Ponting claimed Sreesanth had passed remarks and taunted five batsmen as they stepped in and out of the dressing room and wondered how he escaped punishment from the match referee for such acts of indiscipline. Sreesanth reportedly clapped his hands in Andrew Symonds' face as the all-rounder was leaving the field and said Australia would lose.

"It happened probably four or five times the other day when we lost wickets; him running past somebody coming off the ground. But what can you do about it if the authorities aren't going to do anything about it?" "It was disappointing to see that happening the other day. He (Sreesanth) chirped me out to bat as well. I snapped my head back around," Ponting was quoted as saying in the 'Herald Sun' today.

"I got a chance to ask him about it and got him one-on-one when he ran a drink out later. He said he was talking to someone else. It was someone who is not playing the game, so you don't even get a chance to get revenge on them," he said. (Agencies)