Harbhajan lets loose

Is there a bigger lying canute in world cricket. Presumably he will be reprimanded for making disparaging remarks against opposition players just like India were calling for against Hayden.



Harbhajan hits out ... again


March 7, 2008 - 9:00PM

Controversial spinner Harbhajan Singh has further deepened the animosity between India and Australia, calling Matthew Hayden "a big liar" and Adam Gilchrist "no saint".

The Indian has been in the headlines on the acrimonious tour of Australia ever since he was banned for three matches for allegedly racially abusing Andrew Symonds during the second Test in Sydney in January.

The suspension was later overturned following an appeal hearing, but the relations between the two sides deteriorated as Hayden called Harbhajan an "obnoxious weed" on radio during the subsequent one-day series.

Harbhajan said he was upset when Hayden and wicketkeeper-batsman Gilchrist both supported Symonds in the racial row.

"Don't talk about Hayden's credibility, he is a big liar," Harbhajan told the Delhi-based tabloid Mail Today.

"He (Gilchrist) is also not a saint. He, of course, pretends to be a saint - someone who doesn't say an offensive word on the field.

"But this is completely wrong. There are times when he doesn't let an opportunity go (to) waste," Harbhajan said, adding Gilchrist said nasty things on the field.

Gilchrist, who earned the reputation of being a "walker" during his illustrious career, retired from international cricket after the triangular finals, won 2-0 by India on Tuesday.

Sri Lanka, knocked out earlier, were the third team in the fray.

Harbhajan described Australia as an "arrogant side" but added he never expected they would give his team "so much crap" on the field.

"The whole world knows how the Australians target individual players to break their confidence. This was not new for us either, but calling me a racist was something we never expected," he said.

"When we had enough of it, we also gave them back and they started complaining to the umpires about me. It was stunning ... how low they can stoop to break a player's confidence."

The off-spinner was, however, all praise for Brett Lee, saying the Australian fast bowler was different from his teammates.

"Lee never spoke in the same manner as the rest of his teammates. He never uttered any nonsense to us and kept visiting our dressing-room even after Sydney," he said.

Harbhajan said he was happy his side gave a fitting response to Australia by capping their testing tour with a stunning victory in the one-day finals.

"It was like Harbhajan v Australia after that (Sydney Test). It was, of course, very difficult to focus on cricket," he said.

"I was proud of the way our team played and I believe we have the potential to be the number one side in the world."

Harbhajan has been a thorn in Australia's flesh since 2001 when he claimed 32 wickets in three home Tests to play a key role in ending their 16-match winning streak under Steve Waugh.

AFP


And as for those nasty things said on field:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofCYo7k7M9Q

Some good, some bad... can't complain too much.

Can't blame nor expect much else from the Bhajji - he's on home turf now and prolly been busting a gut to spout his version of events.
Fair call - "obnoxious little weed" versus "big liar" ... hardly WW3 !!!

Let it go, boys . . .


. . . let it go, boys, let it go down in the mud where the rivers all run dry.

Boys? Is JGK from Tasmania?

Controversial spinner Harbhajan Singh

Maybe SG or Chandan can say what's really said, can't find anything on cricinfo.

doremi wrote:Maybe SG or Chandan can say what's really said, can't find anything on cricinfo.

If you don't think a mouthy chucker is controversial, you've been watching too much WWE.

F*ck 'em all is is what I say.

Meh, handbags!!!!

doremi wrote:

Controversial spinner Harbhajan Singh

Maybe SG or Chandan can say what's really said, can't find anything on cricinfo.

False news and Harbhajan has already denied saying anything of that sort!

http://cricket.expressindia.com/news/Harbhajan-denies-remarks-against-Aussie-players/281587/

Very disappointed by these cooked stories everywhere!

Chandan wrote:

doremi wrote:

Controversial spinner Harbhajan Singh

Maybe SG or Chandan can say what's really said, can't find anything on cricinfo.

False news and Harbhajan has already denied saying anything of that sort!

http://cricket.expressindia.com/news/Harbhajan-denies-remarks-against-Aussie-players/281587/

Very disappointed by these cooked stories everywhere!

