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Steve Bucknor: My 'mistake' in 2008 Sydney Test 'might have cost India the game'

The former umpire recalled two contentious decisions in particular from the infamous Test

19-Jul-2020•ESPNcricinfo staff

'It is never a pleasant thing to be called a liar' - Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar has revealed India were ready to abandon their tour of Australia in 2007-08 and accept the consequences, following a three-match ban imposed by match referee Mike Procter on Harbhajan Singh

05-Nov-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

Ponting moves on from Monkeygate

Ricky Ponting, the former Australia captain, has buried the hatchet with the concerned players involved over the Monkeygate scandal of 2008, and has derided Cricket Australia over catering to the interests of the BCCI over the welfare of one of their play

22-Oct-2013•Daniel Brettig

'Collusion in 2008 Sydney Test racism case'

Australia and India were culpable in collusion "contrary to the spirit of cricket" in the 2008 Sydney Test "racism" incident, according to ICC appeals commissioner John Hansen, who heard the case in January 2008

07-Apr-2011•Daniel Brettig

Sydney aftermath was over the top - Gilchrist

Adam Gilchrist says the Australia team may have been affected by the reactions following the Sydney Test, and he has hit out strongly at the criticism directed towards the players

23-Jan-2008•Cricinfo staff

Benson should have consulted Bucknor - Ganguly

Sourav Ganguly feels that the umpires should realise their responsibilities more

11-Jan-2008•Cricinfo staff

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

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

Under-pressure India unwind at the beach

India have done what many Australians do when they are under extreme stress and headed to the beach to relax

08-Jan-2008•Cricinfo staff

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

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

Umpiring in the Sydney Test

Full coverage for the controversial umpiring decisions and gamesmanship that clouded the Sydney Test between Australia and India

07-Jan-2008

The aftermath of the Sydney Test

Full coverage of the ban imposed on Harbhajan Singh for alleged racist remarks to Andrew Symonds during the second Test in Sydney

07-Jan-2008

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

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

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

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 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

'As good a feeling as I've ever had on a cricket field' - Ponting

Ricky Ponting is unlikely to protest about the issues of race, umpiring and spirit of cricket taking the attention away from his team's outstanding run

06-Jan-2008•Peter English at the SCG

Kumble questions Australia's spirit

Anil Kumble has accused Australia of not playing in the spirit of the game in a heated finish to a Test that continued the ill-feeling between the teams

06-Jan-2008•Peter English at the SCG

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