Comments on: What is said on the field stays on the field? http://i3j3cricket.com/2008/01/05/what-is-said-on-the-field-stays-on-the-field/ India-India-India Jai-Jai-Jai (i3j3) Mon, 28 May 2012 07:29:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: mohankaus http://i3j3cricket.com/2008/01/05/what-is-said-on-the-field-stays-on-the-field/#comment-7741 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 02:10:06 +0000 http://i3j3cricket.wordpress.com/2008/01/05/what-is-said-on-the-field-stays-on-the-field/#comment-7741 Let’s be clear about this. IF the word “monkey” was used and if it can be proved that that word was used, it has to be stamped out and in my view, Harbhajan Singh has to sit out a game or two. The problem with this is that proving it could be extremely hard. It will be Harbhajan Singhs’ word against Andrew Symonds’ word with Ponting and Tendulkar as character and material witnesses.

Either way, this is going to be non-trivial and messy.

I think Ponting screwed up here. IF indeed, Harbhajan did say something racial out there and if the assessment was that it could not be proven, a one-on-one chat with Anil Kumble would have been the way to kick Harbhajan Singhs’ head in — IF indeed, the sikh was “guilty” but could not be proven beyond doubt.

By adopting the “dobbing in” approach, the Australian captain has (a) adopted the high moral ground, (b) played it wrongly. In the end, it could well be “proven” that nothing was said. In a sledge-fest there is NO moral ground AT ALL!

As I said, all very messy.

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