Greg Chappell Vs Rahul Dravid - who was the better test match batsman?

[SillyCowCorner1]

Too Australian.

What does "too Australian" mean?

 

[marc71178]

Why do you think he is the most un-Australian?

Because he doesn't come across as an absolute ****?

 

[stephen]

The bloke was hard working and willing to do what was necessary for his team. Harbhajan was just a Dick so not Australian.

 

[jimmy101]

Harbhajan was just a Dick so not Australian.

Dye his hair blonde, get him to bowl leg spin & you wouldn't be able to tell the difference tbh.

 

[the big bambino]

Dye his hair blonde, get him to bowl leg spin & you wouldn't be able to tell the difference tbh.

If it was that easy you wouldn't. But it it isn't so you can.

 

[Victor Ian]

Harbhajan weighs 72kg. Weed here sells for about 220 an ounce. So he is worth 558740.60 to our economy. Might be something in it.

 

[jimmy101]

You could even bump that up to $240 per ounce for some extra profit.

 

[cnerd123]

Dravid:
Doesn't cheat
Doesn't sledge
Doesn't take drugs
Doesn't mingle with bookies
Doesn't bet on his own team to lose
Is well educated
Is well spoken
Is a vegetarian
Bowls finger spin part time

He is the anthesis of being an Australian

 

[Burgey]

Dravid is a noted cheat and convicted ball tamperer. The difference is, Dravid was appointed captain after he ball tampered, whereas in Australia, on the extremely rare occasion when there is the slightest hint of wrongdoing on the part of one of our players, thay are removed from leadership positions and dealt with.

And that, along with drinkable tap water, is one of the things which separates the two nations.

 

[ankitj]

To be fair, there may be more Indianness in Australia than we are aware of.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com....nd-years-ago-indians-landed-in-australia.aspx

 

[Burgey]

And why wouldn't they stay here? Land of milk and honey with a winning cricket team and decent drinking water.

 

[vcs]

Yeah, I'm sure the cricket and drinking water was a big draw to those migratory populations 4000 years ago.

 

[jimmy101]

Must have taken place just before Burgey was born.

 

[vcs]

Again around about the time India washed up in Australia, the way food was collected and cooked changed

Good to know we tried bringing culture over there, too bad they've forgotten it over the years.

 

[cnerd123]

To be fair, there may be more Indianness in Australia than we are aware of.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com....nd-years-ago-indians-landed-in-australia.aspx

The study found a pattern of SNPs that is only found in Indian genetics, specifically the Dravidian speakers from South India.

The Aussies wish Dravid was one of theirs, now it looks like they may have been related to him all this time.

There is evidence of a shift in technology that coincides with the time Indians were thought to have arrived in Australia. Indigenous Australians switched their palaeolithic crude, stone tools, for neolithic refined tools. Again around about the time India washed up in Australia, the way food was collected and cooked changed, particularly the preparation of the cycad nut. An important source of food for early Australians, the cycad nut is quite toxic until the toxins are drawn out. The indigenous method always involved roasting the nut, but by 2000 BC Indigenous Australians were removing the toxins via water and fermentation. Similarly, the nut, which is found in Kerala in Southern India is commonly dried or roasted.

So the Indians came over and developed technology and taught the native Australians how to cook

Why am I not surprised.

 

[Burgey]

Yeah, I'm sure the cricket and drinking water was a big draw to those migratory populations 4000 years ago.

And I'm sure that was the joke. Thank **** we never adopted what passes for the Indian sense of humour

 

[ankitj]

Why do you think he is the most un-Australian?

See Dravid shaking his head at the typical Aussie behaviour by an Aussie. That's why. Sense of entitlement there is unbelievable. Dravid feels entitled to nothing and has exemplary humility. Legend.

 

[Burgey]

The Aussies wish Dravid was one of theirs, now it looks like they may have been related to him all this time.


So the Indians came over and developed technology and taught the native Australians how to cook

Why am I not surprised.

We need someone to post that if Dravid was Australian, he would never have played a test match and would have had a career akin to that of Jamie Cox or Jamie Siddons.

 

[cnerd123]

See Dravid shaking his head at the typical Aussie behaviour by an Aussie. That's why. Sense of entitlement there is unbelievable. Dravid feels entitled to nothing and has exemplary humility. Legend.

they're really the most vile people aren't they. Drop a catch and then sledge a batsman for not walking when he wasn't even given out by the umpire. Ridiculous.

 

[Burgey]

Typical Dravid. Unjustifiably impugning the character of a visitor to his country who took a fair catch, then going on to be charged with ball tampering before getting appointed captain.

And he’s one of the better Indian blokes you’ll ever meet.