"Slapped Me Across The Face 3-4 Times": Ross Taylor's Explosive Allegation Against IPL Team Owner

[Major]

"Slapped Me Across The Face 3-4 Times": Ross Taylor's Explosive Allegation Against IPL Team Owner

Former New Zealand batter Ross Taylor made a shocking revelation in his autobiography, which released earlier this week. In the book, titled "Black & White", Taylor recalled when one of the owners of Rajasthan Royals during his stint with the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise slapped him across the face after he had gotten out for a duck in a steep chase against Punjab Kings, who were then named Kings XI Punjab. He did write that the slaps were not hard, but said that he was not sure "it was entirely play-acting".

"Rajasthan played Kings XI Punjab in Mohali. The chase was 195, I was lbw for a duck and we didn't get close," Taylor was quoted in his autobiography by stuff.co.nz.

"Afterwards, the team, support staff and management were in the bar on the top floor of the hotel. Liz Hurley was there with Warnie," he went on to write.

"One of the Royals owners said to me, 'Ross, we didn't pay you a million dollars to get a duck' and slapped me across the face three or four times," Taylor revealed.

"He was laughing and they weren't hard slaps but I'm not sure that it was entirely play-acting. Under the circumstances I wasn't going to make an issue of it, but I couldn't imagine it happening in many professional sporting environments," the iconic Kiwi batter wrote.

Taylor played for Royal Challengers Bangalore from 2008 to 2010 and then was with RR in 2011. He went on to represent Delhi Capitals, then known as the Delhi Daredevils, as well as the now defunct Pune Warriors India.

https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/sla...ive-allegation-against-ipl-team-owner-3251795

 

[Major]

IPL had been racists against black cheerleaders, than they have discriminated against Pakistani players, and now this...

Team owners slapping a player just because they think they pay them and own them?

Poor pathetic stuff by this Indian league. Had it been the other way around they would had called it racism.

 

[Varun]

I would have guessed Mallya, but he says Rajasthan - so no idea who it can be.

I hear alcohol flows freely at these IPL parties...

 

[Varun]

By the way Ross - did you continue playing with them for that season and beyond? Why is it that the first we're hearing of this is after your retirement from all cricket?

Should have walked off. Now it seems like you were happy to be slapped just for the money.

 

[MP2011]

By the way Ross - did you continue playing with them for that season and beyond? Why is it that the first we're hearing of this is after your retirement from all cricket?

Should have walked off. Now it seems like you were happy to be slapped just for the money.

This.

And it's not that he was unemployed otherwise. He was a star Kiwi player for over a decade.

 

[Major]

By the way Ross - did you continue playing with them for that season and beyond? Why is it that the first we're hearing of this is after your retirement from all cricket?

Should have walked off. Now it seems like you were happy to be slapped just for the money.

So its ross's fault and not the team owners?

 

[Varun]

So its ross's fault and not the team owners?

It's both parties fault: the owner for slapping him, and Ross's for holding the (crocodile) tears until an opportune time to do so. Actions speak louder than words, especially when the words follow a dozen years later!

 

[sweep_shot]

In subcontinent, light slap is seen as a light banter thing (if done jokingly).

Nonetheless, very unprofessional and unacceptable. Shouldn't happen.

 

[cricketjoshila]

Why is Ross Taylor talking about this after 11 years?

And who was the owner? Why isn't he mentioning the name?

He mentions a witness, but not the perpetrator. Why?

 

[MenInG]

Keenly awaiting clarification from the RR management.

Surely this is libelous?

 

[NishanKonar]

Shoaib Akhtar must be feeling so happy after reading all this

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Harbhajan Singh also owned a team in IPL?

 

[Savak]

Ross should have slapped him back

 

[MenInG]

Why is Ross Taylor talking about this after 11 years?

And who was the owner? Why isn't he mentioning the name?

He mentions a witness, but not the perpetrator. Why?

I am sure the owner's name is known

 

[Savak]

Not difficult to put two and two together. Elizabeth Hurley accompanied Warne in one of the IPL seasons. Which season was it? Who was the owner of Rajasthan Royals in that season?

