Okay; for those that don't read the headlines, Australia has now won the Test cricket series 16 times in a row! Oh...my...GOD - world record here peeps! This should be a happy time, a time of celebration; but no. It has become a vicious global issue, as the Indian cricket team is calling foul.1
Sore losers; that's my opinion. They are causing all sorts of uproar around the world by refusing to play any more cricket until they get a hearing for one of their popular players, Harbhajan Singh, who was recently found guilty of racially insulting an Aussie favourite, Andrew Symonds. Also known as Roy, he was abused by Indian crowds and called a "big monkey" by Singh. This draws attention to the fact that he has Caribbean heritage, originating from Queensland.2
The Indian team is also blowing the whistle on Steve Bucknor, an umpire who failed to call the shots properly. In India, the newspapers are eating the story alive and milking it for all its worth. There are some crowds of passionate cricket fans burning images of the Australian Cricket team and the umpires who looked over the game.3
This is REALLY over the top - come on people - cricket used to be a gentlemens game! Not any more apparently.4
Singh is scheduled to have a hearing later because the ICC doesn't want them to pack their bags and run out on the Test series. Quite personally, if they are going to throw a hissy fit when they don't get their way, I'd be happy to see the back of them.5
To make things worse, half of Australia seems to have turned on our world champions! We have just broken the world record for the number of Test matches won consecutively, and all people can do is complain about how "arrogant" the captain Ricky Ponting is, or how very "unsporting" the Aussie team plays their games. It is true; we play hard, we play to win. But we are anything but arrogant! 6
Why is everyone backstabbing Punter [Ponting] for doing the right thing and taking it to the officials? If anyone was calling my mate names, I'd do the same!7
Racism is acceptable NOWHERE in society. Why should sport be any different?
Author notes
Cricket used to be a gentlemens game...
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No offence is meant to anyone when I write this: whether they be Indian, a fellow Australian, or any nationality. This is just my opinion.
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I LOVED the last sentence. although, a few parts in the passage I didn't quite understand. Although, it was very descriptive and had good grammar.
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I totally agree. I thought that the test games this year were totally stupid. They used to be so much fun and entertaining to watch and now... Well.
Awesome rant ^^
lol
Mita xx
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Yes i agree racism is NOT acceptable anywhere.
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HERE, HERE!!
you are right. the inida player are being over the top with there loss. i'm sure if they were winning they wouldn't be crying over a little spilt milk. they don't need thier 'star player' to join them in the last match becuase no matter how well they play they still have lost the test and he was suspended on good reson, he desevered to be suspeneded and now his having a teary.
Us Aussi's stick up for our mates and i am behind ponting all the way. i would of done alot worse if anybody had said anything about one of my friends. i'd take a batt to their heads!
As for kicking off the umpire thats a load of crock too. like they were disscussing not that long ago the game is made more human when they don't use the srd umpire and everybody makes mistakes.
this dispicible sportsmanship or rather lack of it shows that it's becoming even harder to find good people to play fairly and that winning really is all that matters now. much like the Kiwi's when they played on a feild that was "sopping wet" all that could be done was done to fix the issue i think india just need to grow some balls. suck it up, and build a bridge and get over it.
talk about sore loosers!
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you sound a lot like my friend amy because of the whole sticking up for aussie sportsmen. good on you!
so the purpose of this "essay" (for want of a better word) is to persuade? is that right? or is it to argue? either way, i think you did a good job. I found one error, however. "gentlemens" is supposed to be "gentlemen's". it is a possessive noun, therefore needs an apostrophe before the s. perhaps it was a typo but i was just pointing it out.
The last line confused me. Perhaps try to explain WHY sport shouldn't be different? We understand what you are talking about but your main points/topics in the text were essentially information about the situation, not really arguments or persuasive points.
I think this was really good and your knowledge of the issue is very commendable. I enjoyed this, and I think you did a good job. Well done! -
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Thanks
yes I suppose essay would be a better way to put it - I was going for a short thing but then it escalated because I was venting a lot of stuff XD - I tihnk it is persuasive but I think it is more headed towards the argumentice side. And thanks for pointing out the gentlemen's mistake; apostrophe's tend to throw me off 
The last sentence is indicating that there are so many exceptions in sport; for example, "what is said on the pitch, stays on the pitch". I think some of the Indian team used this Aussie tradition against us. It is because of this laid-back attitude to how the game is played that we are normally able to play cricket with good sportsmanship. I say that some of the Indian team used this against us because they expected us not to say anything; that they could get away with saying things on the pitch. Perhaps they thought it would go unnoticed because no-one would speak up?
Hope this covers most of your questions; if any readers would like to ask me anything more or if they would like to show support for either side of the issue, feel free to send me a message or post a comment - all is appreciated
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Yeah i see what you mean now. i absolutely agree with you on this even though if i didnt beforehand, im sure i would after reading it!
well done and thanks for replying and rating =]
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