Good Damn You BBC - have some shame

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Re: Good Damn You BBC - have some shame

@fair_&_balance

Dude ,
There is no one supporting Hair. Ofcourse Hair acted stupid and this is what all the report and cricitc say. What I am trying to say here is that reaction of Pakistani team was inapproriate and they over reacted. Once Pakistani team refused to come to the field then both umpires were right to call off the game and rightly so. If it was reversed it will send precedence of arm twisiting umpires. You dont want Indian team to leave ground in the middle of the game because something they dont like and then ask BCCI to deal with it.
There are better ways to solve this problem.

That is your opinion, and your entitled to it. I objected to you painting it as the opinion of “any” impartial observer. A number of impartial observers have commented at length on this issue without criticizing Pakistan.

Thus your argument of partiality is unfounded. Debate the matter on its merits without suggesting affiliation is the motive behind those you disagree with instead of principle, and that anyone who is impartial would agree with you.

[sTaLkEr]

Re: Good Damn You BBC - have some shame

Its the most Bigoted Broadcasting Corporation if you wanna hear stuff about Pakistan! American media is FAR more balanced and fair.

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Re: Good Damn You BBC - have some shame

@dhobi_bhai

I have taken my team affiliation out of the context a million times in the past at the first available opportunity whenever I have felt that they have done something so terribly wrong that their actions deserved what they did when they did. I have trashed my country many a times for reasons that are wide-known, but I have also stood besides them at every corner and at every front, wanting to get the best out of their skills and the level of qualifications that they have mastered in throughout their professional careers. Indeed. Let's take a look at the entire set of Law 42, including the sections from where one can see the picture as a whole -

Law 42.3 - The match ball – changing its condition

(a) Any fielder may

(i) polish the ball provided that no artificial substance is used and that
such polishing wastes no time.

(ii) remove mud from the ball under the supervision of the umpire.

(iii) dry a wet ball on a towel.

Would it be fairly reasonable to come to the conclusion that Asif, who by all means was held as a scapegoat standing merely inches away from that Hair, was merely shining the ball and nothing else? Why are we looked as extremists when the entire cricketing world does the exact thing and in the precise same manner? Polishing and drying the ball and removing the sticky substances have been done for centuries and they aren't now considered as ball tempering all of a sudden, are they? The likes of Simon Jones were reverse-swinging the ball from the get-go last winter in the Ashes. I wonder if the rest of his team-mates had anything up their sleeves or were they simply practicing what they were taught during their domestic years.

(b) It is unfair for anyone to rub the ball on the ground for any reason,
interfere with any of the seams or the surface of the ball, use any implement,
or take any other action whatsoever which is likely to alter the condition of the ball,
except as permitted in (a) above.

I did not see Asif rubbing the ball on the ground and neither did he take any foreign object out of his pocket, something similar to a metal plate, which would instantly deteriote the condition of the ball.

(c) The umpires shall make frequent and irregular inspections of the ball.

(d) In the event of any fielder changing the condition of the ball unfairly,
as set out in (b) above, the umpires after consultation shall

(i) change the ball forthwith. It shall be for the umpires to decide on the
replacement ball, which shall, in their opinion, have had wear comparable with
that which the previous ball had received immediately prior to the contravention.

(ii) inform the batsmen that the ball has been changed.

(iii) award 5 penalty runs to the batting side.

(iv) inform the captain of the fielding side that the reason for
the action was the unfair interference with the ball.

(v) inform the captain of the batting side as soon as
practicable of what has occurred.

If I am not mistaken, Darrell Hair changed the ball without the official word or notice to Inzamam, hence the reason why the latter approached Hair and specifically asked to see the condition of the ball. Please do correct if the above information is wrong.

(vi) report the occurrence as soon as possible to the Executive of the
fielding side and any Governing Body responsible for the match, who shall take
such action as is considered appropriate against the captain and team concerned.

(e) If there is any further instance of unfairly changing the
condition of the ball in that innings, the umpires after
consultation shall

(i) repeat the procedure in (d)(i), (ii) and (iii) above.

(ii) inform the captain of the fielding side of the reason for the
action taken and direct him to take off forthwith the bowler
who delivered the immediately preceding ball. The bowler
thus taken off shall not be allowed to bowl again in that
innings.

(iii) inform the captain of the batting side as soon as
practicable of what has occurred.

(iv) report this further occurrence as soon as possible to the
Executive of the fielding side and any Governing Body
responsible for the match, who shall take such action as is
considered appropriate against the captain and team
concerned.

Sabi has mentioned in his couple of posts today, which I completely agree with, is the fact that such a thing, the decision to stay in the pavilion was absolutely needed since we all know that Pakistan have, at several instances in the past, lodged concerns in the end-of-the-match reports which are sent directly to the ICC on the incompetent nonsense behavior by this pig who continues to take his frustrations out on us, robbing our dignity and national pride whenever possible. You don't have to even look at today's incident to draw your own conclusion. Countless incorrect decisions have went against our country when this pig was at the helm of adjudicating. Bucknor has had issues with Sachin in the past, which was simply that, a one-on-one issue. In this case, we are comparing apples vs. oranges. Hair has been after the entire Pakistan team and not against one specific person such as Danish or Salman. He has sucked the blood out of every single one of us, and I, for one, will not sit quiet behind the curtains and watch the gutless Shaharyaar come up with his own version of politically correct statements just so he can fill his pockets with an extra two lousy dollars. This is not tolerable by any means.

Pakistan were innocently staging a light 20-minute protest. They even signaled from their dressing room that such is the case, and when Hair informed in his lowly tone that they have to take either decision, he did not even wait and walked off the field.

Tell, if the ball tampering issue was put in place today and we substitute India in place of Pakistan, would you honestly have liked it? Place yourself in our shoes, wouldn't you have had the exact same feelings, perhaps a bit stronger and firmer, which would indicate that India should be the first one to leave the field immediately after the 'blame-game' incident? Would you have prefered the end of the day to stage your protest on behalf of your nation? Regardless of whether the team is Indian or Pakistan, the matter of honor and self-respect of the nation is the foremost priority is at hand. Screw the end-result, when you have a leech who have been on Pakistan's back ever since the existence of dinosaurs, we will take every action possible. Granted, this was not the best of the lot and had it been Imran Khan, Hair would have lost his sleep by now, but it was what it was, and I fully endorse it.

please stop it dhobi_bhai,.i am on the verge of wetting myself with ur hilarious analysis n response!