 

[Varun]

Ross should have slapped him back

Nah it's easier to gobble up a million dollars, sit on it for over a decade and scribble some lines in a book which few will ever read.

 

[introvert]

Not difficult to put two and two together. Elizabeth Hurley accompanied Warne in one of the IPL seasons. Which season was it? Who was the owner of Rajasthan Royals in that season?

Raj kundra & shilpa Shetty most likely.

 

[Hextro]

Those that think this is no big deal should try lightly slapping themselves on the cheek 3-4 times in a row. Now imagine your boss doing that to you in front of your colleagues. You can literally feel how weird that is.

 

[Champ_Pal]

This is like IPL version of Me Too. Complain about an alleged event decades after it was supposed to have happened.
Looks like Ross is looking for some cheap publicity.

 

[Saj]

Why has it taken him so long to reveal this incident?

Perhaps it was ok whilst he was earning megabucks at the IPL.

 

[cricketjoshila]

I am sure the owner's name is known

And that is?

 

[cricketjoshila]

Raj kundra & shilpa Shetty most likely.

RR has multiple partners.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Looks like a publicity stunt to sell his book.

 

[pakistani pride]

Looking for cheap publicity. Made so much money but its never enough.

 

[topspin]

Ross should have slapped him back

The response would be "how can you slapp?" We don't need version 2. Enough drama in the original edition.

 

[Rajdeep]

Why has it taken him so long to reveal this incident?

Perhaps it was ok whilst he was earning megabucks at the IPL.

I think its fake news and publicity stunt. Any respectable person wont stay quiet if gets slapped at work place irrespective of how many bucks employer is paying. On the contrary, a libel case would have earned Ross a lot of money. He wouldn't have kept quiet for 11 years.

So either its a totally cooked up story to sell his book or some minor incident must have happened and he is blowing it out of proportions.

 

[gazza619]

By the way Ross - did you continue playing with them for that season and beyond? Why is it that the first we're hearing of this is after your retirement from all cricket?

Should have walked off. Now it seems like you were happy to be slapped just for the money.

I agree.

He should have just kept his mouth shut.

 

[zarak]

By the way Ross - did you continue playing with them for that season and beyond? Why is it that the first we're hearing of this is after your retirement from all cricket?

Should have walked off. Now it seems like you were happy to be slapped just for the money.

Million dollars for a few slaps seems like a good deal. In principle though it seems pretty cheap on the part of owners. Just because you are rich and are paying someone does not mean you can flaunt it in their face.

 

[zarak]

For those complaining about why he came out so late. This is part of his autobiography where you intentionally write about interesting and controversial aspects of your life. That is the whole point.

 

[offstump]

Just goes to show most cricketers will do anything for $. Also shows no matter what Pak says IPL will always dominate and Pakistani players are never goona feature in the league unless they’re ready to accept a few slaps along the way.

 

[Rohan]

Well, after the incident if he kept continue to play from RR for the rest of the season, this is just a cheap publicity to sell his book.

PS: I’m a big fan of his batting since 2011 WC

 

[zamana]

The responses to such an assault would and should be
1, Slap the person back and report him to the authorities and the organiztion.
2. Do not slap but report the perpetrator.
3. Slap the person but do not repoert.
4. Do not slap back and do not report.
5. Pretend that it was a light slap and in banter and pretend that it never happened.
6. As above and write about it in your autobiograpy only to emphasize that you are a wimp and now a tattletale? I used to admire him but he needs to reflect on his responses. If he is totally spineless , he should never have revealed it. I am genuinely sorry for an apparent gentleman. I hope he recovers from it and does not remain scarred.

 

[HappyWarsFan]

Well, after the incident if he kept continue to play from RR for the rest of the season, this is just a cheap publicity to sell his book.

PS: I’m a big fan of his batting since 2011 WC ��

I am also a huge fan of him after 2011 WC, he ended a finished Akhtar past his sell by date and sent him packing )

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

IPL had been racists against black cheerleaders, than they have discriminated against Pakistani players, and now this...

