Matt Hayden on sledging South Africans
He's a great batsman in white hot form at the moment but sometimes Matt Hayden just rubs me up the wrong way. In the past, I've taken exception to his arrogance, psychobabble, dog disappointment and God blaming. However, for once I can relate to what he's talking about as he discusses Australia's intense rivalry with South Africa:
"As always when you're around an opposition side when you're playing a big game, there is an unusual tension; a friction, I guess. It's melodramatic in a lot of ways, good versus bad and all those kind of things. But we understand there is a lot riding on this. Two great countries like Australia and South Africa - you could play a game of dominoes, like the locals like to play here, and it would be competitive."The church I go to is Dutch Reformed and is positively infested with South Africans. In particular, there's one guy that never passes up the opportunity to sledge me (and I'm more than happy to reciprocate). I injured my knee a few weeks back and his immediate jibe was how weak Aussies were compared to South Africans. Conversely, when he lamented the matches South Africa had already lost at the World Cup, I reassured him they'd been well compensated for their losses. Tit for tat. Hopefully after tonight's game, I'll be one-up on him.
| Posted by JC on Wed 25 Apr |  1 comments |
Post New Comment
You need to be logged in to post a comment. If you're new, register here. Existing users, login via the right margin.
