carey wrote:Australian fans generally hate the visiting side no matter who is touring. They also always and I mean always single out the visiting sides best batsmen and the sides best bowler and direct abuse at them the whole tour.
This year it'll probably be Kohli and Sharma
FMD
I won't deny that there is a section of Australian cricket supporters who get a skinful and then say stupid idiotic abusive things to opposition teams and players but here's a reality check for you Carey, it happens all over the world in all sports. A moronic minority get noticed for their stupidity and the vast majority of supporters get accused of being like them. As your sweeping generalisation of a post has so clearly exhibited.
Warney got abused in England, so did Merv Hughes, Greg Matthews was egged in New Zealand in 1985, Symonds was abused terribly in India. These are just examples but it happens everywhere we go and it happens when visiting teams come here. However it is a minority of brain dead supporters that do it.
I've watched cricket in this country for over 30 years at live venues and by far most Australian supporters respect and appreciate the best players from other countries. Yes we might not want them to do as well as we would like as we like to win but when they do do well Australians will applaud and appreciate them.
So don't give me the ugly Australian crap. Yes there will be times when I will hear things this year and i will cringe but that will be by far in the minority compared to the appreciation of good cricket by both teams.
Let that be a lesson to you Port, no one beats the Bays five times in a row in a GF and gets away with it!!!