Why does one always have to pay the price for telling the truth; or then rather one's perception of the truth, Kevin Petersen ardently felt that he was being persecuted in the English team dressing room and shared some of his innermost thoughts with his mates on the South African side; so then why is he being crucified for it????
Horrendous crimes have been perpetrated on mavericks and eccentrics in the name of team spirit and captains and team managements have not been chary of adopting the vilest methods in order to ensure that individuals who seem to have larger than life personas or more importantly don't bow tow before the powers that be in the team are shown their deemed rightful place no matter the damage wreaked on their minds and psyches......
Kevin Pietersen or Petersen is the latest victim of this herd mentality and has fallen foul with the powers that be within the ECB as he supposedly committed the cardinal sin of leaking out team England's worst kept dressing room secrets thereby denting the already shattered morale of a team trailing it's opposition by a 1-0 margin and hence should be made an example of......
Why are team managements petrified of individuals like Petersen, Sehwag, Bedi, Ganguly or others of their ilk who have always believed in calling a spade a spade and letting their heads rule their hearts; as they have more often than not let their bats and wrists/fingers do the talking and proved to be the fulcrum around which their less fortunate or blessed team mates have revolved......
DO let mavericks and eccentrics within team set ups remain what they are as they add the much needed spice, sizzle and colour to the game; or then as the doyen of cricket writers Sir Neville Cardus said, "CRICKET WILL SOON BE REDUCED TO A GAME PLAYED BY MEN WITHOUT SPIRITS OR CARICATURES OF MEN, WHO WILL SOON REDUCE THIS GLORIOUS GAME TO A MIND NUMBING EXERCISE OF STERLING BOREDOM", so for the good of the game and paying public who continues to patronise this glorious game come what may, do let the Petersen's of this world continue to remain what they are...........
Horrendous crimes have been perpetrated on mavericks and eccentrics in the name of team spirit and captains and team managements have not been chary of adopting the vilest methods in order to ensure that individuals who seem to have larger than life personas or more importantly don't bow tow before the powers that be in the team are shown their deemed rightful place no matter the damage wreaked on their minds and psyches......
Kevin Pietersen or Petersen is the latest victim of this herd mentality and has fallen foul with the powers that be within the ECB as he supposedly committed the cardinal sin of leaking out team England's worst kept dressing room secrets thereby denting the already shattered morale of a team trailing it's opposition by a 1-0 margin and hence should be made an example of......
Why are team managements petrified of individuals like Petersen, Sehwag, Bedi, Ganguly or others of their ilk who have always believed in calling a spade a spade and letting their heads rule their hearts; as they have more often than not let their bats and wrists/fingers do the talking and proved to be the fulcrum around which their less fortunate or blessed team mates have revolved......
DO let mavericks and eccentrics within team set ups remain what they are as they add the much needed spice, sizzle and colour to the game; or then as the doyen of cricket writers Sir Neville Cardus said, "CRICKET WILL SOON BE REDUCED TO A GAME PLAYED BY MEN WITHOUT SPIRITS OR CARICATURES OF MEN, WHO WILL SOON REDUCE THIS GLORIOUS GAME TO A MIND NUMBING EXERCISE OF STERLING BOREDOM", so for the good of the game and paying public who continues to patronise this glorious game come what may, do let the Petersen's of this world continue to remain what they are...........
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