OT!! Re: [LINK] Not India for a change

[Peter Bowditch]

Roger said:

> At 14:00 +1100 9/1/08, Peter Bowditch wrote:
> >At least it wasn't India. Maybe the Indians have started outsourcing,
> or
> >perhaps they are hiding until the cricket brouhaha is over.
> 
> Hiding??

Perhaps I should have said "low profile".

> 
> That's what they'd like to give *us* right now.
> 
> Apart from which, they'd have a good chance of finding a lot of 
> respondents would be upset about firstly the performance of the 
> umpires, secondly the behaviour of Australian players, thirdly the 
> arrogance of the Australian captain, and only fourthly the behaviour 
> of one Indian player.

When it got close to the end of the last test I was hoping for a draw 
because I could foresee the gloating and the arrogance coming. The only 
thing worse than a poor loser is a poor winner, and when you get that 
combined with "I got away with it" it is even harder to like.

In the final of the Hopman Cup last week Mardy Fish lost a point when a 
shot from his opponent was called good even though it landed about 15cm 
past the baseline. Fish just looked at the spot on the ground where the 
ball had landed, said nothing and went on to win the match. He would never 
get a spot in an Australian cricket team.

-- 
Peter Bowditch
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