Zeenews Bureau
Hobart, Feb 02: The hostility of Australian fans plunged to a new low on Saturday. Continuing their trend of trying to bully the visiting Asian teams by their rowdy behaviour, the Aussie fans added another chapter to their growing list of embarrassment. In a shameful incident, one amongst a group of Aussie fans threw an egg on Sri Lankan spin wizard and cricketing legend Muttiah Muralitharan`s face in Hobart.
"An egg was thrown at Muralitharan and it struck him in his face," a top Sri Lankan cricket official told reporters here, adding the authorities were looking into the incident that happened last night.
The Sri Lankans are in Australia to play a tri-nation ODI series which also involves India.
A newspaper reported that Sri Lankan cricketers, including Muralitharan, were jeered and attacked by some local residents in Hobart when they were returning to their hotel after dinner last night.
"The Sri Lanka team management had then taken action to safely guide the players back to their hotel and the police arrived at the scene," the newspaper said.
The off-spinner has had a history of hostility with the Australian spectators, who have jeered him on previous tours, forcing him to stop going Down Under for some time.
Muralitharan was no-balled by Aussie umpires and the bowler had to undergo laboratory tests to prove the legality of his bowling action.
