Fletcher lashes out at Pontings spirit sermon

If any side in the world doesnt play within the spirit of the game its Pontings Australians,yet here he is sitting in judgment on England because hes frustrated that his bowlers failed to complete the job, he said.

But Fletcher said he did not condone what England did either,even if it was not really illegal.

Amateur behaviour: Hussain

However,former England captain Nasser Hussain agreed with Ponting,saying it was an amateur and embarrassing.

What Ponting objected to is the way England went about their time-wasting and I would agree with him. For 99.9 per cent of that gripping day,they did as much as possible within the laws and spirit of the game to save the first Test,but right at the end they crossed the line, Hussain said.

When the 12th man and physio came on,they went too far. It wasnt a streetwise move at all,it was village-green stuff. It was amateur and embarrassing to watch. And it was bad for the game more like diving to win a penalty than delaying a throw-in, he wrote in the Daily Mail.