Saturday, September 4, 2010

spot fixing

Honestly Spot fixing is a very new cricket term for me...so I am still trying my best to be very very judgmental about it.Maybe it is wrong or maybe it is not.But first I have to know for sure what it is and how it is different from the centuries old Pakistan cricket term "match fixing"
So to best of my knowledge and belief....as I have been able to understand from what the british media is trying to make me understand for the past couple of day is that during a test match at lords a bowler is asked by someone...not any one of these wonderful gentlemen...the skipper,wicketkeeper,coach,team manager ,team selector,member of the board or the chairman of PCB and not even the Patron of Pakistan Cricket Board.and also not even i feel much shame in saying this....the gorgeous make belief miss world of Pakistan media veena malik...if that is what it is...than I must say that he has crossed the line indeed infact he has crossed every line ever printed in any oxford dictionary ever published...because it is my understanding that in a test match a bowler usually balls 30-40 overs an innings...and often before starting the run up to ball...he walks to the skipper,the wicket keeper or other senior members of the team or sometimes they walk to him and we see consultation between a bowler and them...then we have also watched millions of time when at a crucial point  in the game...a team member or extra walks in from the dressing room with a towel or a bat or drinks....and conveys the message....so this means that a very good world class bowler also not always balls according to his instinct...most of the time somebody tells him to ball as he balls...or not to...even the umpire warns a bowler to or not to ball the ways he did in the previous delivery...Interesting game cricket isn't it...?
So why not a super agent of the bowler can tell him to or how to ball....especially when that super agent is bringing in a lot of sponsorship and hard cash for that bowler.
Now the question is...will this super agent and sponsors advise in the interest of the player or against it....anything in the interest of the player should be in the interest of the team as well...(logic)or he might be dropped out of the team. Too many blunders will obviously be observed by the coach and the team management and selectors... to be in a national team is not guaranteed...its a very risky thing you know...and errors and blunders are all recorded in cricket just as the wickets,catches and hits are...in record books,on cameras and into the memories of the cricket fans worldwide...
So I suggest that this spot fixing should be legalized by ICC ....and it would be even better if the spectators only not the opponent player  are informed before hand on their television screens and mobiles of the nature of the to be bowled ball...and the generous sponsor....it would be very interesting to see how the bowler performed....accordingly or failed...after all they are humans and not machines..they can't do what they are told all the time...can they ...? no they can't....
ps:since scotland yard interfered and influenced the on-going test match at lords...it would be better if the result of that match or the test is declared no result.

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