ICC clears Harbhajan of monkey business

Controversial Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh has no case to answer after the International Cricket Council cleared him of making monkey gestures towards the SCG crowd on Sunday night. ICC match referee Jeff Crowe said there was no need to take action following newspaper reports the impulsive bowler motioned to scratch his armpits and spat towards taunting spectators. "I have investigated the alleged incident with Cricket Australia's ground security officials after reading newspaper reports and viewing related photographs that have been published," Crowe said in a statement. Advertisement: Story continues below "After reviewing all available information, I conclude that there is no need to take any action against Harbhajan Singh." The Indians touched down at Brisbane airport on Monday with Harbhajan shielded from the waiting media by management. The controversial tweaker was banned for three Tests for calling allrounder Andrew Symonds a monkey during the second Test at the same venue in January before having his charge reduced on appeal to abusive language. That came after Indian fans in October directed monkey gestures at Symonds and four supporters were ejected from Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium for the offensive behaviour. The Indian team management reacted angrily to the claims that Harbhajan had made the monkey gestures and accused the Rosetta Stone English Australian media of launching an orchestrated campaign to derail the spinner. "This is the imagination of the Australian press, which has been trying to add pressure on Harbhajan at every moment," team manager Bimal Soni said on cricinfo. Former Australian captain Allan Border praised Harbhajan for his behaviour as he was heavily baited by sections of the SCG crowd. "I was over that side of the ground and Harbhajan was copping a fair bit of stick from the crowd," Border said. "I didn't notice any gestures at all and I thought he handled himself pretty well." Cricket Australia said security had been beefed up when Harbhajan fielded near the boundary rope in Sydney after a spectator was ejected from the SCG for abusing the spinner on February 24. "We have not seen anything that we think warrants further action and have not received any complaints," said CA spokesman Peter Young. Soni condemned the reports on the fiery Sikh. "I think it is wrong," Soni said. "Nothing has been done like that. They are making a mountain out of a mole hill. He did nothing. "These stories I do not believe them and I strongly condemn them." Soni said the latest controversy wasn't distracting the side as it aims to wrap up the best of three finals series at the Gabba on Tuesday. "We do not talk about it, we only talk about the cricket on the field and we do not want to talk anything about these things," he said. Australia's Mike Hussey believed too much was being made of such incidents. "I think the Australian and Indian public have had enough of all the controversy," he said. "We just want to concentrate on the cricket."

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