Strauss backs ECB’s move to fine Pietersen for Twitter outburst – Cricket News Roundup – May 25, 2012 – Part 3
England’s Test captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806 for publicly criticising
Sky Sports, their official broadcasters.
“… the board wasn't happy with Kevin's comments with regard to our broadcaster,” Strauss explained. “That's their right as a board, so Kevin has obviously received a fine because of that … Any employer would expect their employees to be aware of sensitive
issues for them.”
Pietersen questioned the credentials of Nick Knight, former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 batsman turned
Sky commentator for home Tests on the micro-blogging site Twitter. His statements drew an immediate reaction from the ECB (which has a £280 million deal which grants
Sky Sports broadcast rights for international and County matches), and the 31-year-old was summoned for a disciplinary hearing, in addition to being issued a fine for having hurt the interests of the board, and acted contrary to what was expected from
an England player.
An FIR registered against Australian batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Luke-Pomersbach-c1856, who was implicated under molestation and assault charges earlier this month, has been quashed by the Delhi High Court.
The 27-year-old batsman, currently affiliated with the Royal Challengers Bangalore franchise in the ongoing Indian Premier League, was arrested for having allegedly molested an American woman (Zohal Hamid) at the Maurya Sheraton in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780, and having physically
attacked her fiancé when he protested to the cricketer’s behaviour.
He was later granted bail when the court failed to find sufficient evidence against him, and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hamid-c61327 later expressed the intent to drop all charges against the accused. The Delhi High Court made the decision to quash the case after both parties expressed the
willingness to reach an out-of-court settlement.
PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf is optimistic that that the BCCI’s recent gestures indicate a willingness to bring about a resumption of bilateral ties between Pakistan and India.
“The BCCI has already taken the first step by including http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashraf-c46397 said.
The two countries last played a bilateral series in 2007, after which the 2008 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 terrorist attacks led to a freeze in sporting ties between the two countries. The BCCI has been reluctant to revive their relations with the PCB, but recent developments,
including the invitation issued to Ashraf to attend the IPL final, and the inclusion of Pakistan’s domestic T20 champions, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sialkot-c842 Stallions, in the upcoming Champions League, indicate an upward trend in the ties between the two nations.
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