Corruption in cricket

He'll be there to analyse no balls!

Not so sure - Pakistan will surely have found another bowling talent by then - maybe Junaid Khan is the next Amir -I am afraid Amir's chances of being accepted appear remote - and that is not a loss to cricket.

Didn't know where else to post this....

ICC probes Aus-Zim WC match.

ICC has carried out a scrutiny of the Australia and Zimbabwe WC match played in Ahmedabad after the Australian openers batted slowly in the first 10-15 overs

Sources aware of developments said the ICC ACSU had carried out a quiet review of the match after questions were raised over the slow start taken by Watson and Haddin.


Australian team coach Tim Nielsen has defended his openers saying they played slowly according to the situation.


Plenty of fuss was also raised over the India and England match after former Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne correctly tweeted seven hours before the start of the match that it would be a tie.

Hmmm, wonder where and when will all this end. Guess there will always be doubts in a few minds forever now.

And now:......

Sri Lanka batsman Mahela Jayawardene has taken legal advice over doubts raised on a state-run TV channel about the way he and another batsman performed in the World Cup defeat by Pakistan.

Will this ever end now?

yeah, Zimbabwe bolwers are no rubbish bowlers, Price in fact is one of the best in the business.

Warne's prediction was tongue in cheek and must be treated accordingly.  The accusations against Sri Lanka and Jayawardene personally are more serious and completely without foundation.That a commentator of a local station should air such scurrulous opinions without any foundation has left him open to legal proceedings.  Jayawardene is a true gent and someone who doesn't like to create waves but if he feels his good name has been tarnished might well after taking legal advise , take this further.
             Add to that the snidey suggestions about the Aussie openers , these are situations that cricket and this world cup simply doesn't need.  Australia won convincingly , that the bowling tied them down initially is nothing new in any form of cricket , but they broke the shackles later and won well. These are experienced players and know how to build an innings - how often does Sachin start slowly and still get his hundred at almost a run a ball ?
               It's all nonsense , I'm with Amal and Sam - let's get on with the cricket.


Edited by Sledger - 02 March 2011 at 5:46am

The match fixing Pandora box is open again. Hashan Tilikaratne says he will reveal h the names soon adding the SRL players have been involved in match fixing since 1992. Now then.

Tilikeratne is taking a big move here!

Originally posted by Mikey Whistleblowers never win.

yup, we have  a very big example of Zulqarnain haider

We can't say anything about what has been going on since '92 , investigations will bring truth out.

What was he doing all these years ? Is he trying to defame the current govt as he is in opposition.Is it just a political mileage ? or was it a closely guarded secret.

 

 

Some of his lose comments

1. His comments about early selection does not hold much weightage.

2. Dropping Mendis - Any fool knows , Indians had literally destroyed Mendis . He was no more a secrect weapon.Infact he was more of liability against India.

3. Last and most stupid comment - That final match , SL players literally played their skins out. That Mahela's century, Malinga's initial breakthrough to remove Sachin-Shewag.There was absolutely was no hint of any underperformance from any of SL players.

 

Well when a man makes a statment like "WC final may have fixed" , he is out of his mind for sure. He might be right about his time team, they might have fixed.

 

This SL-2011 WC team really looked clean to me on all counts.

I agree with Raj the final never looked fixed. Both team did their best to win it and the superior team on the day won. But hold on, I would not say that India have destroyed Mendis - they have not. He has taken 28 wickets against them in 167 matches under 25 a piece. That is not destruction by no means mate. One team that has actually had the better of him is Pakistan - which is why the Lankans never pick Mendis and instead play Herath when playing Pakistan.

It is difficult to fix a game like the WC final and yes, SLN did gave a good fight and the game looked clean. 

Edited by sam_ahmed - 30 April 2011 at 10:59am

With Pakistan it's hard to pick it out unless someone is caught because they are just so damn inconsistent. They can play like rubbish one day and be a world beater the next, it's very much hit and miss with Pakistan. No doubt that their losses to BD in 99 and Ireland in 07 were simply just bad games on their part.

My question is a simple one - Why has it taken Hashan so long to suddenly come clean ?  Call me a cynic , but something smells here.  Mischief making at this time when cricket's trying to lift itself out of the dirt doesn't impress me at all.  Now if there is a book in this , I for one won't be reading it!

Whenever an Asian team loses , especially by a large margin (and especially if it's Pakistan) then people cry match fixing. It's a well known fact that discipline and professionalism isn't as high among the Asian teams and they do sometimes fail! Put that together with the fact that collapses and dropped catches happen. Unless one has empirical evidence of match fixing, pulls out bank accounts and traces where all the money goes - which is an expensive, forensic accounting task, then you can't just cry foul about match fixing.