while surfing i came across this interesting comment made by mathew gullick on kotla fiasco at line and length blog... excerpt from the comment goes like this...
I, too, have not seen any of the coverage from this game, but presumably even with an "unfit" track it would have been possible for both sides to have agreed to send down 50 overs of spin bowling in order to give the spectators a match.
now this is very interesting thought...
even if kotla pitch was unfit for play... the match (even if rescheduled one) could have taken place and innocent fans, who were sucked into buying tickets on the promise of watching their favorite players play a good game of cricket, could have been saved from the disappointment and frustration...
we have seen all pace attack in a game of cricket... then why not all spin attack... what is so outrageous about it that it can never be thought upon as an option...?
we have seen a captain proactively trying to squeeze in some overs from day's play by bowling spinners when danger of bad light looms... then why not the same urge to save a game for spectators...?
ddca did what they did... and going by their ability to dig new lows they will all be laughing silently as this gives them an opportunity to stuff more money in their coffers under the new head 'on account of damages by riotous crowd'... talk about seeing opportunity in adversity...
icc got the opportunity to score some brownie points on bcci to set some records straight... so even after the match went on for 24 overs the pitch was rated as 'unfit' instead of 'poor'...
media got the opportunity to blow it as they wish to... with an opportunity of a pregnant sequel... for if the ban is say about two years... they will report it as... is bcci loosing its powers...?
or if the punishment is light by their 'standards' they will report it as how the bcci used its growing muscles to set the matter in their favors... talk about win-win situation...
but what about the common man who pays for a ticket from his pocket to see the match on ground... and gets punished for the 'crime'... nobody spares a thought for a fan who has made the game what it is today...
why it is so difficult to think about a paying fan... ?
