Double Standards.

Harbhajan Singh gets pulled up for a verbal altercation with Symonds started with what Tendulkar calls an amusing heckling and every Australian wants to brand any conversation that any cricketer has with Symonds as being of a racist tinge. I can't understand how Symonds feels that there's a racist tinge to everything said against him , is it his own insecurity that makes him and others around him view anything said against him as racist ?

Ricky Ponting is given out and walks out showing his bat to the umpire, shows dissent with the decision and gets away with nothing at all . 4 umpiring decisions go against India and we don't complain and the ICC does nothing at all. One never thought about these things earlier , but such behaviour by ICC match officials is getting routine and unacceptable. I think this is utter nonsense and if Harbhajan Singh gets pulled up , India should walk out of the tour.

At the end of the test match Ricky Ponting says "I hope this match is remembered for the cricket that was played. Yes, there were a few controversies by the side but the match itself was played in the right spirit and I hope it continues,"

I say my foot - Is he referrring to another form of "spirits" which are liquids of an alcoholic nature ? The match would be remembered for the cricket that was played by one team with 11 members who tried to play cricket and the other team which left behind what is basic etiquette in only what can be termed its greed to win . The next time Australia visits India - you can be sure that the crowds are going to boo them , there would be monkeys hired and brought into the grounds and loudspeakers making monkey chants.

However the question of the day was "The Australian Prime Minister visited the Sydney Cricket Ground wearing a monkey suit (Thats a Tuxedo, in a language known as Australian) . Now does that make him a monkey ?"

The end result is that the papers are reporting that Bhajji gets a ban whilst we look forward to playing more games with cheats , who think that if someone questions their integrity one has committed a sin. Words don't mean much ,tis actions that count and from todays actions I think Mr. Pontings credibility and the Australian cricket team's integrity is at an all time low.