Pakistani social media glamorizing Umar Akmal and other tainted players - Where is the country and its reputation?

This is a shame, because no doubt our religion has been empathetic on giving those a second chance who say they'd, but my objection is that we also have a saying from Hazrat Abu Huraira RA, that مومن ایک بل سے دو بار نہیں ڈستا, which has following description in Urdu,

حدیث کا مقصد اس حقیقت کی طرف اشارہ کرنا ہے کہ مومن دانا جو حق و انصاف کا علم بردار اور دین کا حامی و محافظ ہوتا ہے اس کی شان یہ ہے کہ وہ کسی عہد شکن اور سرکش سے، جو دین کا دشمن ہے درگزر نہ کرے اللہ کی راہ میں اور اللہ کی خاطر اس کو اپنے غضب و انتقام کا نشانہ بنانے سے نہ چوکے، بار بار حلم و بردباری اور چشم پوشی کا رویہ اختیار نہ کرے اور اس کے دھوکہ میں نہ آئے واضح رہے کہ کسی دنیاوی معاملہ میں فریب کھا جانا زیادہ اہمیت نہیں رکھتا مگر کسی دین کے معاملہ میں فریب نہ کھانا چاہیے۔علماء نے لکھا ہے کہ نبی صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے مذکورہ ارشاد گرامی میں جس حکیمانہ اصول کی طرف اشارہ کیا ہے حقیقت یہ ہے کہ وہ ایک عظیم الشان تعلیم ہے جس کی بنیاد دین کی رعایت و حمایت اور دشمنان دین کے شر و فساد کی بیخ کنی ہے۔ مذکوہ بالا ارشاد گرامی کا پس منظر یہ ہے کہ زمانہ رسالت میں عرب کا ایک مشہور شاعر ابوغرہ تھا اور اس کا تعلق کفار کے اس طبقہ سے تھا جو اسلام، ذات رسالت پناہ اور مسلمانوں کے خلاف نفرت و عداوت اور سب شتم کے پہاڑ تراشنے پر مامور تھے چنانچہ وہ اپنے اشعار کے ذریعہ مسلمانوں کی ہجو کیا کرتا تھا اور اپنی قوم کے شریر لوگوں کو مسلمانوں کی ایذاء و اہانت پر اکسایا کرتا تھا جب بدر کے میدان میں حق باطل کے درمیان پہلی معرکہ آرائی ہوئی اور اللہ نے اپنے مٹھی بھر بندوں کو دشمنان دین پر فتح عطا فرمائی اور مکہ کے بہت سارے کفار جس میں ان کے زعماء و اساطین بھی تھے قیدی بنا کر مدینہ منورہ لے گئے تو ان میں وہ بد بخت شاعر ابوغرہ بھی تھا اس نے بارگاہ رسالت میں اپنے پچھلے سیاہ ناموں پر اظہار ندامت کیا اور عفو خواہی کے ساتھ یہ عہد کیا کہ اب میں کبھی بھی ایسے افعال بد کے پاس نہیں پھٹکوں گا۔چنانچہ نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کو اس بد بخت پر رحم و کرم کرنے کا موقع مل گیا اور آپ نے اس کے عہد و پیمان کی بنیاد پر اس کو رہا کر دیا لیکن اس کی ازلی شفاعت و بد بختی نے اس کو چین سے نہیں بیٹھنے دیا اور وہ اپنی قوم میں پہنچ کر پہلی روش پر چلنے لگا یہاں تک کہ اللہ نے اس کو دوبارہ جنگ احد کے موقع پر قیدی کی حثییت سے بارگاہ رسالت میں پہنچا دیا اس نے اس مرتبہ بھی وہی عہد و پیمان کا حربہ استعمال کیا اور اظہار ندامت و عفو خواہی کے ساتھ امان چاہنے لگا اور آئندہ اپنی ان حرکتوں سے باز رہنے کا عہد و پیمان کیا لیکن نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے اس کو معاف نہیں کیا اور اس کو جہنم رسید کر دینے کا حکم فرمایا۔چنانچہ اس کو قتل کر دیا گیا، اس وقت جب بعض لوگوں نے اس کی سفارش کی اور نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم سے درخواست کی کہ اس کو ایک مرتبہ اور معاف فرما دیا جائے تو حضور صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا مومن ایک سوراخ سے دوبارہ نہیں ڈسا جاتا۔

Our social media 'activists'

This is stupidity of our so called social media 'activists' who're/have been busy and using their energy(s) in glorifying tainted players like Umar Akmal, Muhammad Asif who were a great talent but the fact is the chance which mother nature gave to them, they ruined it because of their greed, and even though when Pakistani bleak judiciary stepped up and took action against them, here our so called social 'activists' are/have been glorifying such players to have a complementary PR on the social media medium.

Where is the country and its pride?

One is for sure, there is a big difference and a thick line between forgiveness and forgiving to be inducted into representing the national side is the other direction. We have a very bad habit of using phrases from Holy Quran and احادیث for supporting our arguments, instead of checking our arguments with respect to the Holy Quran and Sunnah, but what I quoted initially, does it gives an idea of utilizing them again who betrayed? If we give chances and glorify the tainted players, what message are we conveying to the sincere players who play with their heart out? Isn't it unfair to them? Isn't Islam talks about their rights as well? Isn't country's pride secondary aspect? I am not saying ban them but don't allow them to wear Pakistani blazer and representing Pakistani colour on international arena is unfair to those players who are playing with sincerity.

