Pawar’s Power Punch – But Why Wait Till Adelaide

As had written in my previous two blog posts (http://wordsfromsoul.blogspot.com/2008/01/bcci-vs-icc-what-if-bcci-backs-off.html and (http://wordsfromsoul.blogspot.com/2008/01/racial-slurs-cricket-australia-and.html), I had been closely following the ongoing India-Australia series and the danger looming over it post the Controversial Sydney Test. And well today got to read the Article – “Clear Bhajji or Tour’s off: Pawar” (http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Client.asp?Daily=TOIM&login=default&Enter=true&Skin=TOI&GZ=T), the first page article on Time of … Read more

Racial Slurs, Cricket Australia and the Sydney Test

Sydney Test has been marred by poor Umpiring and enough has been written about it by various columnists and the Sports journalists. Umpiring Blunders and 9 of them, 8 against India and 1 against Australia. But bigger show was the allegation on Harbhbajan Singh by Symonds, the official Complain and Ricky Ponting alias Punter’s guys … Read more