Team owners slapping a player just because they think they pay them and own them?

Poor pathetic stuff by this Indian league. Had it been the other way around they would had called it racism.

Racism has nothing to do with why Pak players aint playing in the IPL, its security reasons and you know it very well so does every T D & asif on this site so stop the usual IPl/BCCI is responsible for all evil in the world gravy train mate...as far as i am concerned i would wellcome SSA or azam or naseem playing in ipl so would several i have spoken to. that said the Slap or slaps in light hearted banter or not shouldnot have been done and obviously in your haste to put the boot into us, u never thought or commented why is this guy coming out with this coddwollop a decade after the incident? and lastly, its a light slap not a full blown tamacha - stop making mountain out of a mole hill.

 

[Snowflake]

How can a grown-*** man sit and take multiple slaps from his employer, especially an athletes like Ross Taylor who isn’t in any kind of desperate position?

Please don’t make a fool of yourself and come back with something like “Everyone is desperate to play in the IPL”. If you were that desperate and willing to compromise your self respect at that point, then don’t complain about it now.

 

[daytrader]

Surely he's exaggerating. Can't imagine this sort of behaviour with professional players in any sport

 

[LegendAli]

Surely he's exaggerating. Can't imagine this sort of behaviour with professional players in any sport

Rich Indian businessman and owner who may have likely been drunk on his home soil vs a foreign player, do the math man.

 

[Hitman]

Either he is lying or it was just a tap on the cheek. No way any business owner would dare to slap any player, even if he's drunk.

Didn't he also write about racism he faced from his fellow New Zealand players in his book?

 

[Hitman]

Rich Indian businessman and owner who may have likely been drunk on his home soil vs a foreign player, do the math man.

He'd get his pants sued if he ever dares to lay his hands on any player.

 

[daytrader]

Rich Indian businessman and owner who may have likely been drunk on his home soil vs a foreign player, do the math man.

Still, what kind of man accepts slaps especially from another man, especially a pro athlete. If it was a female owner, I'd understand

 

[Shafi]

But money is too good to refuge. Can't complain if you cannot resist the temptation.

 

[Aman]

By the way Ross - did you continue playing with them for that season and beyond? Why is it that the first we're hearing of this is after your retirement from all cricket?

Should have walked off. Now it seems like you were happy to be slapped just for the money.

From his book.

He's brutally honest about lot of things, including racism in NZC.

 

[Aman]

Why has it taken him so long to reveal this incident?

Perhaps it was ok whilst he was earning megabucks at the IPL.

He's retired and can openly say things without it affecting his career.

With some of the stuff that's coming out, his book looks like a good read and wont hold back on anything.

 

[Aman]

Some more context for those wondering why he didn't do or say anything:

"He was laughing and they weren't hard slaps but I'm not sure that it was entirely play-acting. Under the circumstances I wasn't going to make an issue of it, but I couldn't imagine it happening in many professional sporting environments."

 

[Rajdeep]

Some more context for those wondering why he didn't do or say anything:

"He was laughing and they weren't hard slaps but I'm not sure that it was entirely play-acting. Under the circumstances I wasn't going to make an issue of it, but I couldn't imagine it happening in many professional sporting environments."

Basically that IPL owner treated Ross how 99% Indian parents treat their child when they fail in exams

 

[IAJ]

Basically that IPL owner treated Ross how 99% Indian parents treat their child when they fail in exams

So is it an acceptable treatment or a blameworthy one?

 

[Rajdeep]

So is it an acceptable treatment or a blameworthy one?

I am kidding man...not at all acceptable. That owner should be named and shamed as players are not commidities. However, my only issue is why Taylor is saying all this now after 11 years? If this incident is true and Taylor kept quiet that time only to continue playing in IPL for many years after, he is equally guilty. Bullying is bad but accepting bullying and not standing against it is equally poor if not worse.

What has changed? He (even after being slapped) kept quiet then for money. And now bringing it up to sell his book once again to earn money.

It is called having no morale.