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The Hansie Cronje' Chronicles

Hansie Cronje could have had been a hero for all
young cricketers when he went all South.

Sorry to say but this is the reality of modern day world, where we have ended being human and instead monetized ourselves, like we say in Urdu, جو ہوگا دیکھا جائے گا، ابھی تو کرنے دو۔ (let us do what we want, who has seen the future), this is a shameful reality of our-so-called-modern-society, where everything including life of a living human being is monetized which itself is a non-living-thing.

Greed is evil

Evil as red, this is literally like a devil's advocate which is center of all conspiracy when it comes to current modern world conflict(s) we are seeing in our living times, which is a shame that where are we heading towards? Are we acting like human beings? This is the QUESTION we should all ask from our-own-selves instead of pointing fingers on others as if we play god.

1. The first blow

April 7, 2000 Delhi police charge Hansie Cronje with fixing South Africa's ODIs against India in March for money. They also release transcripts of an alleged conversation between Cronje and an Indian businessman, suggested to be a bookie, Sanjay Chawla. The conversation is about who is playing and who is not, who is in on the "deal", the amount alleged to be paid to Cronje and his team-mates Herschelle Gibbs, Pieter Strydom and Nicky Boje. Cronje denies any involvement in the matter, and the South African board, former players and media rally behind him.

2. Cronje's denial

April 9, 2000 South Africa's captain continues to stand his ground, saying at a press conference: "I want to make it 100% clear that I deny ever receiving any sum of money during the one-day international series in India. I want to also make it absolutely clear I have never spoken to any member of the team about throwing a game."

3. Cronje confesses

April 11, 2000 The South African board sacks Cronje after he calls the board's managing director, Ali Bacher, at 3am and admits he "had been dishonest" over his activities in India. Cronje acknowledges receiving $10,000 to 15,000 for "providing information and forecast but not match-fixing" during the one-day series in India.

4. Dodgy Test investigated

April 12, 2000 The South African board says the controversial fifth Test between South Africa and England at Centurion in January, during which both sides forfeited an innings at Cronje's suggestion, will be investigated as part of the inquiry into match-fixing allegations.

5. The Indian government steps in

April 28, 2000 The Indian government orders the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe the match-fixing allegations and to find out whether any Indian cricketer or official was involved.

6. The King Commission inquiry

June 7, 2000 Former South African cricketer Pat Symcox testifies before the King Commission, which is inquiring into the Cronje scandal, that he had been approached by Cronje about "throwing" a match against Pakistan during the 1994-95 season. He also confirms that during a team meeting in Mumbai in 1996, Cronje had conveyed an offer of $250,000 dollars to lose a one-dayer.

7. A damning confession

June 8, 2000 Herschelle Gibbs effectively seals Cronje's fate, confessing he had accepted an offer from his former captain to make less than 20 runs in a one-day match in India earlier in the year in exchange for $15,000.

8. More South African players' testification

June 9, 2000 Nicky Boje, one of those named in the match-fixing case by the Delhi police, tells the King Commission he was shocked to hear his name linked to the scandal and said Cronje had never approached him with an offer to play badly. Seam bowler Henry Williams testifies that he had been offered $15,000 by Cronje to bowl expensively in a one-day international in India earlier in the year. Pieter Strydom reveals that he had been offered money by Cronje before the first Test against India in Mumbai in February.

9. Cronje offered immunity

June 10, 2000 After three days of damaging revelations during the King Commission hearings, Cronje is offered immunity from criminal prosecution in South Africa if he makes a full disclosure about his role in match-fixing.

10. Kallis' testimony

June 13, 2000 Jacques Kallis corroborates evidence by Mark Boucher and Lance Klusener that Cronje had made an offer to the three players in a hotel room before the second Test against India in Bangalore in March 2000.

11. Cronje accuses Azhar

June 15, 2000 Cronje confesses to taking about $100,000 in bribes from gamblers since 1996, but he claims that he had never thrown or fixed a match. He also announces his retirement from cricket. Cronje tells the King Commission that former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin had introduced him to a bookie who offered him money to throw a 1996 Test match during South Africa's tour of India. Azharuddin calls the allegation "rubbish".

12. Cronje breaks down

June 23, 2000 Cronje is led away in tears after his three-day cross examination by the King Commission ends in Cape Town. He gives evidence clearly and admits that he accepted money from bookmakers and says his "great passion of the game and for my team-mates'' was matched by "an unfortunate love of money".

13. Paul Condon heads ICC investigation

June 26, 2000 Cronje begs forgiveness for his involvement in illicit gambling deals after the first round of hearings of the King Commission closes.

A former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Paul Condon, is appointed director of the ICC's anti-corruption investigation.

14. Two South African players barred for representing South Africa

August 28, 2000 The UCBSA bans Herschelle Gibbs and Henry Williams from international cricket until December 31, 2000, for their role in the match-fixing scandal. Pieter Strydom, is acquitted of conspiring to bet on the outcome of the Centurion Test againt England in January.

15. A Life ban sentence for Cronje

October 11, 2000 The UCBSA imposes a life ban on Cronje. The ban, which was widely expected, extends to all the UCBSA's related cricket activities as well as that of its affiliates.

16. Death of Hansie Cronje

June 1, 2002 Cronje dies aged 32 when the light cargo plane in which he was travelling in crashed into mountains near the coastal town of George in bad weather. Four years later, an inquest into his death reveals that the crash was caused due to pilot negligence.

