Anil
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Well, check back and you will see that a coupla Aussies in this forum(and in this thread) itself have agreed to that.....If you feel that sledging is an acceptable part of cricket, why is it so dumb to accept that? Needling the other team might have gone on in some form or the other for a long time(in fact, I am quite sure that it has{Pakistanis sledging Indians and vice versa has always been there, I believe}), but the attempt to develop it into an "art" form and legitimise it in cricket was done by Ian Chappell's Aussies and "refined" into the so-called "mental disintegration" policy by Steve Waugh.Top_Cat said:
I am not an idiot and I didn't argue like that. The first part of my reply should show you what I think about that, but that the Aussies are too stupid to hide it is a ridiculous argument. Sledging in any team can be exposed by members of their opposing team(after all, the abuse is being poured into their ears), and they will, if pushed too far. Do you doubt that? Yet, why are most of the sledging incidents that get blown up, by the Aussies? Their belief that they can get away with it, true....but also the simple fact that they use it(atleast they try) as a cricketing weapon on the field and off it, much more than other teams as also the fact that their verbal attacks are much more brutal and abusive.Top_Cat said:
