Thursday, February 28, 2008

Cricket Australia reprimands Hayden

Australian batsman Matthew Hayden was reprimanded by Cricket Australia in Melbourne on Wednesday for calling Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh an “obnoxious little weed” in a radio interview. Hayden was charged under Rule 9 of the CA’s Code of Behaviour, which prohibits public comment. The charges were issued by the Code of Conduct Commissioner Ron Beazley.The Indians gave a written complaint to the match referee Jeff Crowe. Hayden said: “It’s been a bit of a long battle with Harbhajan, the first time I ever met him he was the same little obnoxious weed that he is now.”

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