17. Boje skips India tour

November 3, 2004 Nicky Boje pulls out of a two-Test tour of India after being told he might be detained by Indian police over their match-fixing investigations.

18. Gibbs questioned

October 12, 2006 The Delhi police question Herschelle Gibbs for over two hours about the South Africa tour of India in 2000. Gibbs allegedly names Derek Crookes, the former South Africa spinner, as being involved in match-fixing. Crookes denies the allegation, saying he was cleared by the King Commission.

19. Crookes declares innocence

October 13, 2006 Derek Crookes expresses shock at being linked to the fixing allegations after being cleared by the King Commission. Offers to cooperate with the Delhi police.

20. Boje questioned by the Delhi police

December 11, 2007 Nicky Boje, playing in India (for the Indian Cricket League) for the first time since 2000, is questioned by Delhi police. He denies any role in match-fixing.

21. Cronje barred from Hall of Fame

March 17, 2008 Cronje will not be posthumously inducted into South Africa's Sports Hall of Fame.

22. Cronje named in chargesheet

July 22, 2013 More than 13 years after the scandal broke, Cronje is the only cricketer named in the chargesheet filed by the Delhi Police relating to the match-fixing case of 2000. The charge sheet includes several bookies. 

In nutshell

It is a definite lesson for us commoners to live withing our limits and try to be contented with what we have got, because it is definitely a long shot to earn quick money in short amount of time, but along with the risk, where your life isn't going to be the same again, so why bargain your personal life individuality, and the fame we could had earned by playing with honesty, Hansie might have had been a role model for future cricketers all around the world, but he bargained this opportunity with match fixing and the country, which is why it is said by wise and elders, not to involve money where it is not recommended and could be done with alternatives.

Material and Dates Data Credit: ESPNcricinfo

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Stop Pakistan Phobia in the neighbourhood

Pakistan's league ain't for shadowing IPL, mind you!!!

Atlast, a sting operation on Indian domestic players. I was watching a video, where the same TV channel which had sting operation on Indian domestic players, currently being played in the fifth edition of IPL, admitting that they were taking amounts for spot-fixing, means those players which were categorized for 35lacs, were taking amounts for 1Crores.

When such things are gonna happen with a PREMIER LEAGUE, thank god we as Pakistanis weren't comparing our Faysal Bank T20 tournament with them. Our former players were saying that this IPL is a fuss. No quality cricket whatsoever (sorry if it hurts my Indian colleagues, but like the way that video uploader said, talk on logics).

First of ALL

1. Tournaments are sponsored

One must have a clear knowledge about the format of MODERN DAY CRICKET that today, cricket is being sponsored by MNC's, whether it comes to sponsoring domestic tournaments, why should I go so far, in Pakistan our domestic tournaments are being sponsored by Faysal Bank which itself has its roots from Abu Dhabi group, than Emirates Airline, than Zong which is a China Mobile concern, than there's Nokia which is sponsoring Karachi Dolphins. So bragging that how the economy of Pakistan could bear the expense, its the responsibility of organizers and sponsors. Economy can only facilitate, and mind you, there is a Multi-National Cellular Company in India which has its regional hub in Islamabad Pakistan, than we have Mobilink Pakistan which is an Orascom Telecommunication concern, which doesn't require any introduction.

 

2. Failure State????

Who have given Indians right to call Pakistan as a failure state? Have they forgot their times when their Hindi Language was at shudders, they used to label Pakistani products as Indians, have they forgot that? Plus due to slump in Global Economy crunch, things are worsened I admit but atleast still in Pakistan we do not see such scenes that people sleeping outside when they were killed citing car drove over them, if we're a failure state, we do not possess such things that people sleeping outside in such manner like we see in Bangalore, Mumbai etc.

 

3. Retired Players...

Another thing which they are bragging is that retired/rejected players from the IPL are being inducted into PPL, first of all PPL is not confirmed name since PCB chief already confirmed this, second we are emphasizing more on redemption of International Cricket in Pakistan. Yes, security not good, but that too at the border touching to Afghanistan, where there is US army so its their failure, not ours. The motive of Pakistani tournament is to resume cricket in Pakistan, not to generate a money machine, Indians are real good in it.

4. Media Coordination

All of this fuss about redemption of cricket in Pakistan was interpreted as copying Indians in Indian Premier League. Ahem Ahem! Wait, Pakistanis copying Indians? کیا گنگا الٹی بہہ رہی ہے؟؟؟؟ seriously that's a joke of the millennium, no doubt Indians are creative and innovative but mind you, Pakistanis also not far behind. Its just that we are behind them in Media War.

Nutshell

We were the ones who bought Sri Lanka into world cricket and helped them developing the infrastructure them, though being a Pakistani I'm ashamed that we were not able to host them properly in their last tour to my country, but we were the ones, who bought variation into modern day cricket by introducing sweep, reverse swing etc. Indians are much better in capitalizing on the already aided advantage. Though being a sensible Pakistani, I must say, Pakistan's league shouldn't be inaugurated this year, but on the contrary this tournament is not to shadow IPL. Indians should be happy for it. We as Pakistani cricket fans want cricket to be played in Gaddafi Stadium Lahore, National Stadium Karachi, Niaz Stadium Hyderabad Sindh, Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium Pindi. Try to differentiate, Indians...

What Pakistan lost from whole saga?

