Teams playing against Australia fail to understand that the banter, gamesmanship and sledging it uses is the way Australian kids joust and play in the schoolyard and backyard.

On the other hand Aussie teams can't stomach time-wasting tactics and perceived manipulation of the rules, including calling for runners, over-appealing and the alleged altering of the ball's condition.

For Australia to win after being 6-134 on day one, it shows the character of this side and it's never-say-die attitude and ability to adjust to all conditions and circumstances.

Racism is always a difficult issue, but this case is exacerbated by the nationality of the accusers.

This, India will say, is the pot calling the kettle you know what.

How galling can it be for people who have suffered from racist and imperious attitudes from westerners throughout their history to suddenly see their fans and players so piously denounced?

Indian commentators disingenuously suggested "monkey" was a normal term of abuse for somebody misbehaving, somehow erasing the whole dismal history of this episode and taking it all back to where we started.

Strange that the only person labelled monkey in the Australian team is the only black person.

During the Indian episode Symonds quietly went about his business. It was a storm he did not enjoy being in the eye of.