PLENTY OF BUZZWORDS BUT HE REFUSES TO SAY ‘CHEATS’
AUSTRALIAN cricket chief James Sutherland spent 10 minutes addressing the balltampering scandal that has engulfed Australia’s cheating cricket team, determinedly refusing to use the word ‘cheat’ or ‘cheating’. Instead of accepting how the rest of the cricket world view the disgraced Baggy Greens, Sutherland (right) spent much of the time talking about the ‘process’ and his ‘anger’ and ‘disappointment’ over events in Cape Town. Here are the key words and phrases and how often he used them. . . CONDUCT SANCTIONS PROCESS INVESTIGATION PROUD/PRIDE ANGER/ANGRY DISAPPOINTMENT SPIRIT OF THE GAME APOLOGISE ISOLATED INCIDENT PRIOR KNOWLEDGE AUSTRALIAN CRICKET FAMILY CULTURE DAMAGE