Picture of the Day: Forfeited or Not!

70 responses to “Picture of the Day: Forfeited or Not!”

1. Naveed says:

   August 25, 2006 at 12:27 pm

   Writing to you all after ICC press conference & confused as to how Hair’s offer of resignation in exchange of lost earning of USD 0.5M is going to impact the matter

2. Karan says:

   August 24, 2006 at 4:19 pm

   I got a little worried when I heard today’s game was cancelled. Turns out its bc of rain. I hope the remaining games go well and this does not blow up further. I think Pakistan took a courageous stand and hope that it will improve the game and with better officials we will get away from these constant controversies that have been happening with so many countriesl.

3. Adil Najam says:

   August 23, 2006 at 1:27 pm

   Folks, the drama continues to unfold. It turns out now that the hearing has been postponed and will not be held until after he series ends. Could this be an attempt to salvage the series and allow a ‘cooling down’ time for sensitivities to calm down? Or just to save the series and the revenue? This report seems to suggest ICC and ECB like this arrangement but PCB would prefer to have the hearing and the matter decided.

   Here from CrickInfo:

   Inzamam-ul-Haq’s disciplinary hearing, originally set for Friday, has had to be postponed because of the unavailability of the ICC’s chief match referee, Ranjan Madugalle.

   “The difficulty relates to the availability of Madugalle to chair the hearing as he is dealing with a private and personal matter that requires his urgent attention,” explained Malcolm Speed, the ICC chief executive. “Pakistan and England, as the host country, have both expressed a preference for Ranjan to hear the case and on that basis we have agreed to the postponement. We have looked at potential alternatives but, as the ICC’s chief referee and a person with immense credibility within the game, Ranjan is the most appropriate person to adjudicate in this matter.

   “We are yet to decide upon a new date but the intense nature of the upcoming one-day international series between England and Pakistan is likely to make it extremely difficult to fit in a hearing during that period.”

   Given that is seems highly unlikely that Madugalle will be available anytime soon, this news makes it almost certain that the hearing will not take place until Pakistan’s tour of England has been completed. Speaking to Sky Sports, however, Pakistan’s manager, Zaheer Abbas, insisted he would prefer the hearing to take place before Monday, and nominated the West Indian Clive Lloyd as a potential replacement.

   Madugalle left the England-Pakistan series after the third Test to attend to a situation at home in Colombo – something that was scheduled prior to the start of the series – and Mike Procter was appointed to officiate in the final game.

   The postponement of the hearing will suit the ICC and the ECB just fine as the series would have been in serious jeopardy had Inzamam been banned for any number of matches, as was looking likely.

   However, the Pakistan Cricket Board wants the matter resolved at the earliest. “If Madugalle is not available a replacement should be found at the earliest and the hearing should take place as this is a serious matter,” a PCB official said, requesting anonymity.

4. Karan says:

   August 23, 2006 at 2:40 pm

   I don’t think this is a good development. This keeps the Pakistan team under stress. Their reputations still in question and justice not served. The team would not be expected to perform at peak under such conditions.

5. Adnan Siddiqi says:

   August 23, 2006 at 6:59 am

   
   1) Pakistani team was not notified of what they had done wrong and what their punishment
   

   They were notified thatswehy Inzy got mad.No law was violated;its just law itself is very cruel.The only mistake was absence of any evidence.Read law 42.3