Australian cricket under investigation

Most of the media, the Australian cricket establishment and players are trying to sheet the blame for the alleged racism in cricket to a few spectators (persons of South African voice?) despite uncomfortable reminders such as this about recent events.

The International Cricket Council has appointed India's Solicitor General, Goolam Vahanvati, to investigate. In 2004 Mr Vahanvati was one of two ICC appointed investigators who produced a 73 page report for the ICC which found that there was no evidence of racism (or more precisely racism directed at white players) in Zimbabwe cricket at the time. As subsequent events have confirmed the astuteness of this conclusion, cricket followers may therefore be confident that Mr Vahanvati will produce a fair and balanced judgment once he has had the opportunity to assess the scene in Australia.

For my part I wonder whether the whole process is straining at a gnat to swallow a camel, or as today's Herald Sun put it

"Cricket Australia warns that offending spectators will continue to be kicked out.That is the way – not resorting to a major international inquiry into the aberrant behaviour of a few idiots."