So Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has been cleared of ball tampering but banned for four one-day matches for bringing cricket into disrepute. What a load of b-ll-cks. Either he was guilty ... or he was not guilty. This blog is vehemently anti-nambi-pambiness in any shape or form and this is one of the more gratuitous examples of it. Add this one to the Pope's little about face on Islam and a store of treasured idiocy is slowly amassing.
Reading the full text of the decision on Cricinfo, the decision seems to be reasonable.
ReplyDeleteGiven that the physical state of the ball did not justify a conclusion that a fielder had altered its condition, and neither of the umpires had seen a fielder tampering with the ball, there was no breach of Law 42.3.
So the burden of proof was not there, but he and his team did pout in a way derogatory to the spirit of cricket, so slap on the wrist.
Matter closed fairly elegantly.