and what a shit boring hundred it was ...
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and what a shit boring hundred it was ...
that boring 100 he made gives england a competitive score
man Australia are definitely going to be in the final, my prediction of NZ joining them is looking good so far.
SA are not doing well, beaten by bangladesh is not a good look.
oh yeah and andre nel is such a wanker, when SA were in australia he behaved like a fucking idiot.
australian players are idiots, but so are alot of these other guys.
we will bounce back very hard because losing to bangladesh is humiliating
i know my team & i know they are furious
with andre nel back in the side you going to see some angry hungry cricket
i think losing to bangladesh was the best thing to happen to us
true, there still a few games left, enough time to come back.
looks like the aussies are going to beat england easily, there basically through to the semis.
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Hah! I went to the 3day 4.1.06 of the AUS vs RSA test match, and let me tell you, how much the crowd (backed by a most obvious bunch of drunk aussies) gave it to Nel! Chanting “Nel is a wanka” *clap clap clap clap clap*, “Nel is a girl’s name” *clap clap clap clap clap* and various other ‘insults’. It was very funny though, and as a supporter of the Aussies myself, couldn’t help but join in; but, then again, it was an extremely catchy tune.
andre nel is a south african & i'm very proud of him
Racial abuse interrupts Test match
By Alex Brown, Sydney
January 5, 2006
http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/20..._300x357,0.jpg Abused: Andre Nel
Photo: Reuters
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SOUTH African bowler Andre Nel was racially abused for the second time this summer at the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday.
- YOUR SAY Racism in Australia
Nel, perhaps the most animated player in the South African team, was branded a "kaffir" just before tea, further sullying the reputation of Australian cricket crowds.
Five players were abused in Perth, and the South Africans revealed there was abuse in Melbourne at the Boxing Day Test also.
South African coach Mickey Arthurs expressed his disappointment at the latest outburst, saying that to his knowledge Australia was the only country where South African players had been racially abused.
Australian captain Ricky Ponting echoed the South African coach's disappointment.
The racial taunt emanated from the Bay 17 section of the SCG. The South Africans claimed at least one member of a group of drunken fans, highly visible in white T-shirts and fluorescent yellow caps, yelled the remark around 3.30pm.
Nel informed his captain, Graeme Smith, who in turn told umpires Billy Bowden and Aleem Dar. All stood in the middle of the pitch for some time, pointing to the culprits, and an announcement warning against further racial abuse was made over the public address system. The International Cricket Council's security chief, John Rhodes, and match referee Chris Broad were immediately informed.
Nel had earlier interacted with rowdy fans, clapping along as they chanted "Nel is a wanker".
The South African paceman, a target of crowds because of his colourful antics, was among the five Proteas players racially abused during the first Test in Perth. Makhaya Ntini, South Africa's first black Test cricketer, along with Shaun Pollock, Ashwell Prince, Garnett Kruger and Justin Kemp were called "kaffirs", a derogatory term for indigenous South Africans, or "kaffir boeties", a spiteful term for whites friendly with blacks, by a drunken section of the WACA crowd
calling a south african a kafir is the worst thing you could ever say to us
non of us use the word it's forbiden amongst all of us
there is alot of pain in that word
i think now you can understand why i started this thread the way i did
you realise it was racist fucking south african dick heads who said that shit.
people over here dont even know what kaffir means mostly, but we have all these racist white south africans who fled south africa to come to western australia.
i was at the test in perth and no aussies were using the term kaffir
could be could not be ether way it hurts
seriously it is all these white south africans over here.
i can see that the term is offensive but i doubt many non south africans even know about it, i didnt before all that shit.
you alright sean but australia is known for being a racist country
Where do Australians learn these derogatory terms. Probably from South Africans that have emigrated here.I worked with a fellow from Zimbabwe who loved to say "Paint me black and call me Kaffir"
People are way too racist in Australia; in general, we are too insensitive about other people's feelings.
Anyone who thinks Australia is not a racist country (and I'm not saying intentionally, but just as part of the psyche) is either an absolute fool and/or has not walked a mile in the shoes of those who have been victimised.
