Showing posts with label ACU. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ACU. Show all posts
Thursday, May 14, 2009

Match Fixing in the IPL

Lalit Modi has called for an investigation into the match played between the Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Someone has brought to Modi's attention that the match might have been fixed, while the BCC! has brought to my attention that the match might have been fixed.

The amusing thing is that the reason explained in this article, for the match being potentially fixed, is that Brad Hodge was not playing and was sitting in one of the hospitality boxes.

What connection exactly does sitting in a hospitality box and match fixing have?

And while they're at it, i.e. investigating match fixing in the IPL, maybe they should pay some attention to last night's match as well - the one that Deccan Chargers lost to the Delhi Daredevils.

Well if scoring 52 runs of the final 4 overs to win a match cannot be achieved without some match fixing, then how can 7 wickets for 12 runs be?

And why stop there?

Investigate today's match as well.

Because it looked like some players of the Royal Challengers Bangalore had fixed the match and wanted to lose it.

While some of them pulled a Rashid Latif and snatched a victory from the Chennai Super Kings.

Go on, give the ACU, or whoever the anti-corruption lot are at the IPL, something to do.

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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

What Did Nasim Ashraf Say?

Shoaib Akhtar and Nasim Ashraf appeared before the Pakistan Senate Committee on Sports yesterday to answer questions regarding the 5-year ban imposed on Shoaib by the PCB.
The Senator Enver Baig concluded: "the ban was unjust and members of the PCB had settled their personal scores by banning Shoaib".
Even though that statement has no bearing on the ban, it might have an impact on the decision of the appellate tribunal set to hear Shoaib's appeal on Thursday.
Enver Baig also said that "the Government should revamp the PCB set up and sack the Chairman Nasim Ashraf because he and his staff members were not professionals and they had ruined Pakistan cricket".
Considering that Enver Baig is a member of the PPP, the political party that leads the coalition Government, this demand will not fall on deaf ears. Nasim Ahraf's days are numbered.
Shoaib Akhtar had a lot of interesting things to say during the meeting. He was being himself raising questions on Nasim Ahraf's presence in the dressing room despite the rules of the ACU, Javed Miandad raising a bat on Deniss Lillee and yet not being reprimanded, PCB officials and team members going to night clubs and drinking on foreign tours and a lot more.
Note to Shoaib: I am a fan. A true admirer, supporter, and fan but you need to realise that Miandad raised his bat on an opponent but didn't swing it, while you sir swung one at your own team mate. There IS a difference. As for other officials and team members going to night clubs and drinking - it is in all probability true but then Mr. Akhtar, they do not get caught breaking curfews nor do they get clicked by the media nor do their pictures with women in bars and night clubs do the rounds of the internet nor do they get into brawls with security guards or bar tenders.
Nasim Ashraf also had a lot to say during the meeting, but what intrigued me was what was it that the PCB Chairman was saying in the pic above that resulted in this reaction from Shoaib Akhtar?

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