The ICC chief said match officials are well within their rights to raise concerns about any delivery from any bowler.
The racist and abusive remarks were picked up on a stump microphone at Centurion.
Australian cricket captain George Bailey was fined 20 per cent of his match fee, while his teammates were docked 10 per cent of their earnings for maintaining a slow over-rate during their ICC Champions Trophy opener against England in Birmingham.
Sriram Ranganathan dwells on Justice Hansen's judgement in the Harbhajan Singh racial abuse episode.
The Cricket Board has appointed VR Manohar as the lawyer to represent off spinner Harbhajan Singh when the International Cricket Council (ICC) hears his appeal against the three-Test ban imposed on him.
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.
Ranjan Madugalle has requested the rival captains to be present for a 'cool-off' session at Perth on Monday.
Australian cricketer Brad Hogg could be let off with a lighter punishment as the word 'bastard' allegedly used by him during the ill-tempered Sydney Test was not nominated by Anil Kumble among the racially offensive terms before the start of the series, a media report claimed.
The Pakistani fast bowler has been banned for one Test match and two ODIs after being found guilty of breaching the ICC code of conduct.
The South Africa captain was cleared of racially abusing the West Indies all-rounder in the fourth Test in Antigua.
ICC names officials for the three-Test and six ODI series between India and Pakistan.
Rahul Dravid's side was ruled to be one over short of its target at the scheduled finish of the Ireland innings, an International Cricket Council statement said.
The issue was brought to match referee Roshan Mahanama's attention in writing by Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer.
The South Africa fast bowler was fined half his match fees for sticking out his tongue to a West Indies player on the final day of the first cricket Test.
Kagiso Rabada has been banned from the series-deciding final Test for his celebration after getting England captain Joe Root out on the first day of the ongoing third Test in Port Elizabeth.
The report said the use of debit cards would allow the ICC Anti-Corruption sleuths to keep trackof all financial transactions during the tournament by players, team and match officials.
Pakistan all rounder Shoaib Malik will consult a bio-mechanics expert in Australia in a bid to remove any flaws in his bowling action.
Rabada was handed a one-match ban by the International Cricket Council
After he whipped off the bails to run out AB de Villiers, Nathan Lyon leapt over him in celebration, dropping the ball on his opponent before joining his team mates in a jig of joy.
Pakistan wicketkeeper Adnan Akmal and South Africa batsman Robin Peterson have been fined 50 percent of their match fee by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for their shoving match during the first Test.
Women cricketers Sara McGlashan and Sarah Taylor were also handed the honour.
The announcement comes in the wake of the ball-tampering scandal in Cape Town, which resulted in Cricket Australia handing out bans to sacked Australia captain Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft.
Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza and batsman Sabbir Rahman have been fined 20 percent of their match fees following an angry exchange with England skipper Jos Buttler during the second one-day international on Sunday. Buttler was reprimanded after being found guilty of "using language or a gesture that is obscene, offensive or insulting" after his dismissal during Bangladesh's series-levelling 34-run victory.
India A skipper Manish Pandey has been fined 25 percent of his match fee for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during his side's 86-run win over the National Performance Squad in Townhill, Queensland, Australia.
Former Indian Premier League Commissioner Lalit Modi has alleged that two leading Indian cricketers and a West Indian player had been bribed by an Indian real estate tycoon, who is also a bookmaker.
South Africa wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock has been fined 75 per cent of his match fee for nudging Bangladesh opening batsman Tamim Iqbal.
'In a way, making me feel that we are responsible. I was quite upset about that. I don't know what else I can say, I was pretty upset. It's done and dusted now, nothing happened, there were no fines given or anything like that'
Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan and Mahela Jayawardene have been officially reprimanded for excessive appealing during their Champions Trophy match against New Zealand in Birmingham.
'He was literally a founding father of our cricket. May he rest in peace'
Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal has been suspended from for the third and final Test against the West Indies after he was found guilty of ball tampering during the second day's play of the second Test.
Australia captain Steve Smith was fined 60 perc ent of his match fee for a slow over rate in his first Test as skipper in a four-wicket victory in the second Test against India in Brisbane.
South Africa batsman Faf du Plessis has been fined 50 percent of his match fee after he was found guilty of ball tampering in the second Test against Pakistan.
Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews was handed a two-match suspension for maintaining a slow over-rate during his team's one-wicket defeat against India in the final of the Tri-series in Trinidad.
India's captain was fined his entire match fee for the team's slow over rate in Saturday's third ODI against Pakistan.
In a bid to make the popular tournament more interesting for fans, the BCCI has introduced new major rules this year.
This year's Ranji Trophy had been marred by umpiring howlers and fatigue was a reason cited by many for the bloopers.
As if not enough with their embarrassing 130-run loss to India, South Africa were fined for maintaining a slow over-rate.
West Indies coach Stuart Law was on Tuesday suspended from the first two ODIs against India for making 'inappropriate comments' against a match official.
Rajneesh Gupta explains the numbers that led to the world's cricket cognoscenti to vote Ravichandran Ashwin as the ICC Cricketer of the Year 2016 and the ICC Test Cricketer of the Year 2016.
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