I just wish the press would get off our back and stop trying to create guilt amongs us with a story that is a relative non issue in comparision to true racism in its raw form. You have no idea... name calling... get over it!
there was no racist comments reported from the Melbourne test. I would say that Melbourne is a very tolerable place generally speaking. I do not encounter barely any racism in day to day life. I live in Brunswick harmoniously with Italians, Greeks, Lebonese, etc. without any hint of a problem. There are a lot of South African ex pat's in Perth (potential reason for a bit of antagonism), and Sydney has a history a racial tension, for example with with Aborigines. This is intended to provoke reaction and I'd be interested in hearing what others have experienced.
so 'Jipsee' thinks we should get over 'name calling'... I've lived in South Africa under apartheid, and I know that that 'kaffir' has an emotional weight far beyond mere 'name calling'. And to blame the uttering of these heinous terms on South African emigres is a touch naive. Let's face it - Aussie crowds are right up there among the best of them when it comes to racist taunting and bad behaviour and this ugly minority does our reputation as a tolerant and decent country no favours.
There is no place for racism. But if Nell wants to rant and rave and act like a total tool, inciting the crowd, then what does he expect. Like a little school bully that cops his own back and goes off sooking to the teachers.. Stop being a w@#$er Nell and stop sooking.
I am a cricket fan and to my best knowledge, most of the times there have been news and/or allegations about explicit or implicit racist comments or behaviours from the Australian cricket side, regardless of the country of opposite team. And I do believe regular cricket watchers around the globe will not disagree with this very fact - based on impartial TV replays and media coverages. Fair go, mates! Please...it's just a game to enjoy, not a war or something similar like that.
I am very bemused at the oversensitivity of Nel. Being from South Africa he should know firsthand what TRUE RACISM is. Yet faced with a bit of ribbing from the crowd that he incited he starts whinging. GROW UP, stop painting yourselves as victims and get a sense of humour.
Australia as a whole, is a country with underlying racial tension. Although multi-culturalism is alive, immigrants will never be completely accepted and looked upon as being Australian, and belonging here. Which makes me question, what makes Australians think they truly belong here and this land is their's to be protective of? They themselves were shipped here only some 200 years ago, settlers who were petty thieves and criminals, forced to build a life in a foreign country as they were not wanted in their home countries.
Maybe we need the "radicals" from the early 1970's back again. You know, the ones who fought against the rugby tours in Australia in the years before we completely boycotted South African sport.
Those protesters and their protests we seen by black people in South Africa who were surprised and heartened to learn that people in Australia cared (or even knew) about them and their situation.
Maybe we need those protesters and their ilk back again in order to teach people here that South African sportspeople still deserve respect just like everyone else and that many Australians need to learn to sit back, shut up and just enjoy their sport without ruining it for everyone.
I have to say, I agree with what my mother says about sports crowds (actually, she's been saying it for many years now) - crowds at sporting events in Australia _used_ to be more respectful, especially at tennis matches, for example. Now they all think they can sit there and throw stuff and talk and disrupt the play and move around and just generally be annoying prats because they still behave like they are home watching television. If only they were.
The racist comments were obviously made by a minority of rabags in the crowd. The South Africans should have ignored the comments. Abuse of some kind regretfully has always been a part of Australian Sport. By reacting in the manner in which they did the South Africans revealed a sensitivity which will be exploited by future idiots. A better reaction would have been for Nel to "bow' to the crowd... Im certain the audience would then have cheered thus ending the matter!!!
surprise,surprise....who said that we are a counrty that does not have racist views.Dispite how we as a nation try to cover this issue up,it has raised it's ugly head again this time in the sports arena.what an emmbarasment that according to the Sth African cricket coach we are the only country that they visit that encounter racist commements from the paying public...surprise,surprise...
it doesn't mean you all racist if i should ever leave south africa australia is where i would want to go to
ramesh shut the fuck up ... you call us racist ... look at ya own fucking backyard you nimrod ... i live in sydney i went to day 1, 2 and 3 of the sydney test aus v sa and every single 'racial taunt' towards a south africa were from white people holding south african flags ... tell me how australians know afrikaans ? ... the only afrikaans i kno is keffa and i only kno that from a leathol weapon movie ... who the fuck are you to comment on racial tension you dont fucking live here you dont kno our mentality you dont kno how things operate here ... you see anyone in our history get lynched or killed for being black ? never ... we were one of the catalysts for multi culturalism womens rights and equal oppurtunity so shut your motherfuckin mouth ... and what tennis match did australians throw shit on the ground ... the only disruption i remember was between ... wait for it ... SERBIAN AND CROATIAN FANS ... do i need to repeat it so you understand it wasnt australian ? ... seriously you need to shut the fuck up and worry about your own country ... dont talk shit about us because you dont kno shit ...
and just so you kno ... when most of the racial taunts came from the waca ... perth has like australia's highest south african populated community ... surprise suprise ...