Bala, Point well made. i cringed when I read the part about Tendya's "credibility". But then you fell into same trap of putting Ozies in a pedestral without any justification - "but they are not fool-hardy to accuse someone of racism just for the heck of it". What makes you think so? I can give you a lot of reasons otherwise. 1. They wanted to break his concentration 2. They wanted to wrap the tail that wagged on in 1st inning 3. They wanted to get the man who is Ponting's nemesis out of series
The point is all three are allegations of same level as that of Racism against Bhajji - they do not have proof.