I don't want to enhance my circle to international media but on the Pakistani media, there has been some confusion prevailing whether they are guilty or sympathizing with them. Lets be honest, any person who defames the country due to his act should be penalized and penalized hard so that next time no one shouldn't dare to do such acts, I might be using bookish language but it takes decades to create trust unlike destroying it which only takes moments or days to do so.

Same happened with Salman, Asif and Amir, who literally thought that they are above the game and they are the kings so have the privilege to do whatever they want, without knowing how much this cricket loving nation expects from them. Asif, who was already convicted of carrying drugged item with him when he last toured Dubai upon returning from the first edition of DLF IPL 2007 via New Delhi. 19 days in Dubai jail and than upon action from Pakistan government, they allowed him to be deported to Pakistan on single condition that he'll never ever allowed to come to Dubai in whatsoever conditions.

I feel pity for Mohammad Amir, who had such a shining career right from the word go, and he self detonated himself by involving into such crap. Although the kinda family background he comes from, benefit of doubt must be given to him because he never knew how sports politics goes on, but still he should had gone to listen to his internal instincts, because I am damn sure there are black sheeps everywhere, but I only and ONLY differ from the court's decision which only penalized that bastard Majeed, whom his brother called him as a religious person, complete bullshit, because if he was a religious person, he shouldn't had involved into this crap.

What about management?

Why management of the Touring Pakistani Cricket Team spared? On what grounds? How Majeed was able to intrude into players' hotel suites during the curfew duration? I must admit and confess, Pakistani players in comparison are very outgoing and forget their limits in such circumstances, but management who are supposed to be competent enough to handle them, misfired, like the person who has gaseous explosion going on in his stomach ;), the fault lies with them, they were first to be trialed in the courts of the UK instead of the players who played the part of exploiting their mismanagement...

Secondly, at the time when such crises raises its head, internal team management are preferred to take ample action, void of it, than the governing body takes action, if touring management in such circumstances take right action on the right time, than ICC won't bother to punish and penalize them as penalizing the one accused twice on the same is null&void according to the global laws.

So I personally think, there are some missing parts still being blacked to us, which we should find out so that the mist from the case clears.

What Pakistan cost from this trial of its players?

Dignity and Integrity, I personally think Pakistan lost from the trial of its players. The name which Pakistanis created globally with their cricketing skills got muddy, the records, landmarks Pakistanis created across the globe, now all in vein, because of these stupid bums.

1. Highest win/loss ratio in Home Tests

Pakistan’s home venues have become no-go zone for international teams due to security reasons but surprisingly Pakistan has the best home record in Test Cricket. Pakistan’s Win/Loss Ratio of 2.54 is the best among all nations. Pakistan has played 151 Tests at home; 56 won, 22 lost and 73 drawn, that gives ratio of 2.54 to Pakistan. Australia with 2.26 is second whereas Sri Lanka with 1.86 is third.

2. Most “Sixes” in ODIs and International Cricket

“367” is the number of Sixes Shahid Afridi has hit in international cricket (including Tests, ODIs and T20 Int.), the most number of sixes by any batsman in International Cricket. In ODIs alone, he has hit 289 Sixes which is another world record.

3. Most runs by batsman in a calendar year of Test Cricket

In 2006, Mohammad Yousuf scored 1788 runs in 11 Tests at average of 99.33. He broke the previous record of 1710 runs in 11 Tests by Viv Richards. Yousuf’s innings were against India, Sri Lanka, England and West Indies. He was in sublime form throughout the year even on hostile batting wickets of England, he scored in bulk; 631 runs in 4 Tests including a double-century and 2 centuries. During course of 1788, Yousuf also scored 665 runs in a 3 Test series against West Indies –most runs by Pakistan batsman in 3 Test series – and he hit 5 centuries in consecutive matches.

4. Nine centuries in a calendar year of Test Cricket

2006 didn’t end for Yousuf by giving him most runs in a year but it also ended up giving him 9 centuries; another world record. At end of the year, in series against West Indies, Yousuf hit 4 centuries in 3 Matches which made his tally to 9 centuries in a year. Arvinda de Silva, Ricky Ponting, Viv Richards and Sachin Tendulkar have hit 7 centuries in a calendar year.

5. Most five-wicket hauls in ODI Cricket

Waqar Younis has taken 13 five-wicket hauls in 262 ODIs; a record of most-wicket hauls by any bowler in ODIs, not only this, he also has record for taking most 4+ wickets in ODIs; 27 times he has taken 4+ wickets in ODI Cricket.

6. Fastest to reach 100, 150, 200 and 250 ODI wickets

All the tallies belong to one man. Perhaps the best spinner ODI Cricket has ever seen. Saqlain Mushtaq, the off-spinner of Pakistan, has record for being the fastest to reach 100, 150, 200 and 250 ODI wickets. He also has two hat-tricks in ODIs; joint record with Wasim Akram, Chaminda Vass and Lasith Malinga.

7. Seven players of batting line-up’s top-order scoring 50+ in a Test innings

In Pakistan’s famous Test victory against India in Karachi 2006, seven Pakistan batsman scored 50+ runs in second innings. In first innings Pakistan were bowled out on 245 but in second innings Pakistan scored 599-7 (declared) with all 7 batsmen who were out scoring 50+ runs. Salmam Butt (53), Imran Farhat (57), Younis Khan (77), Mohammad Yousuf (97), Faisal Iqbal (139), Shahid Afridi (60) and Abdul Razzaq (90) were part of this record.

8. Nine consecutive fifties in ODI Cricket

Between March and October of 1987, Javed Miandad scored 9 fifties in consecutive ODIs. Javed’s innings were 78 , 78*, 74*, 60, 52*, 113, 71*, 68 and 103. He is the only batsman to go that far as second best is 6 consecutive fifties by Gordon Greenidge.

9. Best bowling figures in Twenty20 Internationals

Umar Gul’s 5-wicket haul against New  Zealand in ICC World T20 2009 stands as finest spell bowled in Twenty20 Internationals. He took 5 wickets for 6 runs in his 3 overs, these are best figures by a bowler in Twenty20 Internationals.

10. Best bowling figures in Twenty20 Cricket

In first edition of Indian Premier League in 2008, Pakistan left-arm fast bowler Sohail Tanvir took 6 wickets for 14 runs in a match against Chennai Super Kings while playing for Rajhastan Royals. To date, 4-0-14-6 remains the best bowling figure by any bowler in Twenty20 Cricket.

11. Youngest player to score double-century in Test Cricket

At age of 19 years 140 days, Javed Miandad became the youngest batsman to score a double-century in Test Cricket. In October 1976, Miandad scored 206 runs against New Zealand in Karachi.

12. Only triple-century in second innings of the team

There have been many triple-centuries scored in Test Cricket but, to date, Hanif Mohammad’s 337 against West Indies in Bridgetown 1958 remains the only incident of a batsman scoring triple-century in second innings of the team. In his marathon innings, Hanif Mohammad batted for 970 minutes which is another World Record of longest Test innings played with-respect-to Minutes.
In same match, Pakistan were bowled out on 106 in first innings. In follow-on innings, Pakistan scored 657-8 (declared). The difference of 551 between two innings is the largest difference between a team’s first and second innings; a world record itself.

13. Longest innings of the cricket history

Few major innings since the war have provoked such contradictory critical appraisal as that played by Pakistan's captain in the Lord's Test of 1967. It began at 4.40 p.m. on Friday, July 27, and ended only when he ran out of partners at 3.24 p.m. the following Monday scoring 187 not out.

Press comment along the way embraced the full spectrum of colourful opinion: from the outraged puce of those writers who regard themselves as the guardians of sporting entertainment to the purplest prose that could be mustered by others who acclaimed it one of the batting masterpieces of their time.

14. Maintaining average of 50 throughout batting career

Javed Miandad, along with Herbert Sutcliffe, is the only batsman in Test Cricket whose batting average never fell below 50. Miandad ended his career with batting average of 52.57, scoring 8832 runs in 124 Tests.

15. Five batsmen scoring centuries in a Test Innings

In August 2003 at National Stadium Karachi against Bangladesh, Five batsmen of Pakistan’s batting line-up scored centuries, making it only second instant; first Australia’s five batsmen scored centuries in an innings. Saeed Anwar (101), Tafueer Umar (104), Inzamam-ul-Haq (105), Mohammad Yousuf (102*) and Abdul Razzak (110*) were part of this record.

Now

because of them, the world has got chance to point fingers on our credibility, and past performances, and they have the right to do so because we gave them such chances. We in Pakistan don't feel but I am thinking about the overseas Pakistan scattered globally, how much they'd be humiliated because of their home country cricketers disgraced the Flag and the Nation because of their selfish acts. اللہ ان کو عقل اور ہوش کے ناخن سونگھوائے آمین

The 13 Point Dossier! Were Pakistan Cheated?

Innocent unless proven guilty or guilty unless proven innocent???

Cameras showed Shoaib Akhtar trying to play with the seam of the white cricket ball

As if Englishmen are angels!!!!

Do you call this a fair tactics? They called Shoaib Akhtar cheating in the game with respect to ball tampering, and showed the file footages of it. Although whatever Shoaib did wasn't to be praised of, but why can't the English media try to point out such things with their own players? Cheating if we go into the past was started from them, and even people who safeguard such people belonged from there... 

Who can forget Mr. Lever's Vaseline incident, or a Kiwi bowler's confession of ball tampering against Pakistan in a match played at Faisalabad, apart from confession he supported his claim by saying the he did it because Pakistanis also do the same!!! How pathetic... Ok lets ignore this one too... What about Tim Bresnan's latest thing (image), ball tempering and that too from the very first ball!!!
Plus they humiliated Muhammad Aamer as a cheat although in their own terms one can't be guilty unless proven guilty, and unless they're PROVEN guilty, they're assumed to be innocent, so why insulting the young Muhammad Aamer as cheat, by not shaking hands with him during a post match presentation, and when they were not proven guilty, why they were suspended. Although in my opinion the lagness is more of PCB as before ICC, PCB could have had punished the players on their behalf so that ICC couldn't punish them on the same offence, like once an English Manager jumped off his dressing room to punish a English player on a offence so that ICC couldn't punish them, so this shows that PCB was late to react, and now they've to tackle with the ICC punishment, but punishing before being proven guilty is not a good tactic.

