Who got away anyways ...? Bhajji or Symonds ?

Though Australians have been crying foul over the past two days and which is natural for bad losers anyway, one thing has bewildered the traditional Indians like me, no ends.

Mr. Symonds preached, in broad daylight (read the ICC court), that it was not necessary to be friendly to the competing team thus justifying the cajoles he took on behalf of one Mr. Lee to instigate a chain reaction of sorts, with stakes that he never could have imagined, but has managed to show vividly the truly dark colors of Australian cricketers and tainted the glory of some very respected names who specialize in a game he plays in that country.

The bigger question then is who got away in the real sense ? Is it Mr. Singh as pointed out by the generous Australian media and cricketers or is it indeed Mr. Andrew Symonds?

Here's a person who has attempted, consistently, to taint and vilify a gentleman's game with an unspeakably uncouth attitude and sportsman spirit befitting the veritable 'gully' cricketers that is so totally deplorable and at the same time scarily ghastly.

If by letting him go without even as much as a vocal reprimand, such behavior is condoned and encouraged in any form (specially as done by Australian media and CA) the days of glory and respect at the top for Australian Cricket may be numbered. On the flip side we might have to change the definition of 'gentleman' and 'sportsman spirit' in the Dictionary albeit, after adding 'Australian' before them.

Thankfully, BCCI has attempted to help Australian cricketers re-discover their shortcomings by adopting a language that 'Australian's understand best. Truly now it is up to the self-glorifying Australians (media and sundry cricketers and the boards they belong to) to learn a lesson and help save themselves and the game greater indignities by abandoning such juvenile behavior in future. They may turn a new leaf though, by being shockingly Australian by dropping the rotten apple altogether, but that will take a lot of courage ... Do they have it in them ?