Inzy and ICC in game of Texas hold ‘em
England vs Pakistan, 4th Test, The Oval 2006
Friday is going to be a big day. Inzamam is to appear in London on Friday to answer charges of ball-tampering and bringing the game in to disrepute and the potential outcomes of this hearing hold significant consequences for everyone involved.
As I see it, there are three possible outcomes from the 2 charges that have been leveled at Inzy;
1. He is found guilty of ball tampering and not guilty of disrepute
2. He is found guilty of both
3. He is found not guilty of tampering and guilty of disrepute
There is a fourth possibility of course that he will be cleared of both charges but we all know this isn’t going to happen. This stone’s a rolling and it’s got to hit something.
Now, unless Darryl Hair is holding back his key testimony for Friday’s show-trial, then we may reasonably assume that the allegation of ball tampering is not going to be substantiated with details of a specific tampering event (and tamperer) that was witnessed by either Hair or Doctrove.
In the absence of such important facts then the tampering charge is likely to be dropped en-route to pinning the disrepute charge on Inzy. A plea bargain if you will.
The ICC’s agenda here is clear. “As a player, thou shalt not second guess anyone in a white coat or thou shalt be punished.”
There is no intent from what I can see to investigate the actions and behaviour of the umpires that led us to these events and I fear that as time moves on, the belligerent doctrine of umpire infallibility constantly spewing from Malcolm Speed will succeed in deflecting any accountability on the men in white.
My prediction therefore for Friday;
Tampering - not guilty
Disrepute - Guilty
Punishment - Ban for 5 ODI’s
Posted: August 22nd, 2006 under Cricket.
Comments: 4
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Comment from Seb
Time: August 22, 2006, 2:59 pm
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Comment from S Jagadish
Time: August 22, 2006, 9:42 pm
I predict a ban of not more than 4 ODIs for Inzy and Hair will not umpire in games involving SL & Pak, but the ICC won’t obviously give a public commitment. It’ll be behind the scenes, and surreptitious.
Comment from tasmeena
Time: August 23, 2006, 4:34 am
DEAR SIR
DARREL SHOULD RESIGN
REVERSE SWING CONTROVERSY
HERE WE GO AGAIN
Before I may say anything let me assure you that I am an ardent fan of Cricket and I love this game so whatever I say is not due to partialism.
I am going to be straight forward in what I want to say….no diplomatic ways of narration…because I have had enough of whining and worst spotsmanship by the English….
Today we have had another drama about Reverse Swing……Last year when Jones,Flintoff and Hoggard were reverse swinging ,never was the ball shown to be examined by umpires and it was taken to be just a case of an art being put in practice….!! The English Trio was hailed as MASTERS OF REVERSE SWING…!!!! No one found anything wrong….
Now I want to take you back almost 15 years in the past….1990-91…. West Indies Captain D.Haynes and New zealand Captain M.Crowe “ACCUSED” Pakistan for doing “something ” to the ball….In fact it was just because they were whiners who could not take defeats fairly……Similarly in 1992 English media,newspapers,Players and dare I say even children and housewives went up in unison that PAKISTAN is tempering with ball….!!! Fact was that ENGLISH were totally oblivious with regards to this art…They did not know about it altogether…
Hence each English player thought “if I don’t know how to do it then it must be something illegal …so why NOT accuse the other party and hide my embarrasment of defeat through these allegations…”
Plainly I can say that if Person A does not know how to solve mathematical equations but person B does …then if A accuses B to be proponent of witch craft…then it will be a sad case of accusation due to one’s own less-learned approach…!!! That is exactly what has been happening till last year when finally England learned to reverse swing….
It is on record that once I.Botham said …”THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS REVERSE SWING…IT IS ALL BUT PURE CHEATING” and now he is seen saying “ENGLAND BOWLERS ARE THE MASTERS OF REVERSE SWING….”
HMMMM …How quickly one can change one’s words and thoughts……I even read in in English newspapers last year that reverse swing is as old as 1930’s and has been in practice in England…since then….how amazing….!!!!
Now today when England thought they were going to lose fairly and squarely….an old “ally” came to their rescue..in the form of ever controversial, highly inept DARREL HAIR…Who seems to plagued with different “HUMAN ERRORS OF JUDGEMENT” whenever he is adjudicating on an appeal raised by Indian, Pakistani,Srilankan player…..He might not hear a big nick from 22 yards though it might be heard by a sparrow sitting 75 yards away on boundary..!!!
He can ask for banning players for “over appealing” , he can warn bowlers and even batsmen for tempering with wicket…by running on it (only Asians have been accused by him..be it TENDULKAR,SALMAN BUT OR KANERIA…)…
Then he can call a bowler a chucker…be it Murali,Afridi, Akhtar,Shabbir or Hafeez….
Still he is on elite panel….Pakistan team have lodged official complaints about this HIGHLY PARTIAL umpire at least 3 times in 5 years…but still he is seen officiating no other match but those involving Pakistan,,….
Fact of the matter is that with the passage of time this man has been growing wild with respect to Asian countries…and now he has started going really berserk….What happened today is totally INCOMPREHENSIBLE…..
When after each over the ball is examined then how on earth the ball was deemed to be tempered so suddenly…….
It is a fact that HAIR must be congratulated that in Cricket History …he is only the second umpire after T.Robinson from Zimbabwe ..who actually tempered with the ball….yes T.Robinson actually soaked a ball in water after he saw it reversing for Pakistan during a match in 1998….
Today, I am sure that it was HAIR who scratched the ball with blades during some break….WHY DO WE ALWAYS ACCUSE TEAMS…IF ROBINSON DID IT IN 1998 why can’t Hair do it in 2006….
I think we should look this matter from other PERSPECTIVE…..Justice can only be met if impartialty is met with….
Because when umpires are always checking ball how can it be tempered…if and only if they are BLIND or if they are tempering with it themselves….
Nowadays cameras are there…millions are watching on TV and scores of officials on ground are there….nowadays ball can not be scratched so easily by players …unless an umpire DOES it himself …YES an umpire can temper with the ball legally …on the pretext of setting the seem of ball right by plucking with blades………!!!!!!
So before getting on to any conclusion I think looking at track record of this HIGHLY PARTIAL and dare I say very very rude umpire ….if justice is to be maintained then he should also be probed…..and what to say about his fellow umpire BILLY DOCTROVE….Who dileberately did not give Jimmy Adams caught behind against Pakistan in 2000 and Pakistan lost….later on he went into Pakistan dressing room…and officially apologized for partial umpiring…!!! wow…and still he is on elite panel and officiating in allaince with D.HAIR…
I think if fast bowlers can hunt in pairs then shrewd and dishonest umpires can also hunt as well as hurt in pairs….!!!!!
I think umpires are not beyond the game…they are part of it and they are human too…so they can resort to vindictism and wrong doing…so why not probe them too………
CASE CLOSED……
A VERY VERY DISAPPOINTED FAN OF GAME OF GENTLEMEN…!!!!
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