Ricky Ponting hopes there isn't a repeat of the chants directed at Andrew Symonds in Mumbai during the Twenty20 match in the same city on Saturday, reports AAP’s Tom Wald.
“I just hope it does not happen again in another cricket venue I play in because it leaves a bad taste in everybody's mouth,” he said. “I am sure there will be a lot of embarrassed people around this country, as well, to know this stuff has happened again at one of their cricket venues. It is done now. Hopefully in the Twenty20 match on Saturday it does not happen.”
In the Sydney Morning Herald Alex Brown writes about how the ICC has vowed to take action over the incidents in India. The Hindu's Nirmal Shekar urges the BCCI to take tough steps to combat the problem and says that India should stop pretending racism is something that happens in 'other' countries.
Back in Australia the game's administrators say there will be no place for any racist taunts at Indian or Sri Lankan players when the teams tour later this year. John Coomber, writing for AAP, reports security operations will be so good offenders are bound to be caught. A former homicide detective will be Cricket Australia’s match-day security officer, according to a story in the Courier-Mail.
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