I've been hearing some comments from former players and current British Sky commentators that atleast Aamer should be spared on the behalf of his underage advantage, what I am asking is why he be spared when he's not proven guilty??? When the British can hire back Mazhar Majeed, the person who played with the name of Pakistani players and was found counting money and betting for proving that he has several Pakistani players under his belt, such a corrupt person is rehired in a football club, claiming he's innocent unless and until proven guilty. With all due respect, Mushtaq Ahmed former Pakistani leg spinner, also had cases on him regarding match fixing, still he has been hired as the national bowling coach for England, when such latest examples show leniency, claiming not guilty unless they're proven, so why playing the double standard for English and Non English? They call themselves the people who'd die for justice, is this the way justice is done? On behalf of some tabloid's allegations, Pakistani players are insulted and humiliated, and even higher officials of ECB prohibited shaking hands with them, and on the other hand, the person who ruined the green shirters good name, is again rehired claiming he's innocent unless proven guilt. Isn't it a shame for a proud nation?

Are they doing justice?

Are the persons on the helm of affairs of ICC, doing justice to their designations?

It has really been a difficult tour for the Pakistani team. I still remember the very first test which Pakistan played against England at Nottingham just after their win against the Aussies at Headingley, when Mike Atherton asked Strauss a question regarding controversy on which the last tour ended in dismay, in return he replied that that won't be the case this time and we will try to play in the real spirit of the game!

But since than, thanks to the power of media this series has been polluted with controversies every now and than, again like last time when the Oval scandal which happened to be the last test of the series when the peculiar match forfeit scandal took place, and this time it was the Lord's test which was the penultimate one this time and again the match fixing thing was made a public talk, thanks to the unknown tabloids and their under-cover reporters doing the same jobs like some low-character women do in our society, by doing a لگائی بھجائی and that too very successfully, by only allowing those particular quoted statements at times, which may/can change the meanings of a particular narrated statement... Those who've seen the bookie video too, they must have noticed one thing for sure that what the tabloid have been bragging about those video CLIPS (I should call them bits and pieces of clips), they didn't have a particular flow and have clearly shows that they've shown those parts only which were of their own interests...

If they (the News of the World and their sister network The Sun) were so sincere with ICC to help them clean-up the mess of match fixing, so they'd have shown them (the ICC) their pieces of proves and than started a background investigation behind the series and at that time when the series was over completely, the result of which should have shown, but the way and in hurry these videos were uploaded, clearly shows that the main motive of them was to gain some publicity and in my dictionary a cheap publicity, again while I am writing this, ICC has started to prob the Oval ODI between Pakistan and England played on Friday 17 September 2010, do they (The ICC) have the right to investigate Pakistan only on the basis of an unknown tabloid's idiotic report?

Don't they feel that acting so seriously on the stupid and the idiotic reports of a foolish tabloid may hamper their own credibility, which is Cricket's global sport governing body, and hampering of a governing body means alot... They (the ICC) have been a puppet for sure in the hands of these British Tabloids, acting like a puppet and the dummy organization. Just tell me this is not ridiculous but insane, anyone can predict that this will happen, we predicted that Pakistan will lose the match unless some miracle happens. Sometimes while watching the game we say, now he is going to get out and it happens, or we say now he is going to hit a six or a four and it happens. Does it mean there is a so called SPOT FIXING THING involve in it? and ICC going to believe them like an obedient SON???

Pakistan Cricket DO HAVE THEIR OWN SHARE OF WEAKNESSES but there are other problems too specially in the ICC and of-course the British Tabloid which have been like an out of control African Jungle Pig, which do not know where to go, but want to win, even by hook or by crook...

May Allah bless them ALL.....

Cheap tactics for publicity

http://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-pakistan-2010/content/story/475881.html?CMP=OTC-RSS

Cheap tactics for publicizing themselves! This NoTW newspaper is already famous for such things and now this! Just see for yourself, what are they trying to prove from Hameed? and that too by the means of black mailing and such cheap tactics?

Pathetic!

Not very optimistic!

Now since this T20 and ODI series is going to be started under the shadows of match fixing and etc, today Pakistan when bat first against the inform English team, it looked under pressure from the ball one. Although after early departure of Senior Akmal, inclusion of Mohammad Yousuf did helped a bit but that's true that Mohammad Yousuf played hurriedly and didn't thought of staying on the wicket and to keep the score board tickling, instead he was more thinking of relying on 4s and 6s, although he's not a hard hitter of the ball but still, his inclusion did helped.

After playing under pressure against the English players, Pakistan managed to score a modest score of 126 in 120 balls, which for me against a world champion T20 team, is peanuts!

Although Pakistan have taken 5 crucial wickets but the youngsters fired for the English team with the debutant Davies hammered crucial runs along with Bopara and Morgan and now while I am writing this 118-5 is England's score! and like English media have the tendency of putting ample pressure on the visiting teams, they've won the match against us much before the match already played, by involving the cream of Pakistan team into controversy, as the last T20I Pakistan played against the Aussies, Muhammad Aamer was the standout player and was named as the man of the series, and Salman Butt was the standout player as batter in that 2 match series, and getting them into controversy gives me some suspicions.

MARK MY WORDS, as there are some super powers in the cricketing world who want to tame Pakistan cricket under their own jurisdictions. just see without Salman Butt and Muhammad Aamer, Pakistani team just shattered against the England, else no doubt England are current world champions but still in presence of a quality bowler and quality batsman in Aamer and Salman, England team didn't had a chance to win that much comprehensively against Pakistan as the news just broke England 129-5 with 17 balls to spare! Its more lagness of Pakistan management!

Forget what others say, concentrate on your own created mess!