How can you respect such people?

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

I am kidding man...not at all acceptable. That owner should be named and shamed as players are not commidities. However, my only issue is why Taylor is saying all this now after 11 years? If this incident is true and Taylor kept quiet that time only to continue playing in IPL for many years after, he is equally guilty. Bullying is bad but accepting bullying and not standing against it is equally poor if not worse.

What has changed? He (even after being slapped) kept quiet then for money. And now bringing it up to sell his book once again to earn money.

It is called having no morale.

How can you respect such people?

Why are you so surprised lol? They are playing in a low quality and unprofessional pyjama league for money so you can't blame them for things like these. They enjoy their paid vacation and make as much money as they want by fooling innocent Indian owners.

 

[Rajdeep]

Why are you so surprised lol? They are playing in a low quality and unprofessional pyjama league for money so you can't blame them for things like these. They enjoy their paid vacation and make as much money as they want by fooling innocent Indian owners.

Well, the reality is IPL is the best cricket league by some distance, both in terms of quality of cricket and money associated with it. Infact, it is the 4th largest sports league in the world.

How are owners getting fooled? The invest money and getting millions in return. Even if players treating it as vacation, IPL net revenue increasing year after year and everyone (players, owners, boards) making money. The only people who are getting fooled are the ones buring like charcoal since its inception in 2008

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Well, the reality is IPL is the best cricket league by some distance, both in terms of quality of cricket and money associated with it. Infact, it is the 4th largest sports league in the world.

How are owners getting fooled? The invest money and getting millions in return. Even if players treating it as vacation, IPL net revenue increasing year after year and everyone (players, owners, boards) making money. The only people who are getting fooled are the ones buring like charcoal since its inception in 2008

Yeah we can definitely see the quality of IPL in this thread. Slapping their own players.

 

[Mp812]

Taylor kept quiet for so many years and remembered it just before book launch. IPL is really a financial boon for players during playing days but this way IPL is making them money after retirement as well indirectly. Heil IPL

 

[Rajdeep]

Yeah we can definitely see the quality of IPL in this thread. Slapping their own players.

Yes quality of a league depends on claim by one person of an incident happened 11 years ago which has no proof

Viru bhai

 

[Sunzi]

Ross Taylor isn't saying anything - the site quoting him is making the masala out of it.

He's entitled to talk about his life in his autobiography - it's kinda what you do in an autobiography.

If he was now coming out and reporting it in the media, that'd be opportunism.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Ross Taylor isn't saying anything - the site quoting him is making the masala out of it.

He's entitled to talk about his life in his autobiography - it's kinda what you do in an autobiography.

If he was now coming out and reporting it in the media, that'd be opportunism.

Won't be surprised if he was threatened by IPL mafia. People with this much money can easily end anyone's career.

His career has ended now so he maybe looking to sell his book and exposing the dark side of this tamasha league. This is a pretty serious allegation though. His team owners should clear the air asap.

 

[GreenBee]

Sounds more like they were playing? You really expect Ross to take slaps from some IPL owner?

 

[Colorblind Genius]

I will quietly take a million dollars for three slaps.
What’s the biggie that he didn’t report it then? Isn’t it obvious?

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Why is it that whenever someone here criticizes anything related to the IPL, the Indian posters get so defensive that one might think someone insulted a close relative of theirs?

Call a spade a spade instead of always blindly defending your board and your league. Especially when its something reprehensible like this. For once, try not to justify/defend by 'looking at both sides'.

There can be a multitude of reasons why Taylor didn't speak up on this at the time. But none of that excuses the actions of the person who slapped him multiple times.

 

[sam_ahm]

Ross mentioned that it was on a lighter note and those were like gentle ones and everyone was laughing. So I think it's more about making a news out of nothing significant, for Ross it's about having some masala to sell his book.

I'm not an IPL fan, in fact I'm not a fan of any of the T20 leagues and I do agree that the best thing for International cricket will be the demise of IPL more than any other league. That will literally break the back of franchise league cricket. Although I know it is almost impossible to happen.

