The umpiring decisions and the racism slur against Harbajan was bad enough, but what has incensed every cricket lover is that Ponting's boorish behaviour right through the match went unnoticed by the so called authorities.
His response to being given out by Benson in the first innings was worse than that of Yuvraj in the previous test, and yet it was Yuvraj who was called for a hearing by the match refree.
Then at the start of India's innings (in the second over before lunch) there was an appeal for LBW against Dravid and one should have seen Ponting's expression when it was turned down.
Ofcourse, his behaviour after claiming a catch which he had actually grounded is well documented. The final straw was his putting his finger up to declare that Clarke had taken the catch and Ganguly was out. There was no need for Benson to then put his own finger up. He could have sinply asked Ponting to stand in his place and carried forth the proceedings and the match could have ended much earlier. Is Cricket Australia and the ICC in denial? Did they not see all this? Or is this what they mean by 'Australia playing tough and fair game' I am sure, if requested, Star Cricket would put forward the highlights of Ponting's behaviour - it makes for ugly viewing.
