Greed before grace
Kanishkaa Balachandran
25-Feb-2013
AFP
With millions on offer, winning at all costs has become de rigour. Richard Boock, in the Sunday Star Times illustrates that point with the controversial run-out of Grant Elliott at The Oval, an incident where New Zealand were entitled to be furious. And we should prepare ourselves to witness more such ugly scenes.
Collingwood might have apologised for his antics in London last week but the mere fact he didn't immediately appreciate the correct course of action speaks volumes. Clearly, in his book, the end justifies the means. There is no such thing as honour, much less dignity.
The more money being ladled into the game, the less principled the contestants appear to become. The old saying about some people knowing the price of everything and the value of nothing has never seemed so accurate.
Kanishkaa Balachandran is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo