Because it should have been overturned.


Quoting Bilal Ahmed <bilal.ahmed.siddiqui@...>:

> Just one question I see all the references against ICC being made after
> changing the decision of the Test match ..
>
> How come there was no issue when the ban on Mr. Hair was overturned ?
>
> On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Riff <riff@...> wrote:
>
>> Let's face it, the ICC is as corrupt inside as the Zimbabwe regime. India
>> is
>> now hell bent on running the game and the "Indian bloc" as Bilal put it,
>> vote as one in their own interests, not in the interests of the game.
>> Governance of the game has gone to hell in a handbasket, thanks largely to
>> the ICC and I predict within a few years that cricket will divide into 2 or
>> more governing bodies.
>>
>> Riff
>>
>> www.crucialcricket.com
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: world_cricket@yahoogroups.com
>> [mailto:world_cricket@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Old Father Time
>> Sent: 05 July 2008 05:39
>> To: world_cricket@yahoogroups.com
>> Subject: Re: [world_cricket] Forfeit result changed
>>
>>
>> Bilal Ahmed wrote:
>> > I think it is a valid decision as the basis on which the whole issue
>> > resulted i.e. "Ball tampering by Pakistani bowlers", has already been
>> > found not correct.
>>
>> For me, this has nothing to do with it.
>>
>> > The point is when the two teams were ready to play and spectators
>> > wanted to watch the game, the umpires have no right to call off the game.
>>
>> Nor this.
>>
>> In both cases, whether it was right or wrong, for me is irrelevant. What
>> matters is that a governing body overuled the Laws of Cricket. And that
>> is a worrying thing.
>>
>>
>> > I don't think it is a dangerous precedent, and its better to move on
>> > with the decision as it will rarely change anything
>>
>> I would have preferred to read this sentence a week or month or year
>> ago. But clearly folks couldn't move on. So, logically, I don't need to
>> either.
>>
>>
>> > The more i am concerned about is that this incident clearly opened up
>> > a wide divide among the cricketing world with all racism talk coming in.
>>
>> Not from me.
>>
>> > As a cricket fan I truly hope that like Asia Cup in Karachi we have a
>> > successful ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan in Sept. 2008. This event
>> > surely can help in getting rid of a lot of this off field non-sense
>> > and get back to cricket.
>>
>> For me this won't happen either. As far as cricket goes, it will come
>> and go (if it goes ahead as planned) like so many other one day and
>> 20/20 tournaments do; a weird sort of blur that means basically nothing.
>> As far as off-field nonsense goes, I can handle most things, but I love
>> cricket. With that love comes the respect for the Laws. People always
>> have and always will get it right, and be seen as wrong or get it wrong
>> and be seen as right. There are some Laws I think are silly, and others
>> that are as good as they can be. But all of them are what they are. For
>> me they should be stuck to. In this situation, the ICC, who controls the
>> running of the game, not the Laws, have overruled them. That is plain
>> wrong, and I will not accept it otherwise.
>>
>> I am happy for you that you are enjoying your cricket.
>>
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