Re: Miandad says Pakistan cricket decision a mistake
well, i put mistake in quotes to emphasize that we really did nothing wrong. we were literally forced into forfeiting the match. it was doctrove and hair's stubborn attitude that cost us the fifth day.
essentially, that's what it boils down to... (i) to provide sufficient evidence of ball tampering, (ii) to find the party responsible for the declaration of forfeiting.
now, i understand that we have to follow the 'rules', but there's also this thing called honor and dignity, something that is FAR MORE important to true athletes... if Pakistans 'mistakes' were merely to protect their honor, then there is clearly nothing wrong with it from a 'sport' perspective.
perhaps there is plenty wrong with it from a bureacratic/political perspective, but in any situation where pakistan can be given the benefit of doubt, the last thing we need is to spoil our 'solidarity' by having clowns like miandad yapping.