We will never know what was said on the day, but the reaction of the Australians was immediate and genuine. That Harbhajan said something offensive is not in question; indeed Justice John Hansen was satisfied that this was the case and fined ...
The end is nigh! Not the end of the world or anything like that, but the end of Australia’s domination of world cricket which, to us Aussies, is a much more serious problem. Losing one game, taken in isolation, should not be sufficiently dramatic to ...
It’s a funny old thing, history. It has a really annoying habit of repeating itself and, if you combine history with the Internet, you have something that can come back to bite you time and again. I was doing a bit of research about umpires and their ...
There also seems to be a massive amount of revisionist history being applied to a game that only concluded 24 hours ago. There has been claims of bias against the umpires, exaggeration of the number of bad decisions and claims that the Australians ...
I’ve followed Australian cricket for as long as I can remember and never, in all that time, have I been embarrassed by winning a game – until today. The Aussies claimed victory with eight minutes to go on the fifth day of the Sydney Test and, in doing ...
How should match referee Mike Procter deal with the alleged verbal abuse by Harbhajan Singh? Post a comment below or submit an article to Sportingo. After three enthralling days of tight, intense Test cricket, it was incredibly disappointing to ...
A media storm has erupted in the wake of Andrew Symonds’ decision to stand his ground in the second Test against India in Sydney after getting a fairly healthy edge through to MS Dhoni off youngster Ishant Sharma. Many people believe that Symonds – ...
Umpires, like small children, should be seen and not heard – except when absolutely necessary – and for the most part they manage to achieve it. Sometimes, however, they have a shocker and the first day of the second Australia-India Test was one of ...
If nice guys are meant to finish last, then someone forgot to explain the rules to Tiger Woods. Woods is one of the least controversial figures on the planet. He’s likeable, handsome, humble, seemingly well balanced and a consummate sportsman. This ...
It says a lot about the sort of year that cricket had, that the biggest story of 2007 had nothing to do with the game. Sadly, the Keystone Kops routine surrounding the death of Bob Woolmer pretty much summed up a year that the game will want to forget ...
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