Down with the Tour Down Under.

I apologize to all readers of this space (though am pretty sure there arent many), that this post is dedicated to a topic that has been written about, discussed, and milked for all its worth. Yup, its about the Australian cricket tour.

Why? Is the question that begs to be answered. Why would Ricky Ponting sink to levels unheard of by the Australian team, to get rid of Harbhajan Singh? Why would Steve Bucknor give such horrendous decisions, some of which most certainly spelt doom for the Men in Blue? Why would Mark Benson ask Micheal Clarke if he took the catch cleanly, though the world knew for a fact, by then, that he is no angel sent down from heaven to do His bidding? Why would Ponting then stupidly declare that this was one of the best test matches that he had ever played? What were the god damned umpires doing? Thinking about their next meal, or drooling over some aussie chick, when brett lee was hurling leather at over 145 mph?

These are all questions that have boggled experts from Harsha Bhogle and Peter Roebuck, to commoners like me and the average Indian, for days now. Ricky Ponting, who I have respected and admired for a long time now, for his impeccable captaincy of the Aussies, has now proved that he is only human. And not by much. The way they jumped around after 'they won' the test match was immature, for want of a better word. I put 'they' and 'won' in quotes cuz I dont believe they hardly won it for themselves, the umpires did. And when it comes to morality, am sure even the 'won' is up for debate. I say, we should hit them where it hurts the most. Pull out from the tour. Why wouldnt you? Indians dont seem to command any respect there, besides being a world class cricketing nation, having a billion supporters behind them. The aussies have shown time and again that they would rather win than have a fair game, and the umpires seem to have a lot more on their minds than what is going on in the field. Absolutely disgusting.