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News reports and features relating to the controversy which saw six Indian players face sanctions in the second Test against South Africa in November, 2001.
December 1, 2001
Martin to replace Sehwag
Everyone must abide by ICC decisions: Nasser
Dalmiya explains BCCI decision to Sehwag
November 30, 2001
Dalmiya to meet ICC bosses in Kuala Lumpur
ICC, BCCI strike deal on Sehwag
Decision on referee a victory for India
Hard bargaining on, says Dalmiya
Dalmiya to meet ICC bosses in Kuala Lumpur
Dalmiya sorry for Sehwag
Dasgupta puts behind SA episode
ICC statement on Sehwag solution
Nothing to say, says Sehwag
Dalmiya-Speed meeting a sensible way out: PCB
'Decisions will not set dangerous precedent'
November 29, 2001
ICC extends deadline to Saturday
ICC offer to meet Dalmiya at KL
Battle of the Brink - Prem Panicker
Most players cheat, says Shepherd
Dalmiya dares, and delivers
Virendra Sehwag caught in crossfire
Dalmiya pushes cricket closer to civil war
November 28, 2001
Tendulkar not guilty of ball tampering: ICC
Tendulkar's fault technical, not deliberate: Denness
Dalmiya rejects ICC's demand
Pipe down, board officials to advise Indian cricketers
Pollock calls for clear guidelines on offences
November 27, 2001
A question of answers - Prem
Panicker
Steve Waugh gets Indians' message
Anatomy of an injustice - The Rediff Team
Ganguly retained captain
Decide on Sehwag by November 30: ICC
November 26:
BCCI working committee backs Dalmiya
No suspensions for India, South Africa: Gray
A 'new world order' in the ICC?
Bookie-mafia nexus: CBI chargesheets Babloo
No question of splitting the ICC: Dalmiya
SA deny compensation request reports
ICC faces new crisis over England tour
'Sehwag eligible for Mohali Test'
Sachin cannot cheat: former cricket board chief
No suspensions for India, SA: Gray
November 25:
ICC vows to win power struggle with India
Dalmiya turns hero over Denness stand
November 24:
Lele confident of match being declared official
PCB chief warns sport would become a "joke"
India will try to settle row with ICC: Dalmiya
Only Sachin has status to spark cricket crisis
November 23:
Indians victims of racial discrimination: Bharti
Bacher denies threat to 2003 World Cup
I'll officiate again, if asked, says Mike Denness
Denness row unlikely to affect England tour: Speed
Pollock doesn't want Test status for current match
British papers blame India-SA tie-up for cricket "anarchy"
Sachin will never cheat, says his mother
BCCI to challenge ICC decision
Aussie PM backs ICC to downgrade Test
Ganguly surprised by UCB decision
Indians to regard match as Test
Dropping Denness is 'pragmatic': SA minister
November 22:
Dalmiya rubbishes ICC's threat
Mike Denness was justified, says Dungarpur
Ganguly tells Steve Waugh to "shut up"
You decide, govt tells Dalmiya
India, SA defy ICC, Test declared unofficial
UCBSA asks Denness to stand down
South Africa, India dish out royal snub to ICC
SA distances itself from Denness's decisions
South African govt attacks ICC, says ties with India important
McMillian caught in the 'act'
Team practises while Dalmiya disposes
Dare to wear black! - Prem Panicker
BJP wants series pull-out if bans unfair
Pollock sees no sense in calling off tour
SA come out in support of Indian board
November 21:
BCCI demand to replace Denness rejected
Outraged protestors slam penalties
UCBSA lends support to Indian stand
Waugh backs ICC over Tendulkar ruling
The tour should go on: Bedi
Denness decisions focused India: Wright
ICC promises to 'look into' BCCI's demand
Waugh backs ICC over Tendulkar ruling
November 20:
Denness explains action against Tendulkar
Mike Denness, put up or shut up! - Prem Panicker
Replace Denness for third Test: BCCI
Mike Denness Factfile
Net Guide on Ball Tampering
The Denness dossier
It's shocking, says Dalmiya
'Indians brought game into disrepute'
'India is being targeted unfairly'
November 19:
Sachin, Sehwag, Ganguly penalised
Tendulkar questioned by match-referee
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| Poll results |
Do you think Sachin Tendulkar is guilty of ball-tampering?
| Yes
|  | 299 Votes | 6% | | No
|  | 2256 Votes | 52% | | Can't Say
|  | 118 Votes | 2% | Don't even think
about it
|  | 1645 Votes | 38% |
Total Votes : 4318
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Chronology of clash between India and the ICC
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Nov 20 - ICC match referee Mike Denness disciplines six Indian players, including Sachin Tendulkar, during the second Test against South Africa at Port Elizabeth. Batsman Virender Sehwag is banned for one match for dissent. Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Jagmohan Dalmiya calls for Denness to be replaced for the third Test.
Nov 21 - International Cricket Council chief executive Malcolm Speed rejects Dalmiya's request. Indians demonstrate in the streets, burning effigies of Denness.
Nov 22 - South African government issues statement in support of Indian team. South African cricket board agrees to replace Denness. Speed says ICC will refuse to recognise the third match between India and South Africa as an official Test if it goes ahead without Denness as match referee.
Nov 23 - Unofficial Test starts with former South Africa wicketkeeper Denis Lindsay as match referee. Sehwag is not included in India team.
Nov 26 - Dalmiya says Sehwag has served his suspension and will be available to play in first Test against England starting in Mohali on December 3.
Nov 27 - ICC set a deadline of 0630 GMT on Friday for India to make a final decision on whether or not Sehwag will play against England.
Nov 28 - Sehwag named in 14-man squad for first Test. Dalmiya refuses to accept ICC deadline.
Nov 29 - ICC extend deadline until Saturday.
Nov 30 - India agree to drop Sehwag. ICC set up commission to examine Denness's decisions.
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Who got what
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Sachin Tendulkar: One-match ban (suspended), fined 75% of match fee
Virender Sehwag: Immediate one-match ban, fined 75% of match fee
Harbhajan Singh, Deep Dasgupta and Shiv Sunder Das: Same punishment as Tendulkar
Sourav Ganguly: One-Test, two ODI ban (both suspended), assuming he remains as captain
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Quotes
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It was a move that had India seething with rage, while dispassionate experts, such as Richie Benaud, made sense of it: "If that is not picking the seam of a cricket ball, then I played the lead in Mrs Doubtfire."
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