Hats off to ECB and English team!

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They provided us with an opportunity to play quality cricket on their grounds and that was quality series against Australia!!

They did not bow to any knee jerk reaction after Lord’s tests and played ODI series and T20 according to the plan

After the huge embarrassment caused by our buffoon of a chairman accusing English team of fixing, they did not cancel the series (where other boards may have) and went ahead with it. and there were huge pressure on them to do so.

English team played in a professional manner and apart from Trott incidents and reported tension and enmity between teams, they did not let it show or made it too obvious.

I didnt like one or two incidents (for example, Giles Clarke could have handled the ceremony better when he gave Amir the MOS award oh so coldly).

I HATE english press! but England has always been my second favorite team and I respect them more. I am sure even Pakistani team would once the dust settles..

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i would disagree.ecb made money in the process too so its ok,nothing worth taking my hat off

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Absolutely, we could have been left in the cold if they had not offered us the facilities. Butt has been and always will be an embarrasment to Pak cricket. The taboloid press in England would do anything to sell the newspaper and during every tour of england they have stirred controversey. So the best thing to do is to ignore trash.

The way PCB and those satay baaz abused the hospitality any other country would have sent our team straight back. So I have to disagree with your sentiments. The result of all this stupidity is that next summer we will be without any series, that is if Pakistan doesnt get banned, which will be totally unwarranted.

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To be honest, I wish our board and players can be as professional as English board and cricketers are. They acted like true professionals during all this ordeal.

News papers? I mean come on, dont we have evening special and other papers giving all types of news about UMREEEKA, accusing everyone and anyone for anything. Thats how they make money. I simply hate english Media for what they do with Pakistani team but again, its only because we allow them too

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baat to aap ki sahi hai likin sara malba Pakistani boyz pai dalna bhi sahi nai ho gaa.the way that newspaper is known for producing scandals out of scratch.

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You have got to seperate ECB and Englands team from English press.

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I agree that ECB and English players acted professionally. We were, however, much less than perfect guests.

Hosting a neutral series and now withdrawing from that offer for next year are financial decisions made easier by dear Butt.

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What are you guys talking about? How can you ignore 70 years of professional experience? Its British press that needs more applaud for being truely professional just like Ijazz Butt :naraz:

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Agree Saby

Not surprisingly a poster’s apology to ECB and English fans on bbc website has been greatly appreciated by everyone

**"**Dear ECB and the England Fans,

I would like to extend an apology to you as well as a thank you in respect of the current cricket series.

An apology for the extremely unacceptable outburst by Butt, which was mindless if I am being charitable but was in fact disgraceful in its content and delivery. It is sad that this man continues as the chairman of the PCB only due to his political connections.

I thank you for extending your hospitality to Pakistan to play their neutral games in England and an apology once more as that kind jesture was thrown back in your face as the series has unfolded.

So, there are no mitigating circumstances to this current sad sad affair, one which is self inflicted by some players and exarcebated by the chairman of the PCB and Pakistan’s High commissioner. It is only the loyal Pakistani fans which have sufferred as a result and will continue to do so until some major change comes about.

How that change will come, in what form and when I do not know. What is clear though is that unless these charlatons are removed they will drag down Pakistani cricket with it and I sincerely hope that does not happen.

Once again, thanks for your hospitality and trying to help. I know this is felt by the majority of the Pakistani fans who at this time are a little bewildered and shocked to even know how to react."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A74513045

some other worth-reading responses:

  • Heartbreaking that a loyal fan feels it necessary to apologise for the behaviour of government representatives. Thank you for your kind words though.

  • Amerh - the Pakistani fans have been a credit to their country this summer. I went to the ODI at Chester-le-Street and the test at Lord’s, and on both occasions there was a friendly atmosphere and great support for your team. It is a great pity that the PCB and the High Commisioner have not got the good manners of people such as yourself.

I think that all true cricket fans desperately want Pakistan to turn things round soon. Our great game needs a strong Pakistan team and here’s hoping that this summer’s events have been a turning point. You, and all of the other decent Pakistan fans, deserve some good news for a change.

The real villians (in addition to Salman Butt, Asif and Aamer) in this truly sad saga are Ijaz Butt and our bumbling High Commisioner who do not seem to know the ABC of how to act with diplomacy or dignity. They made matters even worse if anything with their unwarranted comments

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I agree, ECB deserve an applaud for hosting Pakistan this summer in difficult times. Although every time we go there we are ridiculed by their press and our performance (good or bad) comes under scrutiny. It's Pakistan who needs England not the other way around and if it wasn't for Butt hum dil jeet kar jatay.

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English tabloids have always been trash. The problem is though that some of our cricketers are the same. They are cheats, liars, and uneducated fools who in their lust for money would be prepared to do anything, hence it gives the tabloids the opportunity to expose these fools for who they are.

No other team has issues as often as Pakistan does. It is because of the type of players we have.

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so true....Whenever I run a quick narrative of past episodes that occured in last 1 month, I feel so bad about ECB and english players…and i feel bad about myself as a pakistani supporter....someone tried to help us and that is how we paid them back?..............

what Butt did is absolutely inexplicable and unjustifiable and sometime it is hard to believe how in the world people could be so dumb and unprofessional but what really worries me that it wasn’t Butt only..I am sure Butt must have taken approval from government officials, PCB lawyers, and Pakistan high commission in UK before issuing such a sensitive statement…..so what does that mean?.....is our collective wisdom so ruined? Our capacity to handle management & media crisis is so limited rather non-existing? is that the caliber of people in key positions in pakista? do We have absolutely no idea of consequences of our statements/actions? Are we living in a shell? again, it is not about butt....it is reflection of our government, bureaucracy and senior management....so handicapped....so poor...unreal....

I truly believe that Butt and company is not that stupid…they issued that statement because they knew very well that 90% of Pakistanis are confined to conspiracy theories…..In last 20 years or so, Pakistanis are largely driven by conspiracy theories and try to find answers to every problem by blaming someone else….Butt and Pakistani government knew very well that by bringing the conspiracy theory angel in public and too in an official capacity, Pakistani people will become sympathetic to the team/board and will not ask for a fair trial of corrupt board employees and players..And guess what, butt was right….looking at the media and reaction of Pakistani public in streets, the mood has changed….yae ha hamariee asal problem…..do not get to the root of the problem..just blame someone else…

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This is not first time we slapped someone who tried to help us. Remember SL sent their team to show Pakistan is safe to play cricket and PCB had promised "Presidential" security, rest is history.

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agreed

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im surprised waleed and co havent removed this thread...

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lol what hats off

This english team sucks to the core they dont deserves hats off

look at strauss how many times he was out he knew it he knicked the bowl but he didnt moved two times in tests he did the same too

Look at broad when we won the 4rth match at the end he didnt even bothered to shake hands with the players while when morgan scored century afridi tapped his back

What trott did with wahab in the practise session

What strauss said when he lost the 4th ODI was crying like a baby that we lost due to ejaz butt comments

Hope this team loses to Australia very badly

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your so touchy man, too sensitive for a man, how are you in your day to day life, or does cricket consume most of it..? if broad didnt shake hands so what? we are talking about their cricekt not their manners, ive seen worse and foul language from all of them, if you lip read shoaib akhter, you would be ashamed to even think of what he was saying, all the english say is f*** this and that....pakis and indians use worse language which involved sisters and mothers....so whats worse?

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None of ur prob aunt how am i in real life

dont want to argue with who dent even know abc of cricket

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and what makes you say that, cos im a girl? your pathetic man, how do you know what i know and dont know about cricket, like i said your too sensitive for a bloke. get out more.

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the fact that shoiab akhter can swear at peoples mums is ok? yet broad didnt shake hands....is a problem? how....