ICC request 'a new low in hypocrisy'

The ICC’s plea to tone down verbals is dismissed by The Australian’s Malcolm Conn as a in extremely strong terms:

The International Cricket Council has slumped to a new low in hypocrisy and irrelevance. How can the game's governing body possibly complain about what is essential promotion of the game when it is standing idly by as Test countries self destruct?

Despite Malcolm Speed’s request the chat continues with Fanie de Villiers and Kepler Wessels voicing their thoughts in The Age.