Australia reacts with revulsion

Unsurprisingly Australia views their cricketers with revulsion.

 

Amazingly Ponting was also personally unpopular, with 82 per cent of over 1600 people saying he was not a "good ambassador for the game of cricket".

 

So while the popularity of cricket is not down - with Channel 9 securing an "Ashes-like" peak of 2.6million viewers on Sunday - it appears the hard-line tactics of Ponting's Australia team are.

 

Talkback airwaves across the country also heard opposition to a win-at-all-costs mentality.

 

When it comes to sports we are all alike. We like hard charging sportsmen and not sportsmen who push the envelope when it comes to gamesmanship.