Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds has strongly opposed ICC Appeals Commissioner's blame that he sparked off the racism row involving Harbhajan Singh during the Sydney Test, saying it makes his "blood boil" if anyone questioned his integrity.
"To have people questioning my integrity as a person and cricketer is pretty ordinary," Symonds said in his first reaction to the whole "head-spinning" episode.
"Anyone who knows me, understands that I'm a very straight up and down bloke, what you see is what you get, so to have people saying I'm not playing cricket in the right spirit really makes my blood boil," he wrote in his column for 'Sunday Telegraph'.
ICC Appeals Commissioner John Hansen had criticised Symonds' behaviour in the Test, saying he had unnecessarily instigated the verbal exchange while letting off Harbhajan, who was accused of racially abusing the all rounder, with minor punishment.
Symonds said it was "shattering" to hear the outcome of the hearing after the controversy had taken a toll on him as well as his family.
http://cricket.indiatimes.com/Dont_question_my_integrity_Symonds/articleshow/2752459.cms
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