Hayden goes 'nuts' on Bhajji!

We have all heard of the infamous sledging talents of the Aussie cricketers but never has it been proven to be more true than now especially with Hayden calling Harbajan singh 'an obnoxious little weed' on national radio. This is what would pass for the norm by the Aussies but then again, to the rest of the cricketing world, this is a big no-no on so many levels.

When you invite a host team to play cricket in your country, as the hosts, certain behaviour and decorum is expected of you, at the very least. You may not like that team that much, you may even hate a thing or two about the players on that team, but you never ever present that point to the public at large. To the rest of the Aussies, they may accept this as 'sledging' and push the dirt under the carpet, but this is one piece of dirt that is not going to go that way.

Most of the other cricketing nations are already appalled at the boorishness shown by the Aussie players and now the line that should not have been crossed has been crossed. Frankly, with just three more games to play with the Aussies, the Indian team may well decide to stay back and play those games. But the damage to the cricketing relationship between the two nations has already been done. In the end, no matter what twist you give to the whole episode of 'he called me that' and so on, the real loser is Cricket Australia. Whether they realise it or not, it is Indian cricket and in particular BCCI that is holding the reins of the game firmly in their hands and soon Cricket Australia is going to have to kiss goodbye to most of the sponsorship payments.