Aus complain about crowd behavior

Cricket Australia sent a letter of complaint to their South African counterparts on Friday over what coach Darren Lehmann called "disgraceful" verbal abuse aimed at his players by the crowd in the third Test at Newlands.

Australia are unhappy over what they believe were a number of personal attacks by supporters on players that crossed the boundaries of decency in a series that has seen heated incidents on the pitch.

"I think it's been disgraceful, you are talking about abuse of players and their families, it's not on anywhere in the world," Lehmann told reporters after the second day's play. You can have your banter, but they have gone too far here. We have written to Cricket South Africa, we will wait to see their response." One spectator was ejected from the members' area at Newlands when he initiated a heated verbal exchange with Australia's opening batsman David Warner, who was climbing the stairs to the dressing room after being dismissed before lunch.

"They have got to be better than that when they come to international events, it's just disgraceful," Lehmann added.