This is not about winning or losing it is about honesty. Anyway, there is no point of talking about honest to Australian as history proves the country is populated from prisoners (thieves from England was transported to Australia) who only knows how to cheat and cheat well
This is not new (cheating) to Australian cricket team this is the second time they have successfully done it. Remember the 1981 World Series Cup. For those Australian who cannot remember (or have no brains to recall) read the following (source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underarm_bowling_incident_1981). The result was underarm balling was banned from international cricket, maybe we should ban Australian cricket team altogether from playing international cricket because they have done nothing but cheating so far
%u201CA controversial incident occurred in the final of the Benson & Hedges World Series Cup at the MCG in 1981 when Australian bowler (Trevor Chappell) rolled the final ball along the ground to avoid the possibility of it being hit for the six runs that New Zealand needed to tie the match. For a full account of this incident, see: Underarm bowling incident 1981.%u201D
RE:Australian Cricket team has a history of cheating
by on May 08, 2007 04:56 PM Permalink
Thieves and prisoners??!! Read your history my friend and you will see how incorrect (and offensive) your statement is.
Now getting onto that 1981 WSC game - yep, that was a disgrace - ask any Australian and thay will agree. Their response may enlighten you regarding the average Australian's belief in fair play. If you read the full history of this incident, you will note that the underarm bowl was ordered by the Captain of the team at the time - the same person hired by India to coach the 2007 world cup team. He's having a bad run over the last few decades apparently.
RE:Australian Cricket team has a history of cheating
by on May 10, 2007 09:57 AM Permalink
Just like in 1981, it will be a matter of time Australian%u2019s starts to apologies in shame of what they have done now in 2007. If anyone interested I am more than happy to send few more articles which proves how the Australians have cheated in the past (in Cricket and in other sports too).
As for the Ian Chappell, he is an Australian so I leave it Australians to decide how good he is.
I can only imagine the response of the Australians, if Sri Lanka had won the cup and later they discover Sri Lankan players (i.e. Jayasuriya, Mahela, Sangakara, etc) have used such tactics. Then all those who protect such tactics would have an entire different story to stay. It is bit funny when you think of their mentality (then again maybe it is the genetics, after all they come from such background. Read the following for more)
With regards to the history of Australia, I have got my facts right (just for your info, I am working for one of the leading libraries in the world and specialised in history!)
Following is what Dept. Of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australian Government (http://www.dfat.gov.au/aib/history.html) has to say about the convict history of Australia.
In all, about 160 000 men and women were brought to Australia as convicts from 1788 until penal transportation ended in 1868. The convicts were joined by free immigrants from the early 1790s
