lets get real people. Rameez Raja is not lying about reverse swing/working on the ball, etc.
similar thoughts have been expressed by Aamir Sohail. in fact reverse swing and how it has been obtained in the past is one of the reasons Pakistan hasn't been able to develop good openers - according to Aamir Sohail. his theory is that Pak bowlers became so obsessed with working on the ball and reverse swing that we have very few good new ball bowlers in Pak domestic which automatically means that we don't develop openers with good techniques...
the only thing up for debate is how the ball is worked on and whether it is legal or not. every decent team in the world works on the ball. the Pak team might have been a little more enthusiastic. regardless nothing is wrong with working on the ball by consistently throwing the ball one-bounce to the bowler and protecting one side... but biting the ball outright is just plain retarded.... and hence, something Afraidi was always going to do.
of course, there is the question of balance between bat and ball as well. even 10-15 years ago ODIs were considered a batsman's game... and the rules have become even more ridiculous in terms of favoring the batsman. so, imo, this ball change, power plays, free hit, etc are rubbish. they're going to kill genuine fast bowlers. how many truly express, quality fast bowlers are playing now anyway? there's not a single Wasim/Waqar/Walsh/Ambrose/Donald quality bowler playing now... and all these great fast bowlers played cricket in the same era more or less.
so, either allow the bowlers to work on the ball (not by biting it of course) or get rid of retardedness like power plays, free hits, etc that Gavaskar introduced. balance the game a bit. if a bowler bowls a no-ball, if you must then make it a free hit... but the batsman has to face the ball without the box...
balance the game out man... donèt kill the fast bowler. thatès the only reason to follow this game.