadeja as people to to say that the English crowd were booing him was not racial at all. If it were racial than he would have told Dhoni and the tour manager like every other cricketer does. Ali, I guess just laughed it off if it were racial. And you don't think if it were racial on any Indian player that there would not be a big media storm about it and Indian team telling the tour manager? I mean seriously.

Thats the nature of booing. You need to be a mind reader to know why. So unless we have the thought police in the criminal law nobody can definitely state that the booing was racial (again i use this term as an umbrella term as Moen is probably the same race as the people who booed him) or of a religious nature. The same applies for Jadeja and Kohli. Who really knows if its racial or not.

[moniker]

Indians and Pakis belong to the same race. Then how come this is racist? India and Pak share a rivalry and this booing was an effect of that. And how could this be about religion, when the best bowler from the Indian XI belongs to that religion? Poorly researched article by this author, guy has no clue what he is talking about.