Allan Border warns players against writing books triggering controversies.Byline: ANI Sydney, Nov 21 (ANI): Former Australia cricket captain Allan Border Allan Robert Border AO (born 27 July 1955 in Sydney, New South Wales) is a former Australian cricket captain. His playing nickname was "A.B.". He played 156 Tests in his career, a record until it was passed by fellow Australian Steve Waugh. has reportedly strongly criticised the practice of cricketers writing books, which, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. him, were nothing more than a medium to create controversies. The comment comes in the wake of the recent controversy triggered by a book "Captain's Diary" written by Aussie captain, in which he said that former Indian Test Sunil Gavaskar was "no angel" when it came to on-ground controversies. Besides Ponting's book, Border was reacting to the string of other books released and all the controversies they created in the recent past, reported The News. First Adam Gilchrist released a book and accused Sachin Tendulkar of 'lying' in the context of the racism row; Ricky Ponting soon followed with his 'Captain's Diary' and had a few things to say about the Sydney Test match of last year; Andrew Symonds too had a few things to say about the "Monkeygate scandal", and more recently, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. captain Daniel Vettori has come out with a book and said "Ponting was always spoiling for a fight". "Aussies are aggressive in nature while playing but they play good and solid cricket. The team I led always got along well with the opponents. Players these days sensationalise certain moments of their careers in their books," the paper quoted Border as saying. (ANI) Copyright 2008 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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