What's become of Steve Bucknor?

The sun seems to be peeking through the grey clouds hanging over the fallout from the Sydney Test, with good news for Brad Hogg among others. But what has become of Steve Bucknor, the umpire sacked after the Test, wonders The Australian.

In The Age, Greg Baum says it’s time for the cricket to take centre stage again but pauses to suggest the idea of cultural misunderstanding between international cricketers is a myth:

They are all widely travelled cosmopolitans, visit each other's countries frequently, form friendships across national divides and mostly play together in England anyway. They understand each other well enough. Whatever Harbhajan said, he meant. Whatever the Australians said to provoke him, they meant.

But, back to the cricket and in the Sydney Morning Herald, Chloe Saltau reckons the Australians could use Shaun Tait in short, sharp bursts if, as expected, he’s called into the team. He has been used similarly at times this season for his state, South Australia.