Is Sledging an Art form?
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Hayden said Indian complain because they’re losing every game they are playing
The pair (Hayden and Harbhajan) clashed during Sunday’s CB Series game at the SCG when the Indians complained that Hayden had called Harbhajan a “mad boy”.
Hayden played down the incident, accusing the Indians of complaining because “they are losing every game they are playing,” adding: “I called him a bad boy.”
“He took offence to that, I thought that was quite funny. I said mate, you should be flattered, it’s a clothing range.”
What Hayden tried was a flat joke, since no one in India is aware of a local clothing range that Hayden is fond of. Well the Indians have shown the writing on the wall to Aussie players and it’s the Aussies who’ve been complaining to the umpires all the time. Thumbs Down.
Hayden called Harbhajan an “obnoxious little weed”
Well an unprovoked statement about a person is really going to get Hayden in the docks though presently he is saying that outside the cricketing arena and only CA (Cricket Australia) can do something about this. And it is about time they acted. Thumbs Down.
Well then, what was the Joke?
Symonds on getting out asked Sharma,”Hey thanks, where’re the restrooms?”, causing Sharma to point his fingers towards the pavillion. Well, that’s how he got reported by Ponting. Well trapped!
Peter Nielsen said, “We know where the line in the sand is.”
Sure, It does seem that the line is behind them and they’re just checking out if the umpire is watching. Thumbs Down.
Dhoni said,”Sledging is an Art form perfected by Australians.”
This is not a college JAM session. We’re playing in an unequal field where English natives are using the official language of ICC to manipulate the opposition. The intended meaning is that English is the native tongue of the Australians and they can manipulate words much better to avoid any word in the English dictionary of ICC. However, ICC has a much stringent dictionary for Hindi, whereas a sledge in Hindi is neither provocative but still more acceptable as a hurt to the ICC. Thumbs Down.
Andrew Symonds provoked Sreesanth, Harbhajan and Ishant Sharma. Ponting, Hayden and Hogg all tempted the Indians through words they are aware are unacceptable to Indian minds. Sure they fell into the trap laid for them. But they are young and unable to fathom why the ICC dictionary has lesser blacklisted words of English and more in Hindi? Anyway, it is quite brave though foolish to go ahead and pay the fine and then show the way to the Pavilion to the Aussies. Way to go! Thumbs Up.
We’ve all discovered in this series the stuff the Australian players are made of. We’ve seen them cheat to get ahead and the players who cheated included their Captain Ponting (called a wild dog by none other than Peter Roebuck - but coming from their own, this is surely more acceptable than being called a monkey by opposition), Andrew Symonds, Clarke and others who took advantage and claimed bounced catches besides other clear dismissals while batting. Thumbs Down.
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