Ponting 'satisfied' with security - Cricket - Sportal Australia

Australia captain Ricky Ponting said he was satisfied with his team's level of security since landing in India on Monday.

[Elias]

There I told you doubting Thomas's......

[ponting ponted]

ponting is a cricketer he is used to sub continent condition
where else can he play as a professional cricketer ?
he can't go to denmark to play cricket
mostly poor third world countries love cricket

[Elias]

ponting ponted wrote:

ponting is a cricketer he is used to sub continent condition
where else can he play as a professional cricketer ?
he can't go to denmark to play cricket
mostly poor third world countries love cricket

How about UK, NZ and Canada...

[Dumio]

Elias wrote:

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How about UK, NZ and Canada...

The first photos have emerged of the accommodation for athletes at the Commonwealth Games in India.

One shows a filthy leaking toilet, another a stained and dirty shower and a third a bed with muddy dog paw prints over it.

Photos: Poor state of athletes' village exposed

The pictures, leaked to the BBC by an unnamed member of a national delegation, were the first illustrations of the conditions that so shocked officials who recently arrived at the athletes' village in Delhi.

Angered and frustrated by the inaction of Indian organisers, the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), the games international body, and leading countries went public with their complaints on Tuesday.

The photos show the conditions that were described by them as "filthy", "uninhabitable" and "seriously compromised".

Other photos, said to have been taken this week, show bathroom sinks full of dust and stained with an unidentifiable reddish-brown liquid, cracked pavements, shattered glass on a balcony, water-logging, stray wiring and rubble.

A number of leading countries have postponed the departure of their athletes, but the first small contingent was scheduled to arrive on Thursday at the village.

The athletes' village, a sprawling complex near Delhi's main river, was slammed by CGF president Michael Fennell on Tuesday, while his deputy, Mike Hooper, detailed a serious of complaints from participating nations.

He described rubble, shower doors put on backwards, blocked toilets and various problems with the electrics.

There was also "excrement in places it shouldn't be", thought to be a result of labourers relieving themselves in the homes, while Scottish officials are reported to have photographed a stray dog defecating on a bed.

Since then, about 700 cleaners have been pressed into action to scrub the residential blocks, the Times of India reported on Thursday.

The newspaper said on Tuesday only 18 of 34 towers had been completed.