South African crowds main discussion point of tour
It seems all everyone is talking about regarding Australia's tour of South Africa is how the crowds will act. Graeme Smith says South Africa crowds are more civilised than Australian crowds. Maybe all the saliva spat onto our players in past tours are a sign of civilised respect in their culture. I'm not saying Australian crowds are well behaved. I think when you get a drunken mob, regardless of nationality, and show them a enemy to unite against, they're all going to go off the deep end. But considering most of the racist taunts coming from Australian crowds were in Afrikaans, hardly a language commonly taught in Australian schools, things are a little more complicated than just "us and them".
Meanwhile South African cricket chief Gerald Majola has pleaded with local crowds to give Australia a fair go. This obviously shows how out of touch cricket officials are - he may be well intentioned but that's never gonna happen. And it shouldn't - Australian cricket fans have been eagerly looking forward to this tour. With their main guns Nel and Ntini back in a tough, cauldron-like environment, the series should test and challenge our boys. Looking forward to the Twenty20 match on Friday!
| Posted by JC on Wed 22 Feb |  1 comments |
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