can 'informant' amir really escape life ban...?

if this report is to be believed... mohammad amir could become icc informant and reveal "dodgy betting identities that corrupted him" to escape life ban from the spot fixining charges...

but in doing so... can amir escape the life ban in real...?

let me explain...

in life one can become informant of authorities to escape harsh punishment coz he has the option to start life afresh elsewhere... but can cricketer who will have to return to the same system... same colleagues to earn living by playing for them do that...?

although in open... pcb and his colleagues will pat his back for exposing the malice in cricket... but will they trust him the same way in closet...?

will the very system, pcb in this case, that didn't act earlier coz its own hands were muddled in corruption, continue to pick him like they would normally after amir exposing "dodgy betting identities that corrupted him"...?

incidentally... the first casualty of spot fixing saga is not from the tainted trio but it is yasir hameed, who on camera bragged about all his colleagues being involved in match fixing, and one can be pretty assured he won't share the same dressing room again...

hameed is the one who will be serving the unofficial life ban... without even charged for spot fixing...

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elbowgate: icc accepts they are partial...

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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lord's elbowgate: landmark judgement from chris broad...

mohammad amir (you read it right... it's amir not ricky ponting) has been gently reprimanded by chris broad... he noted...

"Amir is a young, exciting, talented player full of enthusiasm for this great sport and that is to be celebrated and nurtured," Broad said. "But there are a few things he still has to learn in relation to how to conduct himself on the field of play.

but chris... what about the player who has been captaining national team for years... is second highest scorer in the history of test cricket and featured in more matches than the overs amir has bowled...? why not even a word on him on 'how to conduct himself on field of play'...?

"I told him that when he takes a wicket, he should celebrate with his team-mates rather than getting himself into the personal space of the outgoing batsman. It's a spirit of cricket issue.

so under the (new) spirit of cricket... it is OK if to get elbowed in full glare of fans and media if you infringe a player's space...

no surprise then that pricky does not even find a mention in the judgment and since the precedence has been set... batsmen who were finding it bit restrictive for the want of their personal space but could not find a way to get out of it... now they can elbow whoever who dare to come within their range of 'personal space'... and once again its pricky who has shown them the way by putting his neck on the line...

look at it any which way... this is a remarkable observation... judgment from chris broad...

from now onwards you have elbowed a player or not is not even the contention point anymore... the (other) player stepped into your personal space or not is...

BRILLIANT!!!

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my elbow is penalty free than yours...

when ponting successfully managed to elbow amir the way that it was visible to everybody but to the on-field umpires and match referee... michael holding was on air... and this is what he said (though the words may not be the same) almost justifying him elbowing amir... on behalf of pricky...

"ponting was just trying to create the space for himself... by stretching his elbow he was showing aamer that this is my space and i don't think there is anything wrong with that..."

i did not know, before this, that only pricky is entitled to create his space this way...

though there is also this small matter of icc rule that says... under no-circumstances... you cannot make physical contact with your opponent with an intent to hurt him... and i don't think ponting meant a gentle hello to amir there... but this is pricky... the most 'behaved' captain in the history of cricket... and this is our system... if one cannot see it... one cannot penalise it...

i also blame pakistani players and for that matter... all players other than oz team... who just do not show courage to stand up for their mates... remember... only a gentle pat at the back of brett lee by harbhajan, which even lee did not mind, led to monkeygate...?


related story – log-on to achettup's soal... guess who? we’ll be keeping an eye on this... for more insight into this incident...

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