Seemingly, these words appear to be those of an uncouth, imbalanced and racist individual but no, they were spoken by none other than the cricketing pride and joy of South africa, a self admitted match fixer. I am talking about Hansi Cronje’s partner in crime Mr. Herschelle Herman Gibbs. Is it not ironical that a man at the lowest ebb of human conduct and morality is accusing over zealous spectators of animal-like behaviour? Keeping in mind that this exuberant behaviour is perhaps what provides one facet of cricketing entertainment, it hardly warranted such a reaction. A professional sportsman , an icon of sorts, resorting to frequent punctuations of profanity with racist undertones to convey his sentiments; It’s Shameful. I would’ve thought that as a nation, we would’ve responded with a vehement call to bar Herschelle Gibbs from playing test cricket in pakistan at the least. The fault is mine, it slipped my mind that we are a passive collective. He would’ve had to say the above personally to our mothers or perhaps our wives, maybe then we would wake up .
January 20, 2007 at 2:40 am
I’m not sure if the last line is “it’s not pakistan this”. Sounds more like “f***ing pakistani” to me but I might be wrong.
January 20, 2007 at 4:55 am
You really have to put your ear to the speaker to the hear the last line. Initially it sounds like ‘f***ing pakistanis’, but if you listen to it carefully you realise its ‘not f***ing pakistan, this’.
Also, all the newspapers in the UK reported it as ‘not f***ing pakistan this’ so I am guessing maybe they asked Gibbs what he said.
January 22, 2007 at 6:37 pm
I agree that it is disgraceful of Gibbs to say all this. However, I guess Pakistan Cricket Board should first wait for the inquiry to do their business and then put forward their case. I think racism in any shape or form has to be condemned. There can be no justification for what Gibbs said and he should be held accountable for his vile remarks.