Harbhajan arrived in the company of Indian media manager Dr MV Sridhar well before the scheduled hearing and made no comment as he entered the court. Soon after, Indian batsman and key witness Sachin Tendulkar arrived, dropped off by Cricket Australia chairman Creagh O'Connor, who shared a joke with Tendulkar as they entered the building at the second attempt after mistakenly starting off towards a cafe next door. Australia's contributors to the hearing - Symonds, Michael Clarke, Matthew Hayden and captain Ricky Ponting _ arrived around 10.30am (1100 AEDT) and chose to avoid the media by entering the building via a side entrance. The hearing is expected to break for lunch around 1pm (13.30 AEDT), and will finish for the day, if a conclusion can not be reached before that time, at 5pm (17.30 AEDT). A second day has been set aside to continue the hearing if it cannot be resolved today.
RE:AUSTRALIAN PRESS REPORT
by MANNEY on Jan 29, 2008 10:17 AM
SHOULD'NT WE FIRST ASK SEYMONDS, WHAT SEYMONDS DID OR SAID PRIOR TO(IF AT ALL)THIS INSULT WAS DELIVERED ?
ICC lawyer to BHAJJI:Tumhara kehna hai,ki tumne symonds ko monkey nahi,balki punjabi mein teri maaki bolkar gaali di. Bhajji:Bilkul sahi. Lawyer:Objection milord,mulzim jhooth bol raha hai.Punjabi mein ye gaali teri maaki nahin balki teri maadi hoti hai.Yeh raha iska saboot(giving dictionary to judge). Judge:Bhajji,tumhe apni safaai mein kuchh kehna hai. Bhajji:Jee main aaj purey ek saal baad naha ke aaya hoon. Judge:Not that safaai,I mean do u have any reply to this. Bhajji(stammering):nahin huzoor,maine usko teri maaki hi kaha tha.Main hamesha aise hi gaali deta hoon. Judge:yeh adalat prosecution dwaara pesh kiye gaye saboot aur mulzim bhajji ki jhunjhlaahat ko madde nazar rakhte hue,mulzim bhajji ko taaziraate ICC ki dafaa 302,376 aur 420 ke tahat mujrim karaar dete hue,ek raat andrew symonds ke saath guzaarne ka hukm deti hai. Bhajji to Judge:teri maa di.
RE:Court scene
by noshir irani on Jan 29, 2008 10:26 AM
Infact i m now saving ur msg in da word document so dat it will remain with me 4ever..keep it up dude..Thnx 4 making my day start on a laughing note..
RE:Court scene
by noshir irani on Jan 29, 2008 10:23 AM
Shiv i almost fell down laughing from my off chair..all m collegues r asking me wat happened..i showed ur msg 2 them..infact rite now da whole staff members r laughing like hell..very well said mate..really really hilarious & funny..
RE:Court scene
by shiv malik on Jan 29, 2008 11:01 AM
HARBHAJAN TO APPEAL IN INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE. After his appeal being rejected,bhajji hires his fellow jat Sunny Deol (of DAMINI movie) as his lawyer.This is how Sunny Deol is gonna go in the international court,defending Bhajji: Sunny Deol:U R honour,teri maaki ,teri maadi.... Judge(interrupting sunny):Sunny ,why r u abusing me???? Sunny Deol:nahin sir main aapko gaali nahin de raha,main to keh raha tha ki teri maaki,teri maadi,mainu ki aur stump microphone jaise kitne hi saboot iss, adalat mein pesh kiye gaye,lekin mere muvakil ko insaaf phir bhi nahin mila ,usse mili to taarikh pe taarikh,taarikh kabhi sydney test ke baad,kabhi perth aur kabhi adelaide test ke baad. Crowd:clapping. Sunny Deol(continuing):u r honor,lekin humein yeh nahin bhoolna chahiye,ki bhagwaan ka insaaf,insaan ke insaaf se hamesha bada hota hai,issi liye Bhajji nirdosh hai. Judge:lekin kaise. Sunny Deol:Milord kissi ne yeh gaur nahin kiya ki uss waqt time kya huaa tha. SILENCE IN COURT. Sunny:Uss waqt purey barah baje thee.Itihaas gawah hai.Agar uss waqt Bhajji andrew symonds ka khoon bhi kar deta,to woh bhi usse maaf hota. Isne to usse sirf bandar hi kaha hai.
The eventual verdict by Justice Hansen could be against or in favour of Bhajji. One just waits for it.
In the meanwhile, if one reflects soberly, there is a lesson for all sportspersons from the whole sordid affair.
What is the need for any verbal duels on the sports field? Isn't verbal acrimony the domain of fallen politicians and hallow scholars?
Very often, a smile or Grin or a jerk of the shoulder, can convey much more to a sensitive counterpart than what a thousand words can. If we were to go one step ahead, passive silence can be even more deadly as a weapon of protest.
Of course if the counterpart is unevolved and uncouth, these may fail. But the moot question, of what avail are words against such counterparts?
RE:harbhajan
by Emperor Ashoka on Jan 29, 2008 10:10 AM
Oh, you were the one standing one and a half foot away from Bhajji at Sydney cricket pitch when the drama took place? Congrats!
RE:Harbhajan Ko Phansi ho gayi...............
by Emperor Ashoka on Jan 29, 2008 10:13 AM
Michael Holding, the famous fast bowler from West Indies says that "monkey" is not a racist word, since all humans (irrespective of nationality or race) are considered as descendants of monkeys.
Re: the allegations of racism during the 2007 1 day series, India outright refused to admit that the crowds were chanting racist taunts to Symmonds (despite flashing anti racist warnings on the scoreboards). It took video evidence (which had to be supplied by amateur photographers a fair while after the games) for the BCCI to admit that racist activity was occuring (yet they still did nothing about it). Fast forward to 2008, Harbhajan racially villifies an australian player and the indian team and management scream indignant protestations of innocence... until new evidence is obtained. Now the BCCI refuses to accept the enhanced stump cam information because it will prove H's guilt.
Just go home India. we are sick of you carrying on like a child with it's hand caught in the cookie jar. Grow up and come back and see us when you can play like men.
RE:Indians = Guilty
by Indian on Jan 29, 2008 10:04 AM
@ On: Whoever you are.. fantastic. Keep it up. Can't play Murali. Can't play India (without Bucknor uncle of course..:-) Sick of India crying like a child. Doubly fantastic. Don't wanna play? Don't play. Period. Why issue false threats? Intimidating? Or is it your fair Australian way of sledging? As to the Indian crowd behaviour.. nothing to do with racism. Again . . again.. and again.. An average Indian fan doesn't even know that Symonds is not Australian.. (in fact he is fairer than an average Indian any day..) The chants were just to unnerve a supremely egotistical arrogant player who likes to make-up as something that people took to calling him as (white lipstick et al..).. So once again, if you're scared to play. Don't play. But stop behaving like a cry-baby yourself. Cheers!
