"After lengthy negotiations which resulted in agreement between the teams, the ICC match referee and both ECB and PCB to seek to resume the fourth npower Test match on Monday, it was concluded with regret that there will be no play on the fifth day. The fourth npower Test match between England and Pakistan has therefore been forfeited with the match being awarded to England.
In accordance with the laws of cricket it was noted that the umpires had correctly deemed that Pakistan had forfeited the match and awarded the Test to England.
At a meeting between the captains, ECB, PCB and match referee, the players, ICC match referee and boards indicated that they would offer to resume play if at all possible on day five.
The umpires having awarded the match to England and having consulted with the Pakistan captain reconfirmed their decision to award the match to England.
The Pakistan team was aggrieved by the award of five penalty runs to England. The award of those penalty runs for alleged interference with the ball is under review by the ICC match referee Mike Procter, whose report will be considered in due course.
ICC will be issuing a separate report concerning action which may be taken in relation to the forfeiture of the match by Pakistan.
ECB Chief Executive David Collier said: "The ECB expresses great regret that the actions taken resulted in spectators, television viewers and radio listeners being deprived of play."
How is this possible? How can one (or two) petty little official's ego result in such chaos? The ICC, as usual, seem to have taken entirely the wrong line. Here is an extract from their statement:
"ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed also spoke to umpire Darrell Hair by phone from Dubai.
"Following these meetings the umpires decided that, having made the decision to award the match to England, to change that decision would not be in keeping with the Laws of Cricket. The ICC backs the decision of the umpires.
"The issue of a charge or charges to be laid against Pakistan under the ICC's code of conduct will now be dealt with at the earliest possible opportunity. Pakistan has been charged under level two of the code of conduct, 2.10, which relates to changing the condition of the match ball."
For his sake, Darrell Hair better have some bloody good evidence to show that the Pakistan team tampered with the ball. Cricinfo calls this "the biggest crisis since Bodyline" and it had better not hinge on something as empty as his pride.
6 comments:
You are quick to say that "Darryl Hair should have some bloody good evidence", yet you yourself were just as quick to condemn the Aussies last summer, of far more damning behaviour, without even being here. I suspect you like the chance to jump on the Aussies aye?
In the post you're linking to, Mike was actually there for most of what he was talking about.
We all do like to take the chance to jump on Aussies, but that doesn't mean we can't hold suspicions of Darryl Hair as an individual. I don't think the fact that he is Australian really comes into it.
I knew you'd tell me he was there :-(
Why are you so sure that this is Darryl Hair's fault? The Pakistanis have a richer history of ball tampering, than even Darryl Hair has of controversy.
BTW, re: that post, most Aussies would say "sit down and shut up you dick..." as well. Let's not kid ourselves here, I've been to Eden Park.
I was in Auckland as recently as last week, and I know all about how the minority can reuin the reputation of the majority, very quickly.
I am pretty quick to dump on the Aussies, but don't take too much offense - I think I am even quicker to jump on New Zealanders.
Maybe I should have expanded on that "Darrell Hair should have some bloody good evidence" a bit though. I think Darrell's reputation in the sub-continent is even worse than it is in my particular corner of the world. In my opinion, if he doesn't have good evidence (no matter whether the Pakistanis were cheating or not) then no-one is going to believe him.
No offence taken Mike. I'm guilty. I love a dig at the Kiwi's just as much ;-)
Nice information given. Thanks. I read this blog daily and i like it very much. all sports live streaming.
Pakistan vs England match
live cricket ptv sports streaming
Post a Comment