Cockeyed views

An unnoticed implication of the recent unusual weather patterns was that for many of us in the cricketing community there were unfortunate implications. My team, for instance, was knocked out of the running for the championship due to our games being washed out. While reminiscing about this with the current skipper of the team the discussion drifted on to the progress of the young 'uns in the team and some of the rather unsavoury events of the season, as these conversation usual do. The topic of sledging on the field by one of the clubs young ‘uns came up with potential disciplinary action being required. This got me thinking about how much the conduct on the cricket field has changed in Australia over the years and yet, in many ways it's still where we were 30 years ago. Close to thirty years ago, when I first migrated to Australia one didn't really see many sub-continental (or any non-Anglo Saxon really) on the cricket field. It was quite unusual for a team to have even o...

A series between India and Australia can never go bye without some controversy. But the current series, contrary to what most might think, suggests that nothing has really changed in the power structure over the century. The Anglo Saxon white nations still dominate the politics, the sub-continent still bows down to their old master and the umpiring continues to be biased (though less so) against the coloured nations. The events of the second test, disappointingly, was proof of this. It is to be expected that the sub-standard parrot-like Australian journalist would be incapable of analysing and presenting the full facts and all we would get is a one-eyed view of the incidents. But what was alarming was how the Indian cricket board (BCCI) were completely submissive to their old master the ICC. Here was an incident where the Australian skipper cheated and admitted to it (previous Aussie skippers would never admit cheating) but the dithering BCCI were incapable of getting any form of act...