Maybe this is the false story.

Or maybe the one in the SMH is. Just maybe.

It was on cricinfo yesterday.

No it wasn't.

"They are a very arrogant side and are not known to mingle with the other teams. Only Gilly [Adam Gilchrist] and [Brett] Lee came to our dressing room after the Perth Test. Even Gilly has a facade of a friendly cricketer."
Harbhajan Singh isn't too impressed by the Australians

This is written on cricinfo.

As I expected, the media have manufactured another pile of poo.

Two perspectives. Pretty weak of the Press if it is made up. If Bhajji did say it, ironic that he, of all people, would use the terms "big liar" and "no saint"!!

Strange that he didn't raise the issue of kiddie slapping though skull ..............

:?:

it was on cricinfo yesterady, and he said it, thinking he is above reproach

I waiting for karma to come along and whack him in his fat gob.

obnoxious mad weed boy.

Someone calling Gilchrist 'not a saint'?

Blasphemy- stone and burn him.

More on this:

Discipline Harbhajan: Australians


Chloe Saltau
March 9, 2008


CRICKET Australia has finally abandoned diplomacy and demanded that India discipline Harbhajan Singh for his latest outburst after the spinner questioned the credibility of Matthew Hayden and the ethics of Adam Gilchrist.

Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland yesterday wrote to Indian board secretary Niranjan Singh expressing his exasperation.

"Enough is enough," Sutherland wrote. "Despite assurances that you have instructed him not to fuel this issue any more, Harbhajan continues to say whatever he wants. When will it ever end? Could you please deal with your player in regard to these comments."

Cricket Australia was quick to reprimand Matthew Hayden when he called Harbhajan "a little obnoxious weed" in a radio interview, and believes the Indian spinner has not been held to the same standards.

Cricket Australia had refrained from publicly expressing its frustrations about Harbhajan but held private discussions with the Indian board and received assurances its problem child would be counselled about the difference between provocative remarks and personal abuse. India twice threatened to take its bat and ball and go home if Harbhajan was not cleared of racially abusing Andrew Symonds, a decision that would have cost Cricket Australia millions of dollars.

With the tour finished when the spinner delivered his latest insults after India's triumphant homecoming, Sutherland took a more direct approach.

"We've tried over the summer to get the balance right in the way controversial comment has been managed and we've certainly, through our actions with Matthew Hayden, been firm with our own players in terms of where the tipping point is," a Cricket Australia spokesman said.

"We believe it is possible to make intelligent, thoughtful and even provocative public comment without descending to personal abuse."

Upon stepping off the plane in India, Harbhajan told the Delhi-based tabloid, Mail Today, he was upset that Hayden and Gilchrist supported Symonds in the race row.

"Don't talk about Hayden's credibility, he is a big liar," the spinner said. "He (Gilchrist) is also not a saint. He, of course, pretends to be a saint — someone who doesn't say an offensive word on the field. But this is completely wrong.

"The whole world knows how the Australians target individual players to break their confidence. This was not new for us either, but calling me a racist was something we never expected. When we had enough of it, we also gave them back and they started complaining to the umpires about me. It was stunning … how low they can stoop to break a player's confidence."

Australian players dislike Harbhajan intensely, and believe he has escaped meaningful punishment for a succession of transgressions with the protection of his financially powerful board.

Eric Blair once said that serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, and the disregard of all rules. Thus India's use of it's financial power and it's constant reliance on threats and the race card to influence officials can perhaps be seen as the apotheosis of sport.

You've been reading too many sh!tinfo articles. Give it a rest already.

Coming from a clown that claims as fact some of the dodgy third-hand rumors you have, that's a bit rich.

tac wrote:Eric Blair once said that serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, and the disregard of all rules. Thus India's use of its financial power and its constant reliance on threats and the race card to influence officials can perhaps be seen as the apotheosis of sport.

Corrected.

filosofee wrote:

tac wrote:Eric Blair once said that serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, and the disregard of all rules. Thus India's use of its financial power and its constant reliance on threats and the race card to influence officials can perhaps be seen as the apotheosis of sport.

My underwear is too tight.

Corrected.