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This is an archive article published on February 11, 1999

No more tours down under for Ranatunga

COLOMBO, FEB 10: Sri Lankan cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga has said he would not play in Australia again after the ugly and partisan' ...

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COLOMBO, FEB 10: Sri Lankan cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga has said he would not play in Australia again after the ugly and partisan8217; treatment meted out to him by the Australian media and crowds during the on-going triangular series.

Talking to newsmen here on his return from Australia, where his team failed to qualify for the finals, Ranatunga said, 8220;I don8217;t think I will go back to Australia to play cricket anyway. I don8217;t want to lose a couple of years of my life.8221;

He said the crowds in the Indian sub-continent were thousand times better than the ones he has faced in Australia.

8220;Those living in glass houses should not throw stones. Australia and England, whenever they tour the sub-continent, complain about unruly crowd behaviour. But they can not see the behaviour of their own crowds. I must say the conduct of the Indian and Pakistan crowds is thousand times better than the Australian crowd,8221; he said.

Ranatunga said this year8217;s Australian tour was one of the most troubled8217; tours of his career as the Sri Lankan team had to play in a surcharged8217; atmosphere.

The Sri Lankan skipper received a six-match suspended sentence for leading his players off the field. Throughout the tour Ranatunga was targeted by the Australian crowds for his arrogant8217; behaviour and chanted Chucker8217; and 8216;No ball8217; whenever Muralitharan bowled against Australia and England, the skipper said yesterday.

 

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