As per his own admission, Symonds "saw" Harbhajan "hit" Brett Lee on the back and hence chose to walk up and give him a mouthfull. How can Proctor allow this to pass? Symonds should be punished first for taking the law into his own hands. He should have referred it to Ponting or the umpires then itself. Indians do not misbehave unprovoked.
The Aussies now what us to forget everything after inflicting damage on our reputation? I think we should fight this to the very end. I commend the Indian team and the BCCI on their actions.
RE:Punish Symonds FIRST!
by sushil on Jan 08, 2008 09:51 PM Permalink
Michael ,
Just to put the things in perspective ..where were all your arguements when ponting abused great srinath after being hit by a bouncer...( here too srinath was concerned about his well being & ricky decided to abuse him ) . That,s case one...second where were you when there was a heated arguement between sarwan & Mc grath , Third where were you you when michael slater had a altercation with drawid on field in full view of umpires...so first do some soul searching instead of pointing fingers on others. as for as sreesanth goes he is just Dishing assusie,s some of their own receipies , yes pls clean your own house of mess before pointing any fingers on others house...hopw better sense will prevail with you assusie,s .
RE:Punish Symonds FIRST!
by on Jan 08, 2008 10:08 PM Permalink
Simply put Sushil,
WHAT DOES THE PAST HAVE TO DO WITH THE PRESENT?
I'm not here to explain or excuse previous incidents. It seems that Indians are very quick to say "oh Australians made racist comments first (Lehmann), Australia sledged first, etc etc"
We have no problem with Sreesanth if he can back it up on the field. What excuse does Sreesanth have to sledge Symonds and Ponting when he is 12th man? He has a lot of promise, but if not careful, he will be disliked by all in world cricket in the same way Andre Nel is a gentleman off the field and an idiot on it!
When the monkey chants and banners were raised in Mumbai, the Indian press fell over itself citing Australia's past human rights record and previous misdemeanours. Was this supposed to excuse India from taking any action? Taken from a person of Indian background overseas (ie me!), India needs to wake up and stop pointing the finger at others so it can focus on fixing its own backyard when problems come up!
RE:Punish Symonds FIRST!
by mmspm on Jan 08, 2008 09:04 PM Permalink
@ michael
have some common sense, if players have any problem or issue with opponent team, he is not authorised to fight directly on opponent team member, he has to report to captain and captain to umpire and umpire to match referee. This is what ICC rules says. as ur some partner here mentioned "put forward above that all countries sometimes benefit and sometimes dont"
RE:Punish Symonds FIRST!
by on Jan 08, 2008 09:24 PM Permalink
MMSPM - just so you know, that wasn't my post!
But incidentally, Indians never behave unprovoked? So Sreesanth was yelling and staring after the first ball of one day matches in India because Australia provoked him as he ran in to bowl?
Yes a player with an issue should report it to his captain first but EVERY TEAM IN THE WORLD (including India) has players who see something happen in the field and react without going through the usual channel. Harbhajan and Sree are just two easy examples. Cheers Michael
