South African captain Graeme Smith feels Andrew Symonds' return to Australia's national team could be "disruptive" if the all rounder was not managed carefully.
Andrew Symonds and Brett Lee's call-up for the ODI series against Pakistan came not without a price and the Australian duo are set to miss out on US $1.75 million of Indian Premier League (IPL) money, according to reports in Melbourne. The call-up revived the international career of both the Australians but at the same time, limited their availability for the second edition of the IPL starting in South Africa on April 18.
The former India coach has alleged an attempted cover-up by the BCCI after he was 'racially abused' at an airport in Orissa.
Australian photographer Hamish Blair's photograph of fans making monkey gestures during the seventh ODI between India and Australia at the Wankhede stadium smudged India's image in the cricketing world.
Cricket Australia Chief Executive James Sutherland said there is no question of boycotting future tours of India in view of the recent racism issue.
The two Aussie players allegedly incited the crowd during the seventh ODI in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Australia's Andrew Symonds may have lasted just one delivery while batting but even while fielding he was taunted during the seventh ODI in Mumbai.
Under heavy criticism for losing the one-day series against South Africa, Australia skipper Ricky Ponting on Tuesday said that his side was hit hard by a string of injuries which kept most of his key players out of action.
Unlike other franchises, which have roped in big hitting foreign players, Delhi have staked its title hopes on home-grown talent.
Australia fought back in their second innings after losing its top order cheaply to end Day 3 in the first Test against South Africa on 228 for 7, an overall lead of 322, at the WACCA, on Friday.
All-rounder Andrew Symonds has urged Australian crowds to applaud Muttiah Muralitharan if the controversial off-spinner breaks Shane Warne's test wickets record when Sri Lanka tour Down Under in November.
Relations between the Indian and Australian cricket team, at an all time low after the acrimonious series Down Under, could be mended during the Indian Premier League, which will start on April 18. Skipper Ricky Ponting, Andrew Symonds, Matthew Hayden and Brett Lee are among a large group of Australians spread across the eight franchises in the cash rich Indian Premier League and it is hoped that the Aussies could regain their lost popularity in India.
Mitchell Johnson claimed his maiden five-wicket haul as Australia beat New Zealand by 149 runs in the first Test at the Gabba in Brisbane on Sunday morning. Johnson finished with five wickets for 39 runs to claim his maiden five-wicket haul. His impressive match figures of 9 for 69 earned him the man-of-the-match award as the hosts took a 1-0 lead in the two-Test series.
Former Australia vice-captain and wicketkeeper Ian Healy, looking back on the just-concluded tour, says this Indian era should produce some real masters of the game with bat, ball as well as all-rounder status.
India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh left Australia with a parting swipe to his critics and opponents by saying he would not tone down his on-field behaviour.
The off-spinner was alleged to have made monkey gestures towards the crowd during India's victory in the first tri-series final.
India's Harbhajan Singh on Tuesday came under a fresh attack by Australian cricketers with opener Matthew Hayden calling the off-spinner an "obnoxious little weed", a remark which has the potential to create more bad blood between the two teams.
"I am sick of all the bad-boy crap. I've no interest in hearing about how controversies follow me wherever I go," Harbhajan was qouted as saying by 'Herald Sun'.
Australian all rounder Andrew Symonds, who was dropped from the India tour due to his 'go-fishing' fiasco, has made a low-profile return by appearing for his club side Gold Coast Dolphins in Brisbane.
Playing in his 124th Test, the 37-year-old became the first Indian and the third bowler overall to complete the feat.
Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh's appeal against the three-Test ban will come up for hearing on January 29-30 at Adelaide, according to an ICC spokesman.
Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh's racial abuse case appears to have taken a new twist with claims that Aussie all-rounder Andrew Symonds had possibly misinterpreted a derogatory Punjabi phrase which sounded like "monkey".
India captain Anil Kumble hopes his tourists and Australia can put their controversial Sydney Test behind them when the two rivals meet again in the third match of the series at Perth next week.
Not only at Sydney but Harbhajan Singh had also allegedly called Andrew Symonds a "monkey" in Mumbai during Australia's recent tour to India, a media report claimed on Wednesday.
Or would you rather just give them a taste of their own medicine?
"I spoke to Malcolm Speed this morning and asked him if there was any problem in Harbhajan Singh playing the next Test match at Perth and he said that there was none," BCCI chief Sharad Pawar said.
A defiant Australian skipper Ricky Ponting maintained that he did nothing wrong by reporting Harbhajan Singh for "racially abusing" Andrew Symonds and felt his Indian counterpart Anil Kumble has been unfair in his criticism of the host team's lack of sportsmanship.
Sachin Tendulkar has denied sending an SMS to BCCI chief Sharad Pawar requesting that the tour of Australia be suspended until the ICC lifts the ban on Harbhajan Singh.
An Australian newspaper on Monday published a picture of Andrew Symonds with his face superimposed on Hanuman's body, giving a comic touch to the racial slur furore in the Sydney Test.
The Indian team postponed its departure to Canberra to file an appeal against the three-Test ban slapped on Harbhajan Singh.
Andrew Symonds said the Indian off-spinner had himself to blame for incurring a three-match ban from match referee Mike Procter.
The Indian cricket team held a meeting at a hotel in Sydney on Monday morning to express solidarity with Harbhajan Singh, who has been slapped with a three-Test suspension for an alleged racial abuse against Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds.
Virender Sehwag has no doubt that Andrew Symonds' absence in Australian ranks would help India but the hard-hitting opener rues it would be a loss not only for his country but also for the game as a whole. Despite Symonds' bitter relation with most of his team-mates, Sehwag has not lost respect for the embattled all-rounder whose absence, he says, would benefit India in the forthcoming four-Test series.
Andrew Symonds scored an unbeaten 137 as Australia rallied from 134-6 to 376-7 at stumps on the first day of the second Test against India.
Former India coach Greg Chappell has advised beleaguered all-rounder Andrew Symonds to learn to cope with the constant media glare and handle off-field stress.
Shane Watson says his Australia teammate will be wasting his talent if he quits international cricket for the Indian Premier League.
Unsure of Andrew Symonds' return to the side, Australia coach Tim Nielsen is working on a plan to deal with the feisty all-rounder's absence in the forthcoming India tour.
Indian pacer S Sreesanth's continued inability to "rein himself in"" when under pressure could end up costing his side dearly during the upcoming cricket tour Down Under, feels Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds.
They announced a 15-man squad on Tuesday for the World Cup starting next month in the West Indies.
Michael Clarke and Michael Hussey scored centuries as Australia declared their first innings on 551 for 4 and then reduced Sri Lanka to 31-2 on the second day of the first Test in Brisbane on Friday. Clarke and Hussey, who resumed with Australia's total reading 242-3, were involved in a record partnership of 245 runs before Hussey was dismissed for 133.
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