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swoodley wrote:Can someone tell me why Sreesanth cried?

BenDoolan wrote:

swoodley wrote:Can someone tell me why Sreesanth cried?

Because he was slapped by that idiot Harbhajan.

billyduckworth wrote:It must have smudged his make up.

swoodley wrote:Can someone tell me why Sreesanth cried?

EVIDENCE is mounting against Harbhajan Singh in the aftermath of "slap-gate", the latest controversy surrounding the Indian spinner, with the revelation he had to apologise for a personal insult directed at South African batsman Ashwell Prince during the recent Test series.

Judging by the testimony of South Africa's mild-mannered coach, Mickey Arthur, Australian players are not the only ones to have been infuriated by Harbhajan, whose most recent temper tantrum, a slap that left fast bowler Shantha Sreesanth in tears, has seen him banished for the remainder of the Indian Premier League and facing further repercussions from the Indian board.

Contacted by The Age last night, Arthur clarified that the insult was not racial, but stood by his comments in an interview with website Cricinfo, in which he said India's problem children, Harbhajan and Sreesanth, both behaved poorly during the recent series.

"At the end of the day, we are not squealers," Arthur said. "We strongly believe that what happens on the field stays on it. Besides, we were very happy with the general spirit in which the series was played in, and we left with very pleasant memories of the tour.

"There was an incident in Kanpur. There was a hearing by the (International Cricket Council) match referee (Roshan Mahanama) during which Harbhajan apologised to Prince. It was settled and we were happy with the apology. I am not 100% sure what was said. But Ashwell felt very strongly about it at that time and that's why we took it up."

The following day, Harbhajan and Prince shared a flight to Mumbai, where they became IPL teammates. In relation to Sreesanth, the emotional fast bowler, Arthur said: "Sreesanth was just Sreesanth. Perhaps our players lost a lot of respect for him on the tour. He constantly abused A.B. de Villiers and it was very personal. But considering the general spirit in which the series was played, we didn't feel strongly enough to complain."

Harbhajan's IPL ban will cost him more than $500,000 in match payments and came with a warning from co-founder Inderjit Singh Bindra that another incident may cost him his career.

The spinner avoided a ban in Australia last summer because of an ICC bungle and the 27-year-old had a racial abuse charge downgraded because of a lack of evidence.

Meantime, as Australia's Test players leave their Indian franchises to attend a national camp ahead of the tour of the West Indies, Victorian batsman Brad Hodge will join the Kolkata Knight Riders as a replacement. Hodge had been overlooked in the initial player auction and instead played at Lancashire.

In Kolkata, he will play under Sourav Ganguly and reunite with Bushrangers teammate David Hussey.

dom_105 wrote:Thought you would get a kick out of this BD

http://www.theage.com.au/news/cricket/h ... 56951.html

EVIDENCE is mounting against Harbhajan Singh in the aftermath of "slap-gate", the latest controversy surrounding the Indian spinner, with the revelation he had to apologise for a personal insult directed at South African batsman Ashwell Prince during the recent Test series.

Judging by the testimony of South Africa's mild-mannered coach, Mickey Arthur, Australian players are not the only ones to have been infuriated by Harbhajan, whose most recent temper tantrum, a slap that left fast bowler Shantha Sreesanth in tears, has seen him banished for the remainder of the Indian Premier League and facing further repercussions from the Indian board.

Contacted by The Age last night, Arthur clarified that the insult was not racial, but stood by his comments in an interview with website Cricinfo, in which he said India's problem children, Harbhajan and Sreesanth, both behaved poorly during the recent series.

"At the end of the day, we are not squealers," Arthur said. "We strongly believe that what happens on the field stays on it. Besides, we were very happy with the general spirit in which the series was played in, and we left with very pleasant memories of the tour.

"There was an incident in Kanpur. There was a hearing by the (International Cricket Council) match referee (Roshan Mahanama) during which Harbhajan apologised to Prince. It was settled and we were happy with the apology. I am not 100% sure what was said. But Ashwell felt very strongly about it at that time and that's why we took it up."

The following day, Harbhajan and Prince shared a flight to Mumbai, where they became IPL teammates. In relation to Sreesanth, the emotional fast bowler, Arthur said: "Sreesanth was just Sreesanth. Perhaps our players lost a lot of respect for him on the tour. He constantly abused A.B. de Villiers and it was very personal. But considering the general spirit in which the series was played, we didn't feel strongly enough to complain."

Harbhajan's IPL ban will cost him more than $500,000 in match payments and came with a warning from co-founder Inderjit Singh Bindra that another incident may cost him his career.

The spinner avoided a ban in Australia last summer because of an ICC bungle and the 27-year-old had a racial abuse charge downgraded because of a lack of evidence.

Meantime, as Australia's Test players leave their Indian franchises to attend a national camp ahead of the tour of the West Indies, Victorian batsman Brad Hodge will join the Kolkata Knight Riders as a replacement. Hodge had been overlooked in the initial player auction and instead played at Lancashire.

In Kolkata, he will play under Sourav Ganguly and reunite with Bushrangers teammate David Hussey.

I'm seeing a trend here.