The Oval (again)

I bet you are all getting as sick of the controversey as me. So here is the only article you need to read on the issue from Simon Barnes of the Times.

Pakistan were not accused of ball-tampering yesterday. They were judged and found guilty by the umpire, Darrell Hair, as they sought to halt England’s second-innings resurgence. This is a profoundly serious business in cricketing terms. It is not like calling a woman a tease. It is like calling her a whore. Well, there are women who are whores, but you’d better be bloody sure of your facts before making the accusation.

You cannot sum up the situation any better than that.