 Wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist was charged today by the Australian Cricket Board with making
public comments detrimental to the interests of cricket following remarks about the bowling action of Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan.
ACB said the charge was laid following vice-captain Gilchrist's remarks about Muralitharan's bowling action in the media. ACB chief executive officer James Sutherland said he had sought and received an explanation from Gilchrist about his comments. "After reading the statements attributed to Adam, I rang him and asked him to provide me with more details about the accuracy of the comments and how they came to be in the public domain," said Sutherland. "After considering Adam's explanation, I have issued a charge under the ACB Code of Behaviour. An ACB commissioner will determine whether Adam's comments are in breach of the
code." Sutherland said ACB did not support Gilchrist's comments. "Muttiah Muralitharan's action has been cleared by the International Cricket Council (ICC) after an exhaustive review... The ICC has a rigid and comprehensive process in place to continually assess the legality of bowling actions and ACB supports this process." The time and venue for the ACB hearing over Gilchrist's charge has not been announced.
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