<while SA can hardly be called "developed".>
But Ram, SA is highly Developed.
You should make a visit.
Have good friends in Durban.
Son loved the week there.
May visit soon myself.
mm> Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:03:32 -0600> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:
[email protected]> Subject: [Assam] On 1996 tour, Gary Kirsten hated India -
TOI> > This is interesting. Don't really know Gary Kristen, but for someone>
hailing from South Africa, its a stretch to be disappointed with Indian>
conditions,> while SA can hardly be called "developed".> > -Ram> > >
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/On_1996_tour_Gary_Kirsten_hated_India/articleshow/2579788.cms>
> NEW DELHI: Quiz question: Which South African cricketer wrote the following>
words for a journal in his 1996-97 India tour dairy: "62 days in a country>
where westernised living conditions are regarded a luxury is no task for the>
faint-hearted."> > Answer: Gary Kirsten.> > In fact, his tour diary indicates
that the former opening batsman had> problems with almost every aspect of the
Indian condition: food,> socializing, travelling.> > The tour diary was
published in the December 1996-January 1997 issue of SA> Cricket Action.
Kirsten also wrote that "to spread cricket to all corners of> India, we played
in what could politely be classed as one-horse towns,> places with more cows on
the street than cars."> > For the record, the South Africans played one-day
games in Hyderabad,> Indore, Jaipur, Faridabad, Rajkot, Guwahati and Mumbai.
The Tests were> played at Ahmedabad, Kolkata and Kanpur.> > "I'll never forget
arriving in Rajkot — laughter broke out in the bus when> we were told we had
reached our hotel, yet there didn't seem to be one in> sight. It was actually
above another building... A sense of humour is a> necessity on this tour,"
wrote Kirsten. One wonders how the present BCCI> secretary Niranjan Shah, who
hails from Rajkot, would react to that.> > Kirsten, who has been offered a
two-year term with a package similar to Greg> Chappell's, had also cribbed
about the unavailability of direct flights to a> playing destination.>
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