'Goodness gracious'

John Wright has backed Sourav Ganguly, rubbishing most of Raj Singh Dungarpur’s comments on the former Indian captain. "He is a colourful man and is sometimes prone to making colourful statements. I saw the news briefly on the internet. I looked at it and said goodness gracious what is happening; because in India cricket almost follows you, in fact it haunts you," he told the Hindi news channel 'Aaj Tak'.

Asked if he thought Ganguly was a lazy fielder, he said, "That is Raj's opinion. I am not involved in that thought process. There were times when I could single out Ganguly and there were times when the same could have been said of [Javagal] Srinath and [Anil] Kumble".

Still on the topic, Deccan Herald, the Bangalore based daily, reports that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have asked TEN Sports to refrain from airing footage of the animated conversation involving Rahul Dravid, Ganguly, with Greg Chappell a silent by-stander, that set several tongues wagging on either side of the Wagah border.