Speaking back home to Australia a number of people have commented on the post match shenanigans at some of the smaller county grounds. With Steve Waugh and Wasim Akram's voices behind this major issue, the players should be made more comfortable and able to enjoy the experience to the fullest. Everything has run so smoothly for this spectacular event that an unfortunate incident after a game would take away all the polish.

There is no doubt in my mind that South Africa would have played exactly the same way in the same situation. Any team prepared to use remote control earpieces to relay tactics during a match would have been the first to bat identically to Australia. I bet England are ruing their tactic of batting slowly in the final overs against Zimbabwe. When Graham Thorpe was dismissed, Neil Fairbrother and Nasser Hussain took a long time to finish off the modest Zimbok total. While no-one commented about England's extra batting practice, it could well have been the difference in run rate between the host country progressing through to the next round or being the villains as they now find themselves.

Describing the Aussies tactics as 'without principle' is ridiculous to me, as a team has every right to progress through to the finals as best they can. Considering the positive and entertaining style of Australian cricket nine-and-a-half out of ten times, it is my humble opinion that people should not be so critical of one incident.