Some of Australia's greatest sportsmen on Wednesday came out against the "win at all costs" attitude of captain Ricky Ponting and his team which was damaging the country's reputation.
Batting legend Neil Harvey and fast bowling great Jeff Thomson were joined by the members of the elite "Sports Australia Hall of Fame", which includes Australia's sporting icons, in attacking the cricket team for their conduct during the second Test against India at Sydney.
Harvey, a 1948 'Invincibles' team member, blamed the Australian captain for the fiasco and said, "Ponting should have kept his mouth shut and nothing would have happened."
"It is quite unheard of for a captain to dob on someone like this and it is quite an unsportsmanlike act. I think Ponting should be chastised by Australian cricket officials for his actions," he said.
"I hope Harbhajan gets off on appeal and let's get the game back to normal. That would be the most simple and best way out," Harvey said.
He said to him 'monkey' was not a racially offensive term and "it's a bit rich for the Australians to get on their high horse considering how they act."
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