Madugalle confident of resolving feud

MELBOURNE: ICC's Chief Match Referee Ranjan Madugalle, sent Down Under to act as 'peacemaker' between the Indian and Australian teams, is confident of normalizing relations following the controversy-marred Sydney Test.
    
Madugalle is due to arrive in Perth on Saturday and is likely to meet rival captains Anil Kumble and Ricky Ponting the following day.
    
The former Sri Lankan batsman has been sent as a facilitator with a brief to peacefully resolve the animosity and ill-feeling that surfaced in the aftermath of the second Test.
    
Madugalle said his previous dealings with Ponting and Kumble had led him to believe both were reasonable men, well capable of reaching an amicable arrangement.
    
"They are two captains with a great amount of experience, and they would know that the game is bigger than everything," Madugalle was quoted as saying by 'Sydney Morning Herald'.
    
"This has been big news all over the world. It is not right that I speak of their character traits, but I do believe they will want to do everything they can to bring the attention back to the game."
    
"I will meet with Cricket Australia when I arrive (in Perth) and we will discuss the time and place of the meeting from there," he said before leaving Colombo.