sorry for uploading the same image twice within few posts... but i thought it was necessary to make the point...
since i have been following cricket... i have never seen icc recognising the instigator or provocateur... they have always punished the offender irrespectively... the cricket history is flooded with such instances and there is not need to mention them separately... collectively...
now under this light if we see both incidents (coz they are the most recent elbow incidents) gambhir was banned for the same offense but ponting got scot free even after it is established beyond doubt that both gambhir and ponting 'deliberately elbowed' their opponents...
once it is established that both deliberately made 'contact' then even as per the icc and the judgement they have been handing out in the name of 'spirit of cricket' or 'justice' the preceeding circumstances that led them to 'deliberately elbow' their opponent becomes irrelevant...
now see what chris broad said during his 'unofficial' public reprimand of aamer...
"It has happened twice now so we as a playing control team thought it would be sensible for me to have a word with him. He accepted it graciously and undertook to avoid a repeat occurrence. As far as we are concerned the issue is now closed."
so ponting has the right to deliberately stretch his elbow with the intention of making contact... coz amir has done it twice...?!
don't you think that this is bit rich of broad to almost justify what ponting did...? and who would explain why and under what justification ponting was let off without even a word uttered to his empty vessel so that it would have resonated loud and clear to all and sundry...?
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Why is Chris Broad still around? I have yet to meet a single person who thinks he is a reasonable man other than the ICC. It's so frustrating when decisions are left at the hands of complete idiots.
icc is popularising cricket through chris broad... his 'efficiency' in dealing with these incidents without any 'impartiality' means we talk about it more hence the free publicity of game...
any publicity is good publicity you know... :)
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