All politics is forgotten and public attention is very much on events in South Africa as Mike Denness, the match referee brings the game into disrepute by blatant partisan decisions and sadly the word racism is used with some justification.
We see clip after clip of abusive actions by several white players but no action is taken by referees and umpires.
Whilst players from the sub-continent are punished for minor offences and sadly the ICC Chief Executive supports biased and clearly wrong decisions by the referee and it is good that both India and South Africa have reacted strongly and much credit to all concerned.
Report from London By Gwynne Dyer