Australia lodge complaint over Harbhajan

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Cricket Australia (CA) have lodged a formal complaint with the Indian cricket board over comments made by Harbhajan Singh about Matthew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist.

CA chief executive James Sutherland asked the Indian board to take action against Harbhajan after he called Hayden "a big liar" and said Gilchrist was "no saint".

"Enough is enough," Sutherland wrote in a letter to the board, published in Sydney's Sun Herald newspaper.

"Despite assurances that you have instructed him not to fuel this issue any more, Harbhajan continues to say whatever he wants.

"When will it ever end? Could you please deal with your player in regard to these comments."

The Indian board said it had instructed Harbhajan not to comment on the controversies which marred the tour Down Under.

"We have told Harbhajan that there should be no more such comments," board secretary Niranjan Shah told Reuters on Sunday. "We both (boards) feel players should not get into these things again."

Harbhajan was involved in several disputes with the Australian players during their recent tour.

Relations between the teams deteriorated to such a point that the Indians briefly suspended the tour and the International Cricket Council appointed a mediator to broker a peace deal.