Sachinism Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Andrew Symonds says he was surprised by the on-field incident that led to Harbhajan Singh being suspended for three Tests because there had been "no bad blood" in the series before that moment. The match referee Mike Procter found Harbhajan guilty of making a racist comment directed at Symonds while Harbhajan was batting in the Sydney Test, although India can appeal the decision. "This is what happened before our confrontation," Symonds said in the Herald Sun. "Brett Lee had just sent down a delivery and Harbhajan took off down the wicket. When he was returning to his crease, he decided to hit Brett on the backside. I have no idea why he did it. "I was standing nearby and when I saw what happened, I thought, 'Hold on, that's not on'. I'm a firm believer in sticking up for your team-mate so I stepped in and had a bit of a crack at Harbhajan, telling him exactly what I thought of his antics. He then had a shot back, which brings us to the situation we're facing." Whether that situation was handled in the best way possible remains a subject of debate. The umpires spoke to Harbhajan on the field - Mark Benson even covered his mouth to avoid lip-reading television viewers - and reported him to Procter after they received a complaint from Australia's captain Ricky Ponting. "I must admit the incident was pretty surprising, because relations between the two sides so far have been very good," Symonds said. "It's been a series played in really good spirit. There's been no sledging or bad blood." There was definitely animosity between the teams after the Harbhajan-Symonds incident, however, with Australia's strong appealing on the final day drawing the ire of India's captain Anil Kumble. He questioned whether Australia were playing within the spirit of the game, while Ponting strongly defended his team's integrity. Adam Gilchrist has responded to Kumble's allegation with caution. "I didn't see his comments," Gilchrist told CNN IBN. "I would like to think that's not quite right. We haven't gone outside any boundaries. I don't know what Kumble was exactly referring to." Talking about his appeal against Dravid, Gilchrist said: "There are times when you don't know. So, you ask the question. Every player has right to ask the umpire. I will say I don't appeal if I don't think they are out. If I am not sure, I will ask the umpire and I'll accept his decision." bhaji cant have hit lee in an aggressive manner, brett lee, didnt make a fuss of it it must have just been a pat on the backside what right has symonds got to go butt in when nothing has happened he's the one that caused the situation gilly has got to be kidding, there is no way from where he was standing that he could have thought the ball hit the bat Link to comment
fineleg Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 To Gilly and Symmo: Liar, Liar, Pants Ponting's on fire! Link to comment
varun Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Ok so it's official, Symonds is Lee's sugar daddy and he doesn't like anybody else touching Lee's behind :hysterical: Link to comment
DomainK Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Gilly is kidding. I have no problem if he appeals even if he knows that he is not out....but then dont claim sainthood on field ever after. Link to comment
Guest BossBhai Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 -- Removed on request of the user -- Link to comment
DomainK Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Ok so it's official' date=' Symonds is Lee's sugar daddy and he doesn't like anybody else touching Lee's behind :hysterical:[/quote'] And why are you sporting Symond's photo in your av? Link to comment
Sachinism Posted January 7, 2008 Author Share Posted January 7, 2008 And why are you sporting Symond's photo in your av? :hysterical: Link to comment
King Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Guess what, the inept umpiring saga is now forgotten now that this new episode has stolen all the thunder. ICC will be pretty happy with the recent developments. Now the Symo/Bhajji incident is the talk of the town and that pretty much means Bucknor yet again will go unnoticed. The last time around Indians boycotted Sehwag had to still cop a test match suspension and the test match without the icc referee Dennis was deemed unofficial. I could see this going the same way. Link to comment
varun Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 And why are you sporting Symond's photo in your av? Ouch ! :P Link to comment
beetle Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Symonds acting cute as he did after the controversy in India.I have no doubt that symonds and australian team are using symonds race to fix the Indians..... Link to comment
King Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Symonds acting cute as he did after the controversy in India.I have no doubt that symonds and australian team are using symonds race to fix the Indians..... That's a given Rads. They wait for their moment to give back and they kind of knew Bhajji would be hard to handle. I suspect this is a well planned attack. Of all why would Bhajji call him a "Monkey". There were way better slurs than that. Link to comment
fineleg Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Yes, they irritated Bhajji, and now they claim "racial slur" THIS IS ALL PART OF THE PLAN. They planned it and wanted to get Indian players in trouble. I can bet if SS had toured, instead of Bhajji, they would have landed SS in trouble. 100% Link to comment
chunky_lafanga Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 I smell something fishy as well. Link to comment
coffee_rules Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Bhajji's defence is he cursed in Hindi..."Teri Maa ki". That sounds like Monkey to them. I think if MR doesn't believe this version, they should just return back. The MR is basing his judgment on his white soulmates' version only. Link to comment
Lurker Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Bhajji's defence is he cursed in Hindi..."Teri Maa ki". That sounds like Monkey to them. I think if MR doesn't believe this version' date= they should just return back. The MR is basing his judgment on his white soulmates' version only. :hysterical::hysterical: Link to comment
Guest dada_rocks Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Bhajji's defence is he cursed in Hindi..."Teri Maa ki". That sounds like Monkey to them. I think if MR doesn't believe this version' date=' they should just return back. The MR is basing his judgment on his white soulmates' version only.[/quote']:hysterical: Link to comment
Guest HariSampath Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 I smell something fishy as well. I smell some monkey business :-) Link to comment
beetle Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Yes, they irritated Bhajji, and now they claim "racial slur" THIS IS ALL PART OF THE PLAN. They planned it and wanted to get Indian players in trouble. I can bet if SS had toured, instead of Bhajji, they would have landed SS in trouble. 100% So true... SS would have done some dancing and they would have called racist monkey dancing....aimed at offending symonds sensitive soul.... Link to comment
gs Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Symonds tells his side of the story About how Bucknor fathered him several years ago when his mom was high partying in Jamaica?:D Link to comment
Brainfade Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Yes, they irritated Bhajji, and now they claim "racial slur" THIS IS ALL PART OF THE PLAN. They planned it and wanted to get Indian players in trouble. I can bet if SS had toured, instead of Bhajji, they would have landed SS in trouble. 100% The truth you have spoken. I think they were just waiting for the moment. And it arrived when Harbhajan was taking them to the cleaners. Link to comment
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