Re: Salman Butt ‘With God as witness, we are not involved’!
Fkhan bhai, people who bowl no-balls intentionally or un-intentionally will ALWAYS get-away unless there is some ‘proof’, now that we have proof we want to have a 24-hour video of everything happening, even if we are given that people will start doubting and will claim there is video doctoring going on to super-impose images, image-shuffling etc.
People drop catches sometimes intentionally, I am not claiming Younis dropped catch intentionally, so if there is any ‘proof’ that he indicated catch dropping in a specific moment then yes that would’ve been considered spot-fixing.
The problem is ‘loop-hole’ in the laws, currently there is no proof that any bookie in Eng was defrauded because of these no-balls hence ICC or police can’t put these guys behind bars. Mazhar Majeed’s character is known in the bookie circle hence he was approached to fix ‘things’ and rest is history. We can keep burying our heads in the sand and say “all is well” or we can get rid of evil, the choice is ours and rewards will be reaped by next generation.