Matthew Hayden has been let off by Australia’s cricket authorities with a reprimand on Wednesday, a day after the big opener called Harbhajan Singh an ‘obnoxious little weed’ and challenged the lanky Ishant Sharma to a boxing bout.
A Cricket Australia Code of Conduct Commission hearing in Melbourne upheld a charge that Hayden has breached the CA Code of Behaviour Rule 9 relating to detrimental public comment. “Code of Conduct Commissioner Ron Beazley issued a reprimand of Hayden as penalty for the breach,” a statement released by CA read.
The charge was made by CA chief executive James Sutherland following Hayden’s comments during a Brisbane Radio interview. It was the fallout of on-field skirmishes between Indian and Australian cricketers throughout the series. Right from the Sydney Test both players have taken potshots at each other frequently.
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