Whilst the NZ v Aus series is of little interest to me, it has been extremely interesting to follow what has been happening. Firstly to see the Aussies lose has been great, they have now lost 5 in a row! For any major international team that is a disaster, to see it happen to Australia is awesome!

The Brad Haddin/Michael Clarke dismissal has shown Australia’s true colours once more. This is nothing new. The underarm incident (the most disgraceful act ever in cricket), the Sneddon catch that was disallowed, Darrell Hair no balling Murali, Darrell Hair alleging the Pakis tampered the ball, the list goes on and on…

I really think Australia should go back to their previous colour because there is only one green and gold, and time and time again the Aussies have shown themselves to be yellow.

The dismissal of Neil Broom was definitely not out. Brad Haddin definitely cheated. On replay it is quite clear that the ball did not hit, and was not going to hit the stumps.

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Brad Haddin had to be aware where his gloves were. No international wicketkeeper is that stupid. At the very least he had to be unsure. But the way he acted left no doubt that he cheated, and got away with it. Had Australia been cruising to victory there is no doubt in my mind he would not have appealed and acted the way he did. The fact that he acted as he did when under pressure showed his canary yellow colours.

The reaction after the game, and the support shown by Ponting is a disgrace. But then I’ve never had any respect for Ponting, the biggest cheat of them all.