 

[Varun]

There can be a multitude of reasons why Taylor didn't speak up on this at the time. But none of that excuses the actions of the person who slapped him multiple times.

Nobody said it did. Nobody is defending tbe faceless owner in question.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Why is it that whenever someone here criticizes anything related to the IPL, the Indian posters get so defensive that one might think someone insulted a close relative of theirs?

Call a spade a spade instead of always blindly defending your board and your league. Especially when its something reprehensible like this. For once, try not to justify/defend by 'looking at both sides'.

There can be a multitude of reasons why Taylor didn't speak up on this at the time. But none of that excuses the actions of the person who slapped him multiple times.

It is both surprising and funny to be honest. They also discuss anything related to IPL money as if it is their own money.

 

[Rajdeep]

Why is it that whenever someone here criticizes anything related to the IPL, the Indian posters get so defensive that one might think someone insulted a close relative of theirs?

Call a spade a spade instead of always blindly defending your board and your league. Especially when its something reprehensible like this. For once, try not to justify/defend by 'looking at both sides'.

There can be a multitude of reasons why Taylor didn't speak up on this at the time. But none of that excuses the actions of the person who slapped him multiple times.

1. No one is defending the slap. The owner need to be named and shamed. Not sure why Ross Taylor is not naming the culprit for BCCI to investigate.

2. The question must be asked why Ross continue to played on IPL even after getting slapped and choose to only speak now after 11 years. There can be multiple reasons why he choose kept quiet then and money can be one of them but people have the right to ask this question. For example, if you go to police to report an incident a decade later...the first question would be why did it took so long to report?

3. Indians defend IPL just like Pakistani's defend PSL. Its quite natural that it comes out of nationalism. When James Faulker accused PSL of non payments, weren't posters defensive of it? So it works all the time among every country...not sure why you are singling out Indian fans.

BCCI is anti bullying as we recently seen the events of Wriddhiman Shah where a journalist banned for being a bully.

Ross need to tell the name of the owner and BCCI will take care of the rest. That is ofcourse if he wants to and if he got any proof. For now it only feels like he want to create hype for his book.

 

[Ab Fan]

This incident happened in 2011, no? Looks like Ross took the revenge of that by smashing one of our Padosi fast bowler, Shoaib Akhtar in the World Cup which was played after the IPL. Otherwise, hard to understand if this was so serious then why would he stayed silent for so long

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

This incident happened in 2011, no? Looks like Ross took the revenge of that by smashing one of our Padosi fast bowler, Shoaib Akhtar in the World Cup which was played after the IPL. Otherwise, hard to understand if this was so serious then why would he stayed silent for so long

NZ team's record against India in ICC tournaments tells a different story though. May be they all took revenge from India. Ever heard about that dialogue 'is thappad ki goonj suni tumne?'.

 

[Saj]

Took him 11 years to recall this.

Must have a very poor memory Ross

 

[Ab Fan]

NZ team's record against India in ICC tournaments tells a different story though. May be they all took revenge from India. Ever heard about that dialogue 'is thappad ki goonj suni tumne?'.

Very insightful though . The whole NZ team don't play to win ICC tournament, they cared to win vs India only for the sake of taking Ross Taylor's revenge who somehow must have told this to the whole NZ team silently and then the NZ team still didn't had guts to highlight this incident but decided to silently take the revenge against India by beating them in ICC tournament

The thought- process behind this logic deserves nothing less than a

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Very insightful though . The whole NZ team don't play to win ICC tournament, they cared to win vs India only for the sake of taking Ross Taylor's revenge who somehow must have told this to the whole NZ team silently and then the NZ team still didn't had guts to highlight this incident but decided to silently take the revenge against India by beating them in ICC tournament

The thought- process behind this logic deserves nothing less than a

Much better than your logic of smashing Shoaib Akhtar who had nothing to do with the slap Ross got from an Indian franchise owner.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Nobody said it did. Nobody is defending tbe faceless owner in question.

