No chance for monkey chants
After 'monkey taunts' hurled on their all-rounder Andrew Symonds overshadowed the recent ODI series against India, Cricket Australia has banned any such crowd gesture during the Tests against Sri Lanka.
However, the crowd would have the liberty of shouting 'no-ball' when spinner Muttiah Muralidaran bowls.
"Monkey chanting would result in automatic ejection. There is no place to hide if people misbehave," said Peter Young, CA's spokesman and anti-racism officer.
Eighty closed circuit television cameras will be on the lookout for such chants and other anti-social behaviour during Australia's first Test of the season against Sri Lanka at the Gabba.
"(But) We're not going to throw people out of the ground for shouting no-ball. We're expecting people to get an earful, that's what happens in Australia ... As long as people don't cross the line," he was quoted as saying by the 'Australian Associated Press'.
Muralidaran has copped plenty of crowd sledging for his questionable action and also been pelted by fruit at the Gabba four years ago.
Young said CA will take a zero tolerance approach to any forms of racism.
"There is absolutely no place for racism in cricket either off or on the field. Basically, Australia is a very egalitarian country and Australian people are fair-minded and we're very optimistic, we don't expect an issue (of racism).
"We don't expect a problem but if the unexpected does occur we have the processes in place to detect and eject people who have done the wrong thing," he added.
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