| Long before either cricket or Australia was | | | | face or wherever their moods guided them. The |
| discovered, hundreds of hardened criminal convicts, | | | | matches went on for 7-9 days at stretches till |
| who were adjudged to be impossible to reform, in | | | | players of one side called it quits. |
| England were sent to this land which is now called as | | | | By the time it was 3rd match, English tour party was |
| Australia, by the Order of The British Monarchy. The | | | | reduced to 5-6 people; many had succumbed to |
| Monarchy and the British society was so afraid of | | | | injuries, others to sicknesses like malaria and plague |
| social consequences of keeping these criminals that | | | | which were rampant in those parts of the world at |
| they finally thought exiling them to a no man's land | | | | that time. English team was forced to play with |
| would bring upon them the appropriate natural justice. | | | | fewer people inevitably, what was unfortunate was |
| When they were taken to Australia, they were | | | | many of them were professionals accompanying the |
| kicked out of the ship. Those who could swim over | | | | touring party who obviously had not played cricket |
| to the shore and later survive the adversities, built | | | | anytime in their lives. The team captain had some |
| Australia on principles best known to them but are | | | | how gathered some more persons of British origin to |
| regarded by the civilized society as crime, treachery | | | | play their last tour game. |
| and cheating. But to their advantage, they were | | | | Today, Australians are an evolved lot going by their |
| cricket players to the core, too, with whom alone | | | | modernity, infrastructure they built; however, none |
| England could play. | | | | of these is a big deal as any of these could be done |
| Come 1894, a tour by English team of gentleman | | | | with human efforts. What, without a wonder, hasn't |
| cricket enthusiasts toured this land. There was no | | | | changed a bit is their blood. As science has |
| ICC, nor the representative boards but just the | | | | established, blood can't be changed or transformed; it |
| bunch of players volunteering in their individual | | | | only passes from generation to generation. |
| capacities. Some 20 odd of them reached Australia | | | | Ian Healy, the then Australian wicket keeper, had |
| after 3 months of voyage for a tour of 4-5 months. | | | | called Mohinder Amarnath a black and made racially |
| All prevalent rules were flayed by the native players, | | | | derogatory comments in a match at Sharjah. See |
| they had the single point agenda, that was to | | | | video clips here. |
| establish their point of supremacy; they played 36 | | | | What to do with them? Is there anything we can do |
| players against the 20 odd English in every match. | | | | about this? |
| They could bowl from any distance to any number | | | | I simply wonder whether it is possible to reform an |
| of balls per over. They could bowl straight on your | | | | entire society at all. Have you forgotten the history? |