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C for cricket - or celebrity? 01:35am on 09 Jul 2009 Hi there,
I can't relate to these players anymore-whatever happened to the days of Boonie et al smashing 54 VB cans en route to England and still scoring a tonne of runs? Symonds is sacked for a couple of indiscretions which would have elevated him to hero status at home a few years ago and ironically now Watson has broken down again. Who the hell is Hauritz?

I recently read an Australian blogger's comment that 'Symonds was contracted to play for Australia but he's not allowed to act like an Australian' or something to that effect. Fair comment perhaps. Obviously not all Aussies are aggressive binge drinker's, but that aside, there is no such thing as the 'larrakin' anymore. The fun has gone. Not just from cricket, but from the AFL and other sporting codes also, there is an eerie dearth of character, and it won't go away.

The "Pup" and his girlfriend typify the gen Y facade of Australian sport. All good things must eventually come to an end. Unfortunately this is just our time.

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