What's the magic word?

The cricketing world knows Australians for being to the point and honest to a fault. And being True Gentlemen, they don't shy away from apologizing even if it is not their mistake. Case in point:

Gilchrist called up Sachin Tendulkar today, and has reportedly apologised saying, 'Sorry'.

See, no wasted words, no flowery language. Short, pithy and to the point. And what brought about this heart-felt apology?

Gilchrist had called Sachin Tendulkar, names like a "liar", "dishonest", "a sore loser" and a "bad sport" in his soon-to-be published autobiography "True Colors of My Life", over the Harbhajan-Symonds controversy.

Man, he is not shying away from showing his true colors, is he now? What was that about "Australians leaving it all on the field", again?

I think he will add that as an appendix to the second edition of his book. Or maybe, there will be two editions of the book (like they have alternate endings for some movies and games), one with the apology and one with the original content. That right there is how you double your book-sales (which are already going to be doubled after this, so it's really 4 times the original).

And I can truly believe Gilchrist called Sachin and "asked for an apology" as the ToI article mentions in the last para. I mean, look at the nerve of the man, not confirming to how Gilchrist saw him from behind the stumps.

P.S. If that was too biased against Gilchrist, "Sorry".