12 Angry Men

Cricket's most important court case since Packer is scheduled to start today, and while there won't be 12 jury members led by Henry Fonda furiously debating the case I am willing to bet that by the day's end there will still be 12 angry men left standing outside the courtroom. Neither Daryl Hair nor the Pakistan cricket team will be smiling when the verdict is read. My prediction is that Daryl's decision to penalise the Pakistani team for ball-tampering will be reversed but Inzamam al-Haq's citing for bringing the game into disrepute will stand.

Watch Cricinfo closely today for more updates. Already "leaks" are starting to appear to give us some indication of the case to be argued.