Unsportsmanlike Conduct

In cricket-obsessed India, where the travails of the country's national team are front-page news, a feud between its coach, Australian Greg Chappell, and its captain, Sourav Ganguly, has become more captivating than any test match. During the team's tour to Zimbabwe last month, an outraged Ganguly told the Indian press that Chappell was demanding he resign as captain; Ganguly threatened to quit the team in protest. Days later, in an e-mail to India's cricket board which was leaked to the media, Chappell described the 32-year-old as "struggling," "fragile" and "nervous" and suggested he needed to step down as captain to focus...

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