The eagle-eyed amongst you (or maybe just those who haven't fallen asleep while reading - wake up at the back!) will remember I had a go about the lack of sportsmanship amongst the Aussie cricket team, a feature which has become increasingly prominent whenever they don the gear and grab the bat and a ball.
Well, while I had plenty of conversations with Aussie mates about this, mostly along the lines of, "what you talking about Pommy?" and some even sought to defend the cricketers' bad manners with all sorts of historical stuff, and frankly I'm surprised Gallipoli wasn't invoked - usually it is when the going gets tough - the point of today's sermon is that at last some other people have come out with similar sentiments, and this time they are Aussies. It's taken them some time but the Governor-General, the Prime Minister and a whole gaggle of former cricketers have all come out swinging, lamenting the loss of civility, manners and yes, sportsmanship. Good on yer, I say.
Sadly the message is not getting through to some - the other day several of the more surly members of the Aussie cricket team had to front up to a judicial enquiry at the Adelaide courthouse and sat there slouching in their seats in t-shirts and shorts, before a High Court judge. Now, I know we have a relaxed lifestyle over here and it is hot this time of year (and they were in Adelaide where the word suit is not in common usage) but really, least they could have done is given the proceedings some respect!
But no, it seems not.
Now, I at least will be polite and give you fair warning that there will be no more mention of sport in my blog, because it's just not cricket.
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@ 31.01.2008 - 01:21:41
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