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Gilchrist and Tendulkar - Who is the "honestest" of them all
In his new book, Gilchrist accuses Sachin of being dishonest. If it was some other Australian player, I would not have been writing the post first thing in the morning. The text from various news agencies follow:
"Gilchrist surprisingly hinted at tensions with Tendulkar, revealing he was "hard to find for a changing room handshake after we have beaten
"He also took aim at Tendulkar for changing his story in an appeal he described as a "joke".
"Tendulkar, who'd said at the first hearing that he hadn't been able to hear what Harbhajan had said - and he was a fair way away, up the other end, so I'm certain he was telling the truth - now supported Harbhajan's version that he hadn't called Symo a 'monkey' but instead a Hindi term of abuse that might sound like 'monkey' to Australian ears," Gilchrist said. "The Indians got him off the hook when they, of all people, should have been treating the matter of racial vilification with the utmost seriousness."
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Mrigank,
waiting for a catoon for this interesting development.
No Aussie has any right to call anybody else dishonest
http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/india/content/current/story/375194.html
And here is Bhajji lashing out at Gilly!!http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/indvaus2008/content/current/story/375264...
are you looking for comments about gilchrist's statement or are you comparing tendulkar with gilchrist in terms of who is more honest??
regarding his comments, i think they are nonsense and only a publicity gimick and the fact that aussies are getting raped by the indian team is something that gilchrist is finding hard to swallow.. so its quite clear who is being a bad loser here..
regarding the comparison.. i dont how it can be compared... i know of a few incidents where Tendulkar walked even when umpire did not give him out and also a few others to show his honesty towards the game.. and same could be said about gilchrist..
also, there are occasions when they decided not to walk..
so i cant really compare.. but i would say tendulkar is as honest a cricketer as anybody else..(if not more).
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4740043a2201.html
"The Indians got him off the hook when they, of all people, should have been
treating the matter of racial vilification with the utmost seriousness."
The Indians "of all people"? Do Indians have to put up with more racial
vilification than other ethnic groups?
Or is Gilchrist just saying they have to in Australia?
Whatever the case, book previews make no mention of the resulting disciplinary
hearing, when Justice John Hansen effectively said that even if Harbhajan had
called Symonds a monkey, it wouldn't have been out of order given the level of
abuse he'd initially been subjected to: "Even if he had used the words alleged,
an ordinary person standing in the shoes of Mr Symonds, who had launched an
unprovoked and unnecessary invective-laden attack, would not be offended or
insulted or humiliated ..."
Gilchrist, who despite walking never recognised anything inconsistent in
supporting his team-mates' fraudulent appealing for wickets, could see little
wrong with the conduct of any Australian player.
The visiting team's management acted "disgracefully", apparently; the
International Cricket Council and Cricket Australia had "caved in", and the
successful appeal against Harbhajan's initial ban had been "a joke".
But not a word of criticism for any of his mates, not even serial-offender and
arch-stirrer Symonds, his barney-baiting best friend, Matthew Hayden, or the
inflammatory manner of skipper Ricky Ponting.
Hypocrisy? The Australians had it in for Harbhajan, for a start.
They didn't leave that on the field. Neither did they hold their tongues when
the New Zealanders had a bust-up with Brad Haddin for running on the pitch
during the third Chappell-Hadlee one-dayer last summer.
Ponting immediately spilled his guts to the local media, resulting in a
blow-by-blow account of the incident in the following morning's newspapers. And
when Gilchrist had a set-to with Craig McMillan over an umpiring decision at
the Gabba in 2004, the Aussie gloveman didn't hesitate to publicly defend
himself.
Gilchrist had found the Item Number for his book to sell.