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The Sydney saga, 2008

The Sydney saga, 2008

The Australia v India Test at Sydney in January 2008 was overshadowed by non-cricketing issues: a string of poor umpiring decisions, largely at India's expense; allegations of gamesmanship against Australia and their captain; and a charge of racism against India's Harbhajan Singh. The fallout saw Steve Bucknor, one of the field umpires, being withdrawn from standing in the next Test in the series.

Ponting turned down request - Kumble

Ponting turned down request - Kumble

Anil Kumble has revealed that he had approached Australian captain Ricky Ponting, after the third play's day of the Sydney Test, requesting him to not press the charge of racism against offspinner Harbhajan Singh

09-Jan-2008•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan in Canberra

Some balance, please

Some balance, please

True, India were sinned against in the Sydney Test, but they're no innocents, and the reaction of the media back home has been consummately over the top

09-Jan-2008•Suresh Menon

Sporting greats upset by Australia's behaviour

Sporting greats upset by Australia's behaviour

The criticism of Australia's behaviour at the SCG has spread to other sports

08-Jan-2008•Cricinfo staff

'Tour will continue for the present' - BCCI

'Tour will continue for the present' - BCCI

The crisis surrounding the Indian tour of Australia seems to have blown over, if temporarily, with the Indian board, whose top brass met in New Delhi on Tuesday night, saying the tour would continue "for the present"

08-Jan-2008•Cricinfo staff

Hogg charged for making 'offensive remark'

Hogg charged for making 'offensive remark'

Brad Hogg, the Australian chinaman bowler, has been charged under Level 3 of the ICC Code of Conduct following a complaint by Indian team manager Chetan Chauhan

08-Jan-2008•Cricinfo staff

BCCI welcomes Bucknor's Test dropping

BCCI welcomes Bucknor's Test dropping

The BCCI has welcomed the removal of umpire Steve Bucknor from the third Test in Perth

08-Jan-2008•Cricinfo staff

Indian players unhappy with Procter findings

Indian players unhappy with Procter findings

The Indian cricketers, especially the seniors, are enraged at the manner in which Mike Procter handled the ICC hearing and are upset about the official document which he prepared after the hearing

08-Jan-2008•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan in Sydney

ICC axes Bucknor from Perth Test

ICC axes Bucknor from Perth Test

Steve Bucknor has been sacked from officiating in next week's Test and replaced by Billy Bowden

08-Jan-2008•Brydon Coverdale

Border and Waugh blame cultural misunderstanding

Border and Waugh blame cultural misunderstanding

Allan Border and Steve Waugh, both former Australia captains, have suggested that cultural misunderstandings could have contributed to the race row boiling over

08-Jan-2008•Cricinfo staff

Open your eyes, Ricky

Open your eyes, Ricky

Australia's captain needs greater awareness of his team's actions

08-Jan-2008•Peter English

Let's ban sledging

Let's ban sledging

Cricket shouldn't just be trying to ban racism, it should ban sledging

'I stand by my decision' - Procter

'I stand by my decision' - Procter

Mike Procter has defended his decision to punish Harbhajan Singh

07-Jan-2008•Cricinfo staff

Indian team rallies around Harbhajan

Indian team rallies around Harbhajan

India's players have often been criticised for not standing up when it counted but on a day of high drama, they seemed to have done just that. They refused to leave Sydney until there was more clarity on the ban handed to Harbhajan Singh and decided to st

07-Jan-2008•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan in Sydney

Indian board moves to appeal against ban

Indian board moves to appeal against ban

A day after the Sydney Test the focus shifted from the poor umpiring decisions to the three-match ban imposed on Harbhajan Singh

07-Jan-2008•Cricinfo staff

Tour will go ahead - Sutherland

Tour will go ahead - Sutherland

James Sutherland, the chief executive of Cricket Australia, is confident India's tour will continue as planned and he has called on Anil Kumble and Ricky Ponting to get together and sort out their differences in the next few days

07-Jan-2008•Brydon Coverdale

Indian team stays on in Sydney to push ban appeal

Indian team stays on in Sydney to push ban appeal

The Indian team has remained in Sydney, instead of leaving for Canberra on Monday morning as scheduled until they receive further instructions from the Indian board

07-Jan-2008•Cricinfo staff

Symonds tells his side of the story

Symonds tells his side of the story

Andrew Symonds says he was surprised by the on-field incident that led to Harbhajan Singh being suspended for three Tests because there had been "no bad blood" in the series before that moment

07-Jan-2008•Cricinfo staff

McGrath backs former team-mates

McGrath backs former team-mates

Glenn McGrath has defended his former Australia team-mates against claims from Anil Kumble, the India captain, that they played outside the spirit of the game at the SCG

07-Jan-2008•Peter English

Harbhajan hit with three-Test ban

Harbhajan hit with three-Test ban

Harbhajan Singh has been found guilty of making a racist comment to Andrew Symonds on the third day of the Sydney Test and slapped with a three-match ban

06-Jan-2008•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan at the SCG

Not walking is not cheating

Not walking is not cheating

Why is cricket the only major sport in the world where some people demand that players do the umpires' jobs for them?

06-Jan-2008•Martin Williamson

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