ICC announces ban on http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 players, a sad day for the world of cricket
While many in the cricketing world have time and again blatantly supported the International Cricket Council (ICC) over its decisions in the spot fixing fiasco, the verdict against the players by the ICC has certainly left a bad taste in the mouth of many.
One fails to understand the double standards that have now shrouded the international governing body. Some say this is a landmark decision that will go on to make an example out of all players involved in any kind of corruption.
However, others doubt that this will have any long term impact on immoral practices involved in the world of cricket.
If we were to delve into the details of immoral practices in the game, we will find many things that aren’t pleasing to the old fashioned cricket lover.
Sledging for one is something that is now considered an art. Making personal and snide remarks at other cricketers to provoke them is considered as part of the essence of the modern day game of the gentlemen. Ironical, when one starts to think about it.
Then we have different techniques used by bowlers to alter the conditions of the ball in order to assist them. Sweet saliva was used as a tool by England to win the 2005 Ashes series. By using mints to produce the sweet saliva in the mouth and applying it
on the ball, it produced great amounts of reverse swing.
Of course when bowling legends from the Subcontinent produced reverse swing in tournaments played in the United Kingdom they were almost always accused of ball tampering.
Stuart Broad is another example of a fine young lad, who not so long ago was found ball tampering, with the spikes under his shoe. Given he got away with inadequate punishment, courtesy his father, and, ICC official, Chris Broad, is another matter.
Who can forget the time when he hit Zulqarnain Haider with the ball, only because he was frustrated? That resulted in breaking the formers finger, but obviously Broad got away with it courtesy his father yet again.
Then we have the all important time where Giles Clarke refused to shake hands with bowling prodigy, Mohammad Amir. Of course http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Allen-c43742 Stanford, a self proclaimed
billionaire, from Texas.
A 20 million dollar cricket tournament was to be played at Lords, and of course the billionaire made his entrance in style. His helicopter landed in the middle of Lord’s cricket ground and what happened next? Well it was one of the biggest frauds in the
history of frauds and Mr http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stanford-c90880 is currently sitting behind bars in a US prison.
How can a no ball alter the decision of a match? By saying this I am in no way trying to defend the Pakistani cricket players but at the same time, it is almost as bad as taking money to give information to bookies about ground conditions.
Steve Waugh, Shane Warne and many others admittedly did so. Were they then slapped with 10 year bans? Or 7 year bans? Or five year bans?
Salman Butt gets a ban of 10 years of ineligibility, while Asif has received a sanction of 7 years, two of which are suspended, while Mohammad Amir the 18 year old cricketing prodigy is handed a five year sanction of ineligibility.
It is interesting to note how the same ICC would have dealt with players hailing from another country, perhaps the UK?
The icing on the cake, however, remains to be corruption charges against the president of the ICC Sharad Pawar, who is also known as the corrupt face of Indian politics.
In an article titled, “Sharad Pawar: The King of all corruption in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750. A call to duty for Young India”, on an Indian news website, it reads, “In the history of Independent India, there has never been a more corrupt man than Mr. Sharad Pawar. He is now
worth more than Rs 10,000 cr (Rs 2,000 cr in outright cash and more than Rs 8,000 cr in market valuation of his Land bank)”.
One can only hope that the revamped ‘moral’ ICC will do the same about their own President and deal with his corruption in the same way that they have dealt with the cricketers involved in spot fixing.
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