Ponting Clarifies

The racial abuse charges, though still to be investigated, seemed to have originated not from Symonds, but from our very own journalists.

Asked why so much hue and cry was made on the Symonds issue, Ponting said: "I don't think Andrew Symonds has made a big deal of the racism remarks. It were the Indian journalists who made me aware of what happened. Andrew has dealt with it in the most sensible way. He did not run into anybody and tell what happened."

Symonds, finally turns out to be human and a level-headed human to boot.

It is the Press, Indian and Australian, who seem to have lost their heads.