All that Baz
Judhajit
25-Feb-2013
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If the good of cricket is at stake here then it is far easier to forgive Andrew Symonds for his little outburst, aimed at Brendon McCullum, than it is to pardon the men who claim to legitimately run the game. Symonds' "lump of s..." comment is under investigation by the holier than thou authorities, who, if they cared to look for them, have more significant problems to investigate, writes Chris Rattue in the New Zealand Herald.
Under the influence of alcohol during a radio interview, and maybe having a bad day, the Brendon McCullum subject might simply have got in his way. However, the issue itself shouldn't be wantonly filed away just because it was raised in a hopelessly inadequate manner.
It is utterly brilliant to have a New Zealand batsman deemed to be good enough to even make the first eleven of any Australian cricket side. Paul Holden in his blog Sideline Slogger lists 10 reasons why McCullum ringing in was okay.
It is the beginning of the revolution. And McCullum is the pin-up poster boy of these shifting Indian sands. The Che Guevara of world cricket perhaps?