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He told BBC Sport: "I haven't found the Australians to be abusive towards me at all.
"It's more a question that they know they can unsettle. They got under the skin of someone like Herschelle Gibbs and it worked well for them because he got involved with it.

"There was nothing personal or untoward said, except they tried from a cricketing point of view to get under his skin and unsettle him, and they managed to do that well."


Dippenaar was backed by former Australia opener Justin Langer, who told the BBC he felt the team had not overstepped the mark with their behaviour on the field.

"Australian cricket, and Australian sports people in general, play very hard. And certainly in terms of the cricket team, it has been a vital ingredient in their extra-ordinary success," he said.

"My personal view is that the players are not going too far. The guys play tough and have been brought up that way."

Australia's centrally contracted players released a document in 2003 called 'The Players' Spirit of Australian Cricket' in which they said they would "Play our cricket hard but fair and...not condone or engage in sledging or any other conduct that constitutes personal abuse".

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For me the word 'untoward' is an adjective.

Is it correct to say 'there is nothing personal or untoward said, except ... ?


I would write something like the following with the adjective 'untoward'.

If nothing untoward happens, the team will arrive ...