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Flintoff-Ganguly: no action
Wisden CricInfo staff - December 6, 2001

MOHALI, India (Reuters)
Match referee Denis Lindsay decided to take no action over an incident involving England's Andrew Flintoff and Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly on the third day of the first Test. Flintoff and Ganguly exchanged words after the lefthander miscued a pull against the paceman.

"The incident in question was handled on the field of play by the umpires and nothing was untoward," said Lindsay, a former South Africa international. "You can't have a game of cricket and not have the odd chirp here and there. As long as it's not personal, that's what the game is all about. You're looking for a bit of banter, not a faceless game."

Flintoff and Ganguly exchanged words even earlier when Ganguly withdrew from the wicket because of movement near the sightscreen as Flintoff reached his delivery stride.

England assistant coach Graham Dilley described the incident as just "some banter between two ex-team mates from Lancashire".

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