@#$K off Steve Bucknor

Why someone as blind as Steve Bucknor remains an ICC umpire, is a mystery to me. It is a mystery because the ICC refuse to take any complaints seriously against him. He has been making errors for a long time. Let me not go into his selective visual defects when it comes to Tendulkar, and stick to his botches in the current test in the SCG. Let's be honest, the Indian cricket fan, crazy as he might be, expects umpiring decisions to at least be fair and when in doubt to be referred to the third umpire. But when blind man F@#K Buck, doesn't even refer line decisions to the third umpire (Andrew Symonds) the ICC needs to step in and suspend him or call upon some disciplinary action. The third umpire needs to be able to step in and call the line calls when technology exists for his referral if the on field umpire is F$%ked in the head. Now I'm not going to call the Australians cheaters, for waiting till the umpire raises his finger... but seriously Ricky should you be waggling your finger at Saurav when he doesn't move ?

Mike Proctor is usually a good guy. He had a tough time with the Inzy, Haire issue in England in 2006 but he usually gets it right. How he decided to ban Harbhajan for racial slurring on the field when there is no material evidence for it, is astounding... It will not hold up in court. Coming to the racist element in the word 'Monkey'. Racist lesson 101.. when the Australians call Murali a monkey, that is a racist term. Its white on black stuff. When an Indian calls Symonds a 'monkey' that isn't racist. Its black on black stuff, which doesn't count. It is black monkey (macaque) calling another black monkey (lemur/langur) a monkey for being a clown (symonds hair and zinc oxided lips) This post colonial view of language :) has to change.
Let's face it, Australia will do everything to win, make records etc... the SCG was the only place they would have lost, but the 13 man Australian team (11 +2 umpires) came out with guns blazing and pulled out all the tricks in the bag. I'm talking about the underarm bowling stuff and it has shown the ugly face of Australian cricket. Ugly because underneath that baggy green, the symbol of a manly sport, resting on Ponting's head, is a person who dobbed in Harbhajan for giving them some lip (yes ponting dobbed Harbhajan while Symonds 'officially' said everything was ok. Yes, call some one's mother a whore and you are using terms of endearment but use "monkey" and you get banned for the remainder of the series ? Ponting desperately wants to be in the record books, but this will tarnish his image... Hypocrisy has a way of rearing it's ugly head in today's world of professional sport when every image is digitised and catalogued. What irony will it be, if India defeats Australia in Perth. I doubt it, but I cannot speak for Karma.

Of course, any Indian brand sponsoring Ponting will be boycotted, hit them under the belt and cancel Brett Lee's commercial contracts too? Professional sport is about money, ladies and gentlemen, money which you pay for viewing the sponsor's message. Do you really want to pay for double standards, misuse of authority and blatant mismanaging of the 'on field' playing conditions ? All the while, the ICC earns money from your discontent ? In fact, if the Indian team or the BCCI don't taste some blood, I think this matter will get very ugly indeed. The fact that the Indian management even mentioned boycotting the rest of the tour is a reflecting of the economic shift of cricket towards the sub continent. They know it, it is time everyone realises their power and demand what is fair... Get rid of Steve F@#knor !!! When an ageing Tendulkar's reflexes cause him to have difficulty in letting the ball go (the cause for his dismissal in the second innings), should a 61 year old with a history of poor judgements be allowed to umpire ?!? For that matter, why was he chosen to umpire for the only match that the Indian's could have won ? Something stinks big time ! and it's not just the rot on F@#knor's decaying flesh.

The 7 am post on blah blah blah

I have returned from my friend's wedding, and I must admit there must be some degenerative changes in my liver which has forced me to sleep for the last few days endlessly. Ok for a medical doctor to be saying such nonsensical things is tantamount to negligence but let's face it, I'm being funny and this isn't a legally established forum for medical advice.

What is going on these days ? There is Kevin 07 currently in Australia. For those of my imaginary readers that know where Aussie land is, I desperately want labour to win, to I regain some self respect in what used to be one of my favourite countries. No disrespect for the US, but a population of 20 million, coal or no coal, exports to 'Chindia' or not, cannot afford to go the US way as far as privatisation is concerned. Howard and the liberal shave systematically sold the country to the highest bidder, and the benefits of our booming economy are in the hands of non-Australians.

The conspiracy against Sub continental cricketers continues. Murali didn't make his record amidst and media blackout, that's right, media blackout. Shane Warne seems to forget that he owes his record to Murali who didn't come to Australia, in 2004, he would've overtaken Warne's tally then and could easily have beaten Walsh's record before Warne. However, his recent immortality post retirement affords him to forget his past and now that he is such a celebrity who can do no wrong, he doesn't see any problems in raking the mud against Murali, that too during a series which is named after both of them. Some one should tell him that it's poor form to make comments like that, during an inaugural series, but lets face it, Australians aren't one for tact, and the Australian cricket team as successful as it is, isn't the best at being gracious losers, or gracious for that matter. Gilchrist is an exception, maybe the bowler Clark(e ?).

Call Symonds a monkey and its racism, call Murali a monkey and it's friendly banter, I'm sure you get the idea. The problem is that no one can beat them right now. Anyway, call Symonds a monkey and he plays better, call Murali a 'chucker' and he avoids the country... Mental strength, the sub continental players need to develop a bit more of it, I think.

It's like the US, no one in the world can say or do anything against the US, or won't, for whatever reasons. The same way no one can beat the Australians, and as much as Australians love their cricket, 20 million Australians can't compete with 1 Billion third world Indians in revenue generation. I just wish the Indians didn't realise that and actually beat Australia for a change. However, pigs don't fly, at least not in India, not yet :)