February 02, 2008	Saturday	Muharram 23, 1429

MUMBAI, Feb 1: India’s chief cricket selector Dilip Vengsarkar on Friday said he wants senior match referee Mike Procter to be hauled up by the ICC for bungling the incident involving India’s Harbhajan Singh and Andrew Symonds at Sydney Test.

The former India captain was reacting to the three-Test ban on Harbhajan imposed by match referee Procter which was later revoked by Appeals Commissioner John Hansen who reduced it to a simple monetary penalty.

Slamming former South African cricketer Procter for failing to perform his duties properly, Vengsarkar recalled the ICC official’s errors in the past and said the latest incident was only a reflection of his bungling ways.

Vengsarkar referred to the Oval Test fiasco between England and Pakistan that led to the first-ever forfeiture in Test cricket’s history and the on-field spat between Australian speedster Glenn McGrath and West Indian batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan in Antigua. He said the Sydney experience has made “the team stronger” when queried about his own experience of sledging by Australian cricketers during his playing days.

The selection panel chief also cautioned temperamental pacer Sreesanth to rein in his emotions during the one-day triangular series in Australia in view of recent happenings. —Agencies