“Once again, the ICC have shown themselves to be weak, pathetic and useless. They have been tinkering with laws of the game which have served cricket well for more than 100 years while turning a blind eye to atrocities in one of their own member countries.”
**Ian Botham **
“There has to be a very serious dilemma about representing your country on the cricket field in a land where people are suffering so much at the hands of their government.” Mike Gatting , who led an England rebel tour to South Africa during apartheid, on visiting Zimbabwe
Now looking a bit deeper into it i would like to question Mr. Botham what he has to say about his Governments invasion in Iraq where thousands of innocent ppl. have been slaughtered to date and the madness goes on !!! What about his governments coalition which the Butcher across the sea ??? How can someone be so blind or one eyed ??? oh i forgot i’m Talking about Mr. Botham
On Mr. Gatting: Did he know that he lead a team into a country where majority of its population were held and treated almost like slaves ??? Surely not … oh He saw the black ppl only at Room-service or some other low-level jobs they performed at that time … Get up Gatting and face the reality … The country u live in has a Government which is involved in every cruelty to mankind
What a bunch of dumb-@$$'s
Sorry guys if this has become more political than sportive but it was just too much to read from these pomms about Zim
i don’t like Zim Governemnt at all but it has to mentioned what the likes of a socalled great democracy is involved in !!!
my friend dont be ingnorant the fact that the neglish used to be butchers of human kind does not mean that things havent changed. The right to free speech is something no one should be denied. To say that Gatting or Botham dont know where they are coming from is grossly unfair. If every one was stuck to there past u would never see the improvements that have taken place. u cant carry on judging any one or any race on its past record.
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my friend dont be ingnorant the fact that the neglish used to be butchers of human kind does not mean that things havent changed. The right to free speech is something no one should be denied. To say that Gatting or Botham dont know where they are coming from is grossly unfair. If every one was stuck to there past u would never see the improvements that have taken place. u cant carry on judging any one or any race on its past record.
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Is Iraq already Past ???????? i think not ..... if u think so then please switch on ur TV set and just spend half an hour watching a news channel !!!!!!!!!
whatever is happening in iraq is nothing to do with botham or any of the journalists who are being targeted by the Mugabe government. The issue with zim is civil rights if u are to say that the brits r responsible for causing all the mayhem in iraq then u r wrong. there is a woder issue at hand. they didnt have to be there but they are to sort out the mess which they pretty much admit they have created. if u are to compare the english with the zimbabwians then u r sadly mistaken. Botham and company are advocating for free press something i fully endorse. Its time the world did something to get rid of an idiot like Mugabe.