Adelaide: What did Harbhajan Singh tell Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds to provoke the charge of racial abuse against the Indian and create a furore in world cricket?
The recordings from the stump microphone, which were produced before the Appeals Commissioner Justice John Hansen who cleared Harbhajan of the racial abuse but found him guilty of using offensive language, reveal the following exchanges:
Symonds to Harbhajan at the end of the over: "Go and yell at your teammates...You called me monkey again."
Australian opener Matthew Hayden interjects: "You have got a witness now champ," obviously addressing Symonds.
Apparently turning to Harbhajan, Hayden is heard saying, "That is the last time".
Harbhajan: "No, listen, he started it."
Hayden: "Doesn't matter mate, it is racial vilification mate. It is a sh** word and you know it".
These exchanges took place on January 4, the third day of the Sydney Test and the Australians filed a complaint against Harbhajan.
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