Micheal, It felt good that you are debating points logically. I agree with your point about Brad Hogg calling the Indians bas*tards as "bas*tard" may be a term of endearment in Australia and no one told him that it was a highly offensive in India. The point of contention here, however, is if at all Bhajjo called him a "monkey" at all. It is basically the words of Indians against the Australians. And without any conclusive evidence, it shouldn't have been decided the way it was decided. These things apart, I will be interested to know what you have to say about the so called "spirit" of the game that the Australians displayed during the match. What with Ricky Ponting claiming a catch that he clearly grounded (conclusive visual evidence availble) and then vehemenently and aggressivly insisting that he took the catch in a post match conference? Also, what about Gilly appealing wrongly for Dravid's dismissal when he was in the best position to see (and hear) that Dravid did not knick the ball. And finally, with Ricky Ponting arrognatly giving out, when asked by the umpire, to Ganguly on a seemingly dubious catch taken by Clarke. All these instances show that Australians were cheating and wanted to win the match even at the risk of being called cheats. Mohit
