The monkey business continues

• Bucknor has been "dropped" for the third test. Billy Bowden will officiate in his place. Here's hoping that's the last we'll see of Monsieur Bucknor.
• The ICC say Bajji will be allowed to play the third test, and make a lot of noise to show how they're alleviating the tensed situation. As far as I know, Bajji was allowed to play anyway until the appeal is heard, so what's new?
• Malcolm Speed says that Bucknor & Benson had a "bad day" given their "usual high standards". WTF???
• Sachin Tendulkar denies he ever sent an SMS to Sharad Pawar. I very much doubted he is capable of doing anything so original.
• Former Australia captains Border & Waugh support Ponting, saying that Australia played the second test the way it always plays. Again, what's new?
• Some asshole Aussie & English journos write that the ICC should not let India get away with abandoning the tour, if it comes to that. The reasoning is that we are the "dictators" of world cricket. I mean, WTF???
• The way I see it, Procter has proved to the world that the Aussies are the high lords of morality while Sachin is a liar.
• Symonds feels jealous Bajji got to pat Brett Lee's bums, while he didn't.
• Some Aussie newspaper had a picture showing Symonds morphing into Hanuman. That is an affront to the great monkey.