Butt/Amir/Asif - Spot Fixing Trial

[OverratedSanity]

Haha, digging up threads and quoting old Bun posts probably isn't a good idea.

I should come out like Robert Downey did at the end of Iron Man 1 and start a thread.

The truth is..... I am Precam *Cue Black Sabbath*

 

[fredfertang]

I should come out like Robert Downey did at the end of Iron Man 1 and start a thread.

The truth is..... I am Precam *Cue Black Sabbath*

This one demands an interview - where is Hurricane when you need him?

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Mohammad Amir can lead the way for rehabilitation of errant players | Mike Selvey | Sport | The Guardian

Amir may be able to play before his ban ends.

Can't wait for his return.

 

[marc71178]

Hope he gets abused non stop by the crowd wherever he plays.

 

[smash84]

Just stumbled upon this thread and read this post on the first page. Holy **** if that isn't the biggest pile of steaming monkey crap I've ever seen with regards to this debate. I don't know what's worse, the post or the fact that people like smali actually agreed with it. Jesus. Hilariously bad.

Oh come on OS. If you start digging into forum archives you will find some very esteemed posters have posted some very silly stuff let alone ordinary mortals like myself

 

[fredfertang]

Hope he gets abused non stop by the crowd wherever he plays.

Won't happen if he takes wickets

 

[sledger]

I'd love it if he came back and then got called for chucking and banned again. It's be the funniest thing ever.

 

[harsh.ag]

I'd love it if he came back and then got called for chucking and banned again. It's be the funniest thing ever.

Yeah, but the boy's got a beautiful action.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

I'd love it if he came back and then got called for chucking and banned again. It's be the funniest thing ever.

I guess you haven't seen him bowl.

 

[sledger]

I guess you haven't seen him bowl.

Stop making crap guesses; people will start to think you're a dullard.

 

[Daemon]

how is sledger not permabanned from cc

 

[harsh.ag]

how is sledger not permabanned from cc

He does a hard job, but we can't afford another like him

 

[sledger]

 

[Burgey]

Mohammad Amir can lead the way for rehabilitation of errant players | Mike Selvey | Sport | The Guardian

Amir may be able to play before his ban ends.

Can't wait for his return.

Doesn't that mean his ban would be over earlier than the time he was given?

 

[Agent Nationaux]

I think it's domestic he can play.

 

[Burgey]

I wonder if they'll let him. You'd think a ban would apply to any officially sanctioned match.

 

[marc71178]

Well they tried that and he immediately played in club cricket in a clear breach of the ban - should never be allowed to step foot on a pitch again IMO. 5 years was a pathetically short ban.

 

[Furball]

The sympathy Amir gets is sickening.

 

[Prince EWS]

Despite having no sympathy for Amir I'm a bit torn over whether he should be able to play domestic cricket, actually.

On one hand, I don't think the ICC should have the power to tell the PCB who they can let play in their domestic competitions. Just not in its jurisdiction IMO, so it should be a PCB decision only.

On the other hand, I don't think he should ever be allowed to play professional or semi-professional cricket again. If it was up to me I'd rