Re: Muhammad Amir, bookie Majeed confess to spot-fixing in court
we can offer them 2 for 1 (take Butt and Asif and give A.Bahi)
Re: Muhammad Amir, bookie Majeed confess to spot-fixing in court
If I am ICC, the only way I will be even considering shortening amir's ban is he comes to me and spills it all out.
Every cricket fan who has followed cricket for a while knows that spot/match fixing has existed in Pak cricket team for a very long time, infect it is same common as corruption in Pak.
So, amir who got caught for that one incident,** MUST NOT** have done it for the first time, he must have been either involved in other incidents or have heard about other player's involvements in other games (The most disturbing one to me was Pak's collapse in Galle 2009, where Moyo and Butt handed the game to SL)
So coming back to my main point, the only way I (if I am ICC) will shorten amir's ban is if amir comes to me and tells me about other incidents and player's involvements. I would also look for a deep corporation from him with anti corruption unit as even if amir is not directly involved in other incidents (less for a minute assume that) then still he would have learned little bit of how people like MM and other bookies try to entice people into spot fixing, just the same way as I, myself have never had to bribe police, the technician from telephone company to fix any problems with my telephone line, to get a driver license in Pak, to get some paper moved from one desk to another in any civil services office in Pak, to make sure that my post office delivers my package that has my electronic gadgets/cd player etc etc sent from abroad....I KNOW other people who bribed above people to assure that those services were delivered to them and i have heard on** HOW THEY gave those bribes** and how the under the table system works.
So, I will need amir to tell me about how under the table deals happen in Pak cricket among cricketers and bookies, so that that knowledge can be used to educate both anti corruption unit and future Pakistani cricketers....and if he is not willing to share that with me, then the rat gets no sympathy from me.
No reaction, no opinion from other KK people on my post on under what conditions should ICC consider shortening amir's ban?
Re: Muhammad Amir, bookie Majeed confess to spot-fixing in court
Well even if ICC decided to shorten (chances are remote) Aamir's ban as a result of him belatedly but fully cooperating with CPS and ICC, he MUST be made to serve atleast 3 years of his original 5 year ban. Anything less will set a very bad precedent for future players who might be tempted to indulge in betting and match-/spot-fixing and such bakvas. Cricketers must clearly stay away from such people...
Re: Muhammad Amir, bookie Majeed confess to spot-fixing in court
Part of guilty plea should be full allocution that states any other instances where he participated in or knew about match or spot fixing and who were the other players and individuals involved in this and other instances.
Re: Muhammad Amir, bookie Majeed confess to spot-fixing in court
No reaction, no opinion from other KK people on my post on under what conditions should ICC consider shortening amir's ban?
Nikema bhai, I don't want ICC to shorten his ban, simple as that, just like justice delayed is justice denied, when you withhold evidence/witnesses then it shouldn't matter if you reveal them 12-13 months later.
Re: Muhammad Amir, bookie Majeed confess to spot-fixing in court
Nikema bhai, I don't want ICC to shorten his ban, simple as that, just like justice delayed is justice denied, when you withhold evidence/witnesses then it shouldn't matter if you reveal them 12-13 months later.
I agree 100%. I believed that Amir did not deserve to put the Pakistani hat on in a cricket field, we need to make an example out of him for next generation of Amir's. If wasim in 1998 was punished and banned, there is NO WAY in hell, we would have seen amir/asif/butt and others repeat these acts.
But when I am suggesting here, is to get most out of amir's confession and learn the ways the fixers get close to the team and how they operate so that knowledge can be used to educate cricketers.