Well, I couldn’t avoid writing about it forever. The Australia – India Test series was actually quite good, but now everyone involved has come out of it badly.
Symonds, it was revealed, was needlessly aggressive towards Singh when the latter patted Brett Lee on the back (which used to be A Good Thing, didn’t it?), and never managed to earn much sympathy from neutral observers.
Singh has confirmed suspicions that he is a bit of a wally. He can’t even be defended on cricketing grounds, as his figures in the Test series were pretty poor.
The guys in charge came out perhaps the worst. Cricket Australia is facing accusations of selling out its players for the sake of political and financial expendiency. As for the BCCI, they basically threw a temper tantrum until things were resolved to their satisfaction.
Of course, the ICC hardly helped. Their stock has fallen further and faster in recent years than Northern Rock’s, and they show no sign of getting their act together anytime soon.
If all that is a touch depressing, here’s a more positive ‘monkey’ story.
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