INZI's Hearing Articles/Discussion Thread

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This is going to rule cricket media and guppies minds during current week, so lets dedicate the thread to it. Post all the articles & your opinion here.

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Inzamam undergoing ‘stance’ training](http://www.cricketnext.com/news/inzamam-undergoing-stance-training/20915-13.html)
Posted Sep 25, 2006 at 18:56

Karachi: Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq will be briefed by lawyers in London about the stance he has to adopt and the exact words to use at the two-day disciplinary hearing of the International Cricket Council on September 27 and 28.

Inzamam, along with local lawyer Mohammad Hussain has already reached London where he has been joined by Pakistan Cricket Board chief Shaharyar Khan and coach Bob Woolmer.

“All four will today have a meeting with the legal firm hired in London for this case. Inzamam who faces the charges of violating the code of conduct will be briefed on what to do at the hearing while Pakistan’s stance would also be finalised,” a PCB official Subhan Ahmed said on Monday.

Inzamam has been charged for ball tampering and bringing the game into disrepute during the controversial fourth Test against England last month at the Oval.

**Another PCB source said Pakistan was confident the ball tampering charges would not hold at the hearing, as the ICC did not have strong enough evidence to back up the allegations of its umpires.

"Our line of defence is going to be two-fold. We will be attacking the real reasons for Australian umpire Darrell Hair changing the ball and penalising the team five runs for alleged ball tampering.

“We will also highlight the fact that he failed to inform Inzamam at the time of changing the ball he was doing it on ball tampering charges. Thirdly, when he went to the Pakistan dressing room he again refused to say why he had changed the ball,” the source said.** (sub bata doo manhoosoon pehley sai takey aglee party tayyar ho ker aeey. PCB waloon k pait main koi baat tik-tee hee nahi…B-AAMA heen yee mohelley k) :mad:

The source said they had also prepared to counter the allegation of bringing the game into disrepute. "The Pakistan team didn’t return to the field after tea although the umpires Hair and Billy Doctrove went on the field. They returned after Hair visited the Pakistan dressing room and told them he would award the match to England if they did not resume play.

“The second time the umpires went on to the field with the England players and after waiting for a while took off the bails and awarded the game to the home side.”

However, another PCB source said the factors that could go against the Pakistan captain was that he was supposed to know all the rules and laws of the game and when the umpires changed the ball and penalised the team five runs.

“What goes against the Pakistan team is that the second time the umpires went out on the field with the England batsmen, everyone saw on television that wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal came out in the balcony and sat down reading a newspaper,” the source said.

Inzamam faces a maximum ban of eight One-Day Internationals or four Tests if both the charges are upheld against him but a minimum ban could be for three to four games and a heavy fine.

**The PCB has already made preparations for lodging an immediate appeal with the ICC if he is banned for a few games so that he can play in the Champions Trophy. **

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Inzamam tribunal set for The Oval

The ICC’s chief referee, Ranjan Madugalle, will preside over a two-day hearing starting on Wednesday.

But the Sri Lankan is not expected to reveal his findings until Friday.

The International Cricket Council has confirmed that all four umpires on duty for the game between England and Pakistan will attend the hearing.

Inzamam is found guilty of the ball-tampering he faces a fine of between 50 and 100% of his match fee. He could also be banned for one Test or two one-day internationals.

On the second charge, deemed more serious by the ICC, a ban of between two and four Tests or four to eight ODIs is a possibility.

Also present at the hearing will be Oval match referee Mike Procter and ICC umpires and referees manager Doug Cowie, who was at the match on the day in question.

Pakistan’s representatives are expected to include coach Bob Woolmer and board chairman Shaharyar Khan as well as Inzamam. Their legal team will be headed by London-based Mark Gay.

SOURCE: BBC SPORT | Cricket | International Teams | Pakistan | Inzamam preparing to learn fate

HAIR WILL BE CLEARED - AKRAM

Legendary fast bowler Wasim Akram fears Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq will be punished in the ICC’s investigation into the infamous fourth Test this week but thinks umpire Darrell Hair will be cleared.

Inzamam is charged with ball-tampering and bringing the game into disrepute following the forfeited fourth Test against England in the summer while Hair was also an unpopular figure for his part in the incident and his subsequent offer to resign in exchange for US $500,000.

Akram, however, believes the International Cricket Council will only find Inzamam guilty at a hearing which starts on Wednesday.

“The ICC can’t do anything about the umpires,” he told the Daily Mirror.

"If they do, teams will try it on, saying: ‘We’re not happy, change the umpire.’

“But they will fine or ban Inzamam-ul-Haq. Pakistan is being accused because we were giving a masterclass in ball-tampering and for 15 years nobody knew what we were doing.”

SOURCE: http://www.sportinglife.com/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=cricket/06/09/25/CRICKET_ICC_Akram.html

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Osman Samiuddin over at CricInfo has unearthed a number of new discoveries that are exclusively highlighted in this article.

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Stage set for Inzamam hearing **
On Wednesday and Thursday, Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq will appear at a hearing to face charges arising out of the controversial Test match against England at The Oval. **

He faces two separate allegations of ball-tampering and bringing the game into disrepute and the prospect of being banned from the game and fined if found guilty.

BBC Sport looks at the key figures in the case and the main issues of fact to be determined.

INZAMAM-UL-HAQ
A veteran of 113 Tests and 367 one-day matches, Inzamam is renowned as a laid-back individual. But he has a chequered disciplinary record and has faced charges nine times in the past, resulting on three occasions in him being banned.

As skipper, he is deemed responsible for the actions of his team at The Oval.
There has been no suggestion that he personally altered the condition of the ball, but he was involved in the dressing room discussion which led to them failing to take the field on time after the tea interval.

RANJAN MADUGALLE
A former Test batsman for Sri Lanka, Madugalle is the ICC’s senior match referee.He was due to officiate when the hearing was originally scheduled five days after the end of the match, but had to withdraw because of a family illness. Such is his standing, however, that attempts to find a replacement were quickly abandoned and a new date set so he could retain the appointment.

Madugalle must decide whether the umpires were right in ruling that the condition of the ball had been altered by Pakistan and whether the subsequent protest was sufficient to bring the game into disrepute.

DARRELL HAIR
A vastly experienced, but sometimes controversial, umpire, Hair has stood in 76 Tests and 124 one-dayers since 1992. The Australian is seen as the prime mover in the decision to award a five-run penalty to England and then to award the game to them by forfeit.

It was later revealed that he offered to resign in exchange for $500,000 (£263,000), but has now decided to continue his umpiring career. His ruling that Pakistanhad tampered with the ball will be examined at the hearing and will be crucial to the outcome. There have been various reports that there is no TV evidence to support his decision.

BILLY DOCTROVE
The second on-field umpire at The Oval, but far less experienced than Hair - it was only the ninth Test in which Doctrove, from Dominica, had stood. The ICC says all decisions taken by the umpires at The Oval were joint decisions, but a report published by Cricinfo.com on Tuesday claims Doctrove initially wanted to allow play to continue for a few more overs before the ball-tampering adjudication was made.
“He’s quiet and retiring, I don’t think we’ll see Billy popping up to make media statements,” Speed said in the aftermath of the incident.

His opinion has proved spot-on with Doctrove content to keep his own counsel pending the formal proceedings.

MIKE PROCTER
One of the most exciting all-rounders ever to play the game, Procter’s international playing career was all too brief because of South Africa’s exile from Test cricket during the apartheid era. The 60-year-old was in charge at The Oval and chaired a meeting at which the two captains and officials from the England and Pakistan boards reached consensus over a plan to re-start the Test on the final day.

The umpires, however, re-asserted their position that the game was over and England had won by forfeit.
Procter’s handling of the matter was criticised by Speed in a newspaper interview but like Doctrove, he has chosen not to make any public comment.

DOUG COWIE
A former international umpire, now the ICC’s umpires and referees manager, Cowie was present at The Oval. Two days after the match he was the recipient of Hair’s e-mail containing the offer to resign and request for a “one-off payment to compensate the loss of future earnings”. Cowie responded with a message in which he said “your offer may have merit”.

Asked later about Cowie’s handling of the matter, Speed later said: “I think if he could play it again, he would play it differently.”

OTHER WITNESSES EXPECTED TO GIVE EVIDENCE
Shaharyar Khan, Pakistan Cricket Board chairman
Bob Woolmer, Pakistan coach
Peter Hartley, TV umpire at The Oval
Trevor Jesty, fourth umpire at The Oval

Newspaper reports claim TV analyst Simon Hughes, former England batsman Geoff Boycott and former umpire John Hampshire will also be called by Pakistan’s lawyer to give expert opinion about the condition of the ball.

Source: BBC SPORT | Cricket | International Teams | Pakistan | Inzamam hearing - key figures

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Billy Doctrove: A witness or a party

I think Billy statement in ball tampering case is very crucial, and I have kind of feelings that he may think of his career and will express his true feelings at the hearing.

His professional ethics should make him stand behind ICC and gutless Hair, but truth and his professional interest may prove him otherwise.

Everyone knew how incompetent he is, and based on his track record he seemed like he will be dropped from Elite panel at the end of his contract tenure, but he could save himself on two grounds: 1) if Hair is no more part of elite panel, this may increase his chances for staying an other contract year, 2) winning blessing of boards like BD, IND, PAK, SA, SL, ZIM and WI (most likely going to vote against Hair) by saying the truth about his lack of agreement with Hair at Oval. Now question will be asked why did he supported Hair, he can say his professional ethics make him stand behind his fellow Umpire to avoid any drama at the centre. He can say if he knew this will boil down to this, he may have disagreed with Hair in first place.

I think if he go the second path, it could save cricket by removing bias, racist, dictator type of person from elit panel, as well as will keep him on the panel for some more time and he could work on his flaws, may get a new prescription for his glasses, can watch Simon Tufel and Aleem Dar video and could learn.

Good luck truth.

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I heard on GEO News that Kaneria, Nazir, Asif will also take part in the process as witnesses

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They are sending their written statements and will not be physically present during the hearings

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Oh Allah …Inzi aur pakistan kee izzat rakh lay…
sab log taraweeh main dua mangna…

that means you guys go to taraweeh today..!!
:amamah:

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They definetely are not going to look at each other or shake hands are they?

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wow, from where did u get this picture?

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More pictures:

http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/current/image/index.html

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Caption:
INZI: Chalo jee karwai shuro karo…main tayar hoon.. I is wears naice kote!
HAIR: ee’s late’ like ee’s late’ arrivn’ ate’ the creas’…Can we give ‘im a run owt’ ?

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The ICC has managed to get David Pannick QC who is a leading barrister in his field for this hearing. His CV looks impressive - but will that make a difference to this case - we will have to wait and see:

http://www.blackstonechambers.com/cv.asp?StaffID=18

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goray kachee goleeyan naheen kheltay…
akhir khel bhee tau inhee kaa heay…
:smack:

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*And the Truth shall set you free * :)

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“wa qulu qolan sadeedah …usleh lakum aamalukum…”
Quran : And say what is the truth, for it will amend your actions…
:k:

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This just in…

Inzamam waits on hearing verdict

Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq is set to learn his fate on Thursday after day one of his disciplinary hearing took place at The Oval in South London.
All the evidence has been heard and closing submissions will be made when the case resumes on Thursday morning. Chief ICC referee Ranjan Madugalle, who is chairing the two-day hearing, is then expected to announce his verdict.
Inzamam faces ball-tampering and disrepute charges after last month’s forfeited Test against England. He refused to lead his side out on to the field after being penalised for ball-tampering on day four of the fourth Test, also at The Oval.
If found guilty of ball-tampering, Inzamam faces a fine of between 50 and 100% of his match fee. He could also be banned for one Test or two one-day internationals.
"Inside I resolved that I had done nothing wrong and was satisfied with my actions " Inzamam-ul-Haq

On the second charge, deemed more serious by the ICC, a ban of between two and four Tests or four to eight ODIs is possible. Umpires Darrell Hair and Billy Doctrove were the officials out in the middle, with Peter Hartley and Trevor Jesty providing off the field back-up. Match referee Mike Procter and ICC umpires and referees manager Doug Cowie, who was at the match on the day in question, have also provided testimony. Madugalle will also consider written statements from the England players involved - Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood and Ian Bell. Pakistan’s representatives included coach Bob Woolmer and board chairman Shaharyar Khan. Looking back on his actions, Inzamam told the Guardian: "Definitely, I did feel some pressure. “But inside I resolved that I had done nothing wrong and was satisfied with my actions.”

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Inzamam decision expected on Thursday

The first day of the ICC Code of Conduct hearing at The Oval ended late on Wednesday afternoon and it is now expected that a decision from Ranjan Madugalle, the ICC’s chief referee, will be delivered sometime on Thursday.
It had been thought that it might take almost two days to hear the evidence, but it seems that all that remains is for closing submissions to be put forward on Thursday morning and then for Madugalle to deliberate and announce his findings. Although he has 24 hours to consider all the evidence put before him, few expect Madugalle to take anywhere near that long.
The hearing, which started at 9am on a grey morning, has been held behind closed doors. Madugalle was the first of the main characters to arrive, seeming surprised by the number of cameras and reports outside the Alec Stewart Gates at the north of the ground. Fifteen minutes later Billy Doctrove, Mike Procter and Doug Cowie, the ICC’s umpire’s manager, arrived in the same taxi. They were followed by Inzamam soon after, and Darrell Hair, the umpire in the spotlight, was the last to arrive, smiling at reporters and saying “good to see you all.”

During the course of the day, evidence was heard from 11 witnesses. The four officials were first up, and then after lunch the hearing listened to ICC umpires and referees Manager Doug Cowie, PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan, Inzamam, Bob Woolmer and finally three expert witnesses called by the defence - Geoffrey Boycott, Simon Hughes and John Hampshire. If Madugalle finds Inzamam guilty on either charge, his legal team will be allowed to make a submission concerning the possible penalties that could be imposed.

Meanwhile, the ICC confirmed that were Inzamam to be banned for ODIs and so miss the Champions Trophy then Pakistan would be allowed to replace him in their squad. Local media sources said vice-captain Younis Khan had been put on standby to lead the side in the Champions Trophy as the board anticipated the disrepute charges to be upheld.

If found guilty of ball-tampering, Inzamam faces a fine of between 50 and 100% of his match fee and could also be banned for one Test or two ODIs. On the second charge, a ban of between two and four Tests or four to eight ODIs is possible.

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A five match ban looming...

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InshaAllah, he will come out clean. Aameen