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Nottingham, Aug 1: Taking a tough stand on
the poor on-field behaviour of players during the second cricket
Test between India and England, ICC Match Referee Ranjan
Madugalle will have a word with captains of both the sides
before the third and final Test at Oval next week. Players from
both the teams indulged in 'sledging' during the match and
Madugalle felt it was high time Michael Vaughan and Rahul Dravid
stood up and took responsibility.
"I'll have a word with the captains,"
Madugalle was quoted as saying by the 'Independent'. "The most
important thing is for the captains to realise their
responsibilities and for that to cascade down to the rest of the
team. People should remember the game for the quality of cricket
that is played, that is the bottom line," he added.
The second Test, which India went on to win
by seven wickets, was marred by England's jelly bean prank on
Zaheer Khan, sledging among players and Indian pacer S
Sreesanth's beamers and his deliberate collision with Vaughan.
Both the captains have played down the incidents saying it was
nothing more than intensity of the players on display.
"I don't think we stepped over the line. Maybe we said a few
things too much in the first innings but it's called
gamesmanship, I don't think we've said anything untoward. We are
just trying to play tough cricket and that's what most teams do
at this level," Vaughan has said. (Agencies)
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