Well when you play both sides you are essentially justifying his actions implicitly whether you realize that or not. Because you put a guy slapping another guy and that guy not speaking up about it on equal footing when you said that it was both of theirs's fault.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

1. No one is defending the slap. The owner need to be named and shamed. Not sure why Ross Taylor is not naming the culprit for BCCI to investigate.

2. The question must be asked why Ross continue to played on IPL even after getting slapped and choose to only speak now after 11 years. There can be multiple reasons why he choose kept quiet then and money can be one of them but people have the right to ask this question. For example, if you go to police to report an incident a decade later...the first question would be why did it took so long to report?

3. Indians defend IPL just like Pakistani's defend PSL. Its quite natural that it comes out of nationalism. When James Faulker accused PSL of non payments, weren't posters defensive of it? So it works all the time among every country...not sure why you are singling out Indian fans.

BCCI is anti bullying as we recently seen the events of Wriddhiman Shah where a journalist banned for being a bully.

Ross need to tell the name of the owner and BCCI will take care of the rest. That is ofcourse if he wants to and if he got any proof. For now it only feels like he want to create hype for his book.

1. When someone says that both parties are at fault, its a justification, not a condemnation.

2. Oh okay, so if a New Zealander slaps you, will you stop travelling to New Zealand altogether?

3. Two things here: (a) blind nationalism is moronic and benefits no one. (b)The entire Faulkner episode exposed Faulkner as an unprofessional drunk, more than anything else. His claims were soundly rebuffed and he is if anything, lucky that the hotel didn't press charges for his unacceptable behavior. So I don't even see how you have managed to find a comparison between the two.

Oh right the 'I have a black friend defense'. How can BCCI be anti-bullying when they are the biggest bullies in world cricket? Are you seriously going to tell me that the BCCI doesn't bully Pakistan when it wants to? Or that it hasn't bullied South Africa and England in the past when they weren't so keen on moving test matches around? What happens if the ICC had just refused to give India a 2.5 month IPL window? What do you reckon the BCCI would have done to get their way?

Ross doesn't need to do anything. From what I gather, he is over the entire incident and likely mentioned it as an anecdote. It wasn't even the most shocking thing he wrote in his book. His experiences of the racism he encountered as a cricketer in New Zealand were far more shocking. The fact that he hasn't named the owner tells you that he is not interested in starting something. But ofcourse posters such as yourself take everything personally and make it about yourself, your country and your board.

It's blind nationalism and its toxic. Whether you do it, or a Pakistani poster does.

That said, I must say that there are alot of Pakistani posters here that I heavily disagree with. But very few are as insecure about their country, cricket board and cricket team as certain Indian posters are here.

 

[Aman]

Either he is lying or it was just a tap on the cheek. No way any business owner would dare to slap any player, even if he's drunk.

Didn't he also write about racism he faced from his fellow New Zealand players in his book?

It's a really juicy book which seems like a good read. He speaks about a conversation he had with Hesson after he lost captaincy (Hesson said his cleaner was Samoan, she was really nice), about how bad things were towards the end of his captainy where he felt the team wanted to lose so he would be out.

“When I came back into the team after the captaincy drama, I found myself sitting next to (coach) Mike Hesson in the Koru Lounge at Dunedin Airport. He’d come straight from his house. ‘My cleaner’s Samoan,’ he said. ‘She’s a lovely lady, hard-working, very trustworthy’. All I could say was, ‘Oh, cool’.

I hope NZC take note of what Taylor has said. Would go a long way to improving NZC and getting more minorities into the set up.

 

[Aman]

1. No one is defending the slap. The owner need to be named and shamed. Not sure why Ross Taylor is not naming the culprit for BCCI to investigate.

2. The question must be asked why Ross continue to played on IPL even after getting slapped and choose to only speak now after 11 years. There can be multiple reasons why he choose kept quiet then and money can be one of them but people have the right to ask this question. For example, if you go to police to report an incident a decade later...the first question would be why did it took so long to report?

3. Indians defend IPL just like Pakistani's defend PSL. Its quite natural that it comes out of nationalism. When James Faulker accused PSL of non payments, weren't posters defensive of it? So it works all the time among every country...not sure why you are singling out Indian fans.

BCCI is anti bullying as we recently seen the events of Wriddhiman Shah where a journalist banned for being a bully.

Ross need to tell the name of the owner and BCCI will take care of the rest. That is ofcourse if he wants to and if he got any proof. For now it only feels like he want to create hype for his book.

It's not personal , stop taking it as an attack on India. He's spoken of racism in NZC and not named players names either.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

It's not personal , stop taking it as an attack on India. He's spoken of racism in NZC and not named players names either.

He did name Hesson. Why not name the Person and BCCI will take care of the rest.
Or it’s more personal with Heston and he wants to name and shame Baz and Hesson for captaincy saga but here it was just a friendly banter but still something worthy to sell a book?



‘Taylor said former coach Mike Hesson, who guided the New Zealand men's team for six years from 2012, once told him ‘my cleaner’s Samoan. She’s a lovely lady, hard-working, very trustworthy.'

 

[Aman]

He did name Hesson. Why not name the Person and BCCI will take care of the rest.
Or it’s more personal with Heston and he wants to name and shame Baz and Hesson for captaincy saga but here it was just a friendly banter but still something worthy to sell a book?



‘Taylor said former coach Mike Hesson, who guided the New Zealand men's team for six years from 2012, once told him ‘my cleaner’s Samoan. She’s a lovely lady, hard-working, very trustworthy.'

There's another story involving a player saying something to him where he hasn't named the player.

"A team-mate used to tell me: 'You're half a good guy, Ross, but which half is good? You don't know what I'm referring to.' I was pretty sure I did.

"Other players also had to put up with comments that dwelt on their ethnicity. In all probability, a Pakeha [white New Zealander] listening to those sorts of comments would think, 'Oh, that's okay, it's just a bit of banter'.

"But he's hearing it as white person, and it's not directed at people like him. So, there's no pushback; no one corrects them."

 

[shaz619]

Why is this coward talking about this now, Ross Taylor deserves the smacks and also for not having any decency to defend himself, he sold himself and is crying about it now years later, strange…

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

There's another story involving a player saying something to him where he hasn't named the player.

"A team-mate used to tell me: 'You're half a good guy, Ross, but which half is good? You don't know what I'm referring to.' I was pretty sure I did.

"Other players also had to put up with comments that dwelt on their ethnicity. In all probability, a Pakeha [white New Zealander] listening to those sorts of comments would think, 'Oh, that's okay, it's just a bit of banter'.

"But he's hearing it as white person, and it's not directed at people like him. So, there's no pushback; no one corrects them."

Yes. I have read and finished the book yesterday. Lots of good and inspiring parts but he named only Hesson Baz and David White mostly. Should have named other guys too.

 

[wrongun]

Either he is lying or it was just a tap on the cheek. No way any business owner would dare to slap any player, even if he's drunk.

Didn't he also write about racism he faced from his fellow New Zealand players in his book?

The way he described it was like joke slapping with barely any contact like "I'm so mad at you I do this, haha". Probably out of order but like everyone says, if someone genuinely slaps another man for real you don't go along with it/stay at the organisation for years without some major level meetings and apologies etc at least.

 

[ads101]

Think it's a bit ridiculous blaming Ross Taylor for not coming out with the allegation earlier. He has the right to say it whenever he wants. Had he said it then, he would have had a lot of attention which may have derailed his career. He also may have lost a lot of money, franchises and leagues might not want to pick him which impacts his ability to earn money which he most likely is building for the good of his children.

Wish they made these leagues more professional, there just some party. Pales in comparison to football leagues where teams are professional and clubs are well run businesses. Unfortunately the short window prevents this from happening, as cricketers are judged only over a few games.

 

[princeuk]

I wonder how many other people have been subjected by their IPL owners cos after all the there will be players less famous than Ross Taylor who have played in the IPL.

 

[Smbhayi]

He's retired and can openly say things without it affecting his career.

If that's the case why he didn't name the culprit?