Mukul Kesavan in The Telegraph, Calcutta:
“Indians don’t think much of Ricky Ponting for several reasons. His first tour was dogged by rumours of bad behaviour, his second tour was an embarrassment (he scored 11 runs). His on-field aggression strikes them as offensive, he spits into his palms and rubs them together (leaving desis to wonder how he gets people to shake hands with him) and not only does he look remarkably like George Bush, he behaves like him too.
“Bush invaded Iraq and then managed to get the invasion ratified by the United Nations. Anglo-American rhetoric about the legitimacy of pre-emptive war is similar to Australian cricket’s argument that bullying (so long as it wins matches) can be justified as robustness. ‘Hard but Fair’ in the world defined by Bush begins to read like ‘Shock and Awe’.”
Read the full article: Shock and awe
In 1974, Bush sr. visited the Australian outback to strike an oil deal with Kerry Packer in Canberra. It was there that he – in a drunken state – had an amorous fling with a wild beast who to his eyes, looked like a woman. The resultant abomination that grew in the beast’s womb grew up to be the Cricket captain of a nation of thugs, thieves and murderers. Therefore it is not surprising that Punter looks like Dubya. In fact he really does look more like a monkey…quite a lot more than you and i do.
Yes…. Ricky is Bush and Australia is USA (in cricket world)
Mukul Kesavan says “I think it’s likely that Harbhajan called Symonds a monkey. “. How did he come to this conclusion? It is time that people, particularly seasoned journalists, give their sources on such contentious conclusions. Power structure in the game is changing and it is better to try to formulate ways to handle the current and future problems rather than go on with unproved statements and unnecessary comparisons.