Inzamam-ul-Haq cleared of ball tampering

[The Large One]

Apparently.


Inzamam 'innocent of tampering'

Pakistan cricket captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has been cleared of ball-tampering, according to reports. The news has not been confirmed by the International Cricket Council.

But Pakistan Cricket Board spokesman Abbas Zaidi said: "It has been conveyed to us that he has been acquitted of ball tampering charges. So far we have only this much information," he added regarding the second, more serious, charge of bringing the game into disrepute.

Inzamam faced ball-tampering and disrepute charges after last month's forfeited Test against England at The Oval. He refused to lead his side out on to the field after being penalised for ball-tampering on day four of the fourth Test, also at the south London venue.

 

[larus]

What did you expect with the way that cricket is run. The power is with the asian counties now, so there was no way he was going to be found guilty.

They could have stood there with sandpapaer roughing up the ball and it would not have been ball-tampering.

Perhaps I'm just a bit too cynical

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Not guilty of ball tempering, guilty of bringing the game into disrepute according to the BBC. The second outcome was pretty predicatable really.

 

[BensGrandad]

Not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter and then be given the same life sentence. Do the same with him not guilty of ball tampering but guilty of bringing the game into disrepute so ban him.

That won't happen because there will be cries of racialiscm.

 

[Wozza]

Not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter and then be given the same life sentence. Do the same with him not guilty of ball tampering but guilty of bringing the game into disrepute so ban him.

That won't happen because there will be cries of racialiscm.

YEAH!

(Er.. what?!)

 

[Jim D]

So when does the umpire face a disrepute charge then - or perhaps asking for a payoff is the accepted method?

 

[Rougvie]

I'd send him to Guantanamo Bay

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter and then be given the same life sentence. Do the same with him not guilty of ball tampering but guilty of bringing the game into disrepute so ban him.

That won't happen because there will be cries of racialiscm.

Should he get the same ban as for ball tampering? He stood up for what he believed in, when Hair accused them of cheating and punished them.

I don't know about you, but I would be spitting feathers if my team had been accused of cheating and punished without even a trial.

 

[BensGrandad]

How many times does a ref send offa player and the side eventually loses and after appeal the player is found to be not guilty and shoul;dnt have been sent off.

That is what makes the game human error and refs and umpires act as they see it at the time. The umpire considered that he was tampering with the ball so took action as he should have.
That doesnt give Inzamam the right to refuse to go back onto the field.

 

[Franks Wild Years]

Should he get the same ban as for ball tampering? He stood up for what he believed in, when Hair accused them of cheating and punished them.

I don't know about you, but I would be spitting feathers if my team had been accused of cheating and punished without even a trial.

I agree Barrel especially as he was given no warnings before being directly accused. I do think that they should have come out again.
I think that this issue has f*** all to do with "racialism" and a lot to do with the "old fart" establishment in cricket.

 

[withdeanwombat]

Inzamam scratches his ball with sandpaper?

Is this Al Qaeda training?

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

I don't know about you, but I would be spitting feathers if my team had been accused of cheating and punished without even a trial.

But that's ALLOWED under the laws of cricket. So Inzi was WRONG to refuse to field.

I reckon it still makes Hair look a bit of a tit though.

 

[Man of Harveys]

I reckon it still makes Hair look a bit of a tit though.

I reckon his career is now over. Thankfully - the guy's an arse.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

But that's ALLOWED under the laws of cricket. So Inzi was WRONG to refuse to field.

I reckon it still makes Hair look a bit of a tit though.

Inzi should have gone about it in a different manner, indeed they did try and take the field, only to be told the game had been abandoned.

I think Hair was a tit and I really hope he is struck off. Dodgy umpire at the best of times!