In the wake of India's decision to suspend their tour of Australia we look at other incidents to rock the sport.
Incidents that have rocked gentleman's game to the core
India's decision to suspend their tour of Australia while they appeal against the suspension of Harbhajan Singh for racial abuse has rocked cricket. Here,
skysports.com looks at some of the other controversies to have hit the sport.
ANDREW SYMONDS
Australia batsman Andrew Symonds was subjected to racial abuse by India fans in the final one-day international in Mumbai in October 2007.
An Australian photographer captured on camera spectators in the North Stand enacting monkey gestures, a complaint that had been first made during the fifth one-dayer at Vadodara.
The matter was brought to the notice of Chris Broad, the ICC match referee, by the Australian team management, and Broad later said that action had been taken against the offenders.
The incident happened just hours after Sharad Pawar and Creagh O'Connor, the respective presidents of the BCCI and Cricket Australia, issued a joint statement saying there was no place for racism in cricket. Symonds lasted just one ball in the match, falling to Murali Kartik, but was booed vociferously on his walks to and from the middle.
DARRELL HAIR
What started with Hair penalising Pakistan for alleged ball-tampering and their after-tea protest on the fourth day of the fourth Test against England at The Oval was blown up into a much wider affair.
Hair and Billy Doctrove refused to continue the game and stated the match had already ended with a Pakistani forfeiture, even though both teams were willing to continue.
The Test was abandoned, with the match awarded to England.
Hair subsequently offered to resign by e-mail from his position in return for a non-negotiable one-off payment of US $500,000 directly into his bank account which was to be kept confidential by both sides. He subsequently revoked this offer two days later.
Following a two-day meeting in November 2006, the ICC banned the Australian umpire from officiating in international matches.
In February 2007 Hair announced he was suing the ICC and the Pakistan Cricket Board on grounds of racial discrimination. By October 2007 he had dropped the case.
BASIL D'OLIVIERA
Basil D'Oliviera never played cricket for his native South Africa because of the colour of his skin.
He moved to England where he made his name with Worcestershire before representing his adopted country for the first time in 1966.
A century in a drawn series against Australia failed to prevent D'Oliviera being overlooked for the 1968/69 tour to South Africa as the MCC avoided an expected backlash from the host nation if England selected a player of colour.
When D'Oliviera was called up as a replacement and the South African government declared him unwelcome it was the beginning of that country's sporting isolation.
HERSCHELLE GIBBS
South Africa's Herschelle Gibbs was banned for two Test matches for making racist comments during the first Test against Pakistan in January 2007.
Gibbs was caught on a microphone in Centurion calling a section of Pakistani fans "animals" after team-mate Paul Harris had been abused while fielding.
The Pakistani management made an official complaint to referee Chris Broad although the ban was later changed to one Test, one Twenty20 game and one ODI match.
DARREN LEHMANN
Darren Lehmann was the first Australian cricketer to be suspended for a racist outburst in a ODI in Brisbane in January 2003.
Lehmann's comments followed his return to the dressing room after being run out by Russel Arnold after he had helped compile a match-winning 72-run stand with Michael Bevan.
Members of the Sri Lankan team and management heard Lehmann yelling a racist epithet in their dressing room and immediately lodged an official complaint with match referee Lloyd.
Lehmann immediately sent a letter of apology which was accepted by the Sri Lanka team.
The ICC suspended Lehmann for five ODI matches after he was found guilty at a hearing.
