Shut up, Sree!
Amid all then discussion on racism in cricket, Rediff 's Prem Pannicker feels all this on-field natter has very little impact on the actual game:
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan
25-Feb-2013
Amid all then discussion on racism in cricket, Rediff's Prem Pannicker feels all this on-field natter has very little impact on the actual game:
Someone needs to take Sreesanth aside and point out to him that since he has enough empirical evidence to quantify what makes for really bad bowling, maybe it is time he shut up and bent his energies to determining what really good bowling is all about; plumping the depths of bad behavior out of a spirit of scientific curiosity is not what he is being paid to do.
Also read Rohit Brijnath's piece in the Hindu. If India has chosen confrontation as a tactic, he says, then it isn’t working.
Golfer Stephen Ames suggested Tiger Woods’ swing was erratic last year before their world matchplay showdown, and Tiger’s response was a brutal seven birdies in the first nine holes.
When a young player mistakenly sledged Michael Jordan, his coach frantically pulled him off court but it was too late, and Jordan, inflamed, put on a show. Tendulkar is almost never sledged because his response is quietly savage.
Partab Ramchand has his thoughts in the sify website.
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan is a former assistant editor at Cricinfo