They will, perhaps, not have the same reaction to one more book, written by the former South African coach Mickey Arthur. His effort "Taking The Mickey" may not be all that offensive as far as SA cricket is concerned, but in several chapters, he sounds contemptuous of outsiders, touching the fringes of racism.

Arthur's pre-book release statement that the Pakistan team had "fixed" a couple of one-day matches on their last tour of the Rainbow Country, has made the already much-maligned Pakistan Cricket Board to react with righteous indignation.

As expected, the PCB has issued a lawyer's notice to Mickey Arthur and has asked him to produce proofs. After all, just anyone cannot get up and says that such and such a match was "fixed," This business is now being carried too far.

The question that needs to be asked of Mickey Arthur is that if he knew of this why did he keep quiet for so long. Why did he not complain then and there. He was in privileged position of being the coach. If indeed the match was "fixed," by keeping mum, he was as much guilty.

Those who seek to write books, know that the stuff that they put in has to be sensational to the point of outraging the dignity of some people they either envy, or do not like and want to settle a score.

Mickey Arthur in his book comes down heavily on Indian cricket and especially on new emerging players who are proving quite so successful. .

"The youngsters in the Indian team lack grace and dignity when they celebrate victory," says the former South African coach. Arthur has recalled the 2008 series in India and gas criticized the home team's celebrations after notching up a series-leveling win at Kanpur

"The behavior of the Indian younger players in the aftermath of victory was absolutely extraordinary," Arthur wrote. They ran around screaming, and cheering as though they had won the World Cup. What made me cringe was the shock of seeing a celebration style so different from our own. I found the practice of spraying each other with Coke and Fanta very hard to understand why should that be so different to our custom of using champagne?"

Arthur, who has visited several countries, appears to have a closed mind that just cannot assimilate the cultures, traditions and systems of other countries. Unlike them, we do not have the system of uncorking champagne in public. If he finds the use of soft drink in its place revolting, then something must be wrong with his thinking. He just cannot set standards for others. On the contrary, he should learn from others.