Elders also say that don't poke into others' matter but to clear-up your side of the collar! That's what the time required, instead of taking solid steps to get rid of such rubbish from Pakistan Cricket, we've been busy with blaming our created mess to others!

I personally feel that others would and will exploit you on your weakness, unless you're something like GodFather sorta person in real life! That's where we've been lagging... Others will surely try to pinch us on our weak points but it doesn't mean that you instead of taking solid steps to get rid of that weakness, try to blame game and word fights thinking we'll win that way! I don't think or suppose the world moves that way!

The current fiasco we've been facing I am sorry to admit leads to our Cricket Board's Higher management instead of players, players after seeing that their higher authority members aren't accountable so they try to do the same! Because for a child, his or her parents are the role model and if parents do anything good or bad affects the child! Is our cricket board able to tackle the responsibility? Obviously the answer's in negative! No accountability, lenient management is the main cause of this fiasco that led the players TO HAVE COURAGE (if they have done so) to fell prey to the bookie's sinister plan... Its just like you trial a trader for trading in inflated prices, instead of the manufacturing mill which manufactured the good at such higher price! Have something to think before being judgmental!

Peace!

Why not Indians?

IPL can't be as clean as it seems!

Yesterday while I was busy with playing with television's remote, at one instance I had to stop as SRT was on TV saying his heart out on this current match fixing issue faced by Pakistani cricket team! Although he has been limited with media recently and apart from some advertisements he has not been found giving his own opinions on cricketing matters off-late!

So for me it was something worth listening too, and while listening to his press-conference, he struck a point which dazzled me too, apart from that those who're guilty should be punished, but his one statement that none of the Indian Cricket team players were contacted by bookies! That thing DID hit me, that right apart from India, Pakistan Sri Lanka and Bangladesh players had accepted that bookies had tried to contact them and going as far as the Tasmanian Side, Aussie player Brad Haddin and Shane Watson had revealed that during Pakistan Australia Lord's test and previously Aussie England's Lord's test, bookies had tried to contact them...

So this thing is making me suspicious about betting offices around Lord's and secondly none of the Indian cricketers weren't contacted by any means. Probably the one reason is that money has been so much involved into Indian cricket that they don't need to indulge into such things!

But this is a fact too that I personally feel that majority of IPL matches which I watched on YouTube looked to be spot-fixed itself! The mode and the way they gave their wickets did created some suspicious in me being a cricket follower! Because the way most of IPL players play in their national sides and the way they play in the league differs alot! So one might have suspicions of those IPL matches being fixed as well!

Lorgat on charging of Pakistani players

What they said!

Matter taken from link above!

“They got their hooks into him as a baby, at a time when he would have had few confidants in the dressing room, few colleagues he could have gone to for guidance. These men, his team-mates, were meant to look after him; instead they corrupted him, blackened his soul and diminished his talent.
Look at Aamer’s no-ball. It is a joke. It is so exaggerated, so utterly out of keeping with his bowling performance on Friday that it attracted the attention of the television commentators.
Look at Asif’s. Barely over, a small misjudgment, hardly noticeable. To the naked eye, one man looks as if he knows what he is doing, the other hasn’t a clue. If the allegations are correct, both are cheating, but the older man appears better at it; one might even say more practiced.” Martin Samuel – Daily Mail
“When I heard on Saturday night that Pakistan were involved in a match-fixing scandal, I immediately thought two things. The first was: I’m not massively surprised. The second was: please, don’t let it be Mohammad Aamer.When it turned out the lad was involved, it felt hugely disappointing. Mohammad Asif has got himself into scrapes before, but Aamer has been a breath of fresh air all summer. He’s revived the dying art of proper fast bowling and his future looked fantastic. Now it’s been tarnished. Lord’s felt a shallow place to be yesterday.” Nasser Hussain – Daily Mail
“the pain of witnessing a young boy of the most beguiling talent and apparently sunny nature making what might just prove to be his last strides in a theater of sport he had come to command so brilliantly, so quickly.
Assuming that Aamer’s name goes up on the Lord’s honours board after his astonishing haul of five front-line English wickets, and the not inconsiderable scalp of Graeme Swann, last Friday, we can only hope there will be difficulty in explaining to some future generation of cricketers how it was that such talent was banished from the game at such an early age.” James Lawton – The Independent
“To see an 18-year old boy being dragged into the controversy is the worse part. He had the world, everyone was raving about the talent and praising him. It is such a sad moment in cricket.
Amir comes from a humble background. He is 18, with an impressionable mind, and if he has been keeping bad company, it’s possible he could have been drawn [into wrongdoing]. But if that’s the case, then the guys who got him in should be put behind bars because they’ve spoilt a grand career. They’ve infiltrated and spoilt a young mind, and it’s such a shocking state of affairs.” Ramiz Raja – Cricinfo
“I probably feel for him more than anyone because he’s only a young, naive and innocent young guy. Unfortunately he’s caught up with something.
Whether it’s in their culture I don’t know, I don’t know how deep it runs, but it’s unfortunate that someone of his skill has got tied up with something that is damaging to cricket and to the individuals. I found him to be a brilliant competitor on the field.” Shane Watson
“He should not be punished as an example to the rest, as everyone seems to suggest, rather he should be made aware of the issues, educated, rehabilitated and held up as an example of what can be achieved.
Amir’s rehabilitation should be at the heart of the cleansing of Pakistan cricket. The brilliant young bowler is not the cause of the problem but the most tragic consequence of it.” Michael Atherton – The Times
“It was impossible to take one’s eyes off Amir, but for reasons different than those of a couple of days ago, when he was utterly compelling as he glided in and made magic with the ball. Now you watched him walk in with the knowledge that every eye in the stands looked on in judgment. A wan smile tried to hide the storm that surely raged within as he tried to defend his mere wicket with a shadow looming over his honour. The heart ached for the bowler who had captivated us all year. Surely a boy so gifted couldn’t have let his soul be corrupted at such a tender age? It was a relief when Graeme Swann spun a ball past his bat and bowled him. Surely we’d see Amir bowl in a Test match again? The alternative is too depressing to contemplate.” Sambit Bal – Cricinfo Editor
“Yet we ought to understand part of what might drive a young precocious talent such as Amir to such involvement. Pakistan cricketers are poorly paid, with the riches of the subcontinent in India and a world away. Some, such as Amir, come from poor backgrounds. They are celebrated and feted, showered with gifts. Nice gifts might gain trust. A chance remark, a bit of team information, and the hook is in. Such things are not always about money for the player, for those involved in the vast illegal gambling syndicates of the subcontinent and Far East are uncompromisingly evil. Who knows the threats for non-cooperation?” Mike Selvey – The Guardian
“Perhaps the desire for smallish bans simply stems from a need to see Amir again. The thought that his career is over is far too heartbreaking to even consider. It is his involvement that has made this case so sickening and sad. We tend to reach for hyperbole at times like these, but Amir really is comparable with any 18-year-old bowler in the history of the game. And those who would easily dismiss him as a greedy deviant should recall his overwhelming joy at taking a Lord’s five-for on Friday, when he bent down to kiss the turf. The News of the World described it as “a kiss of betrayal”, but it wasn’t: it was the kiss of a kid who adores the game. He may have done something gravely wrong; if so, we must hope the ICC does not compound it with a hasty and excessive punishment.” Rob Smyth – The Guardian
“We must remember that we are judging these guys by the standards of our own country, when their situations are vastly different. The first time I met Mohammad Amir was when he was 16, coming to an Under-19s camp. He comes from a small village near the Swat valley and was delayed by three hours because the Taliban had closed the highway. That doesn’t happen in this country.
One thing that struck me about Amir was his constant smile, his zest for the game. That has not changed. I will never condone any form of fixing, but we should consider that a cricketer might not be thinking of personal gain but of getting money to buy a generator for his village because they don’t have electricity.” Geoff Lawson – The Age , Melbourne
“In the case of Amir, who is 18, it is terrible that a supremely talented youngster could be exposed to this. He is a delightful bowler with terrific skills. How sad it would be if it turns out his career is wrecked, but if anyone is involved in corruption he must be banned for life.” Jonathan Agnew – BBC Cricket
“I think one of the great sadnesses of all of this, and it’s a widely held view, is that a great young talent like Amir has been implicated in this one,” said Parry. “I think that’s what perhaps separates this from many other cases, because it suggests that the bad guys got to him before the good guys did.
But in terms of educating the players, it could be that they’ve (the ICC) not done enough. It would have to be a shock that a talent that has broken onto the scene so very, very quickly is at the centre of all this.
He’d have been enrolled in a cricket academy from a young age, and from the moment he shot to prominence with the international squad, you’d think that the Pakistan Cricket Board might have recognised a vulnerability and a need to put an arm around him. I can’t imagine it would have been that difficult to do, because when you read of the sums involved in betting in the Far East – with up to $500 million on a single game – the temptation is potentially there for relatively lowly paid cricketers. It’s beholden upon the authorities to step in and provide appropriate support systems.” Rick Parry – Cricinfo
“Only 18, and from an impoverished background, Amir would appear as much victim as perpetrator, a teenager whose head was easily turned.
If found guilty Amir, who was Pakistan’s Man of the Series, must be punished for his role, but he must not be crushed, despite those who think he should have known better. Morals are not limited to those with an education or experience. Amir might very well have been targeted precisely because he lacked both those things.
He was allegedly manipulated on two fronts; by the apparent loathsome fixer, promising riches beyond his means, and by the senior players also allegedly involved in the scam: Salman Butt, his captain, and Mohammad Asif, his new-ball partner.
He must be saved for another reason too, for cricket is not so well endowed it can afford to cast its prize assets on to the bonfire and hope others rise phoenix-like in their place. Amir is the youngest bowler in history to reach 50 Test wickets, so imagine how good he could be if he concentrated solely on getting batsmen out and not on the instructions needed to complete shady deals.” Derek Pringle – The Telegraph

Something strict like that must be taken!

Omar Waraich of the Independent joins the former Pakistan captain Imran Khan as he tours his flood-stricken country on a relief mission – and tries to make sense of the betting scandal gripping cricket.

The controversy recalls a moment in 1989, when he [Imran Khan] was warned of a plot to corrupt his team. "I was called in the middle of the night," he says. "It was the final of the Australasia Cup against Australia in Sharjah. I was told that four of our main players had either been bought or would throw the match.

The next morning, Mr Khan summoned his team. "I told them, 'Look, I know all of you and I know cricket. If I see any of you underperforming, I will not just have you banned, I will ensure that you go to jail." He told the coach to bet the team's entire prize money on winning. It worked. "We won the match," he says, and later it was "confirmed that bookmakers had tried to influence the players".

Aren't some one in current Pakistani outfit as powerful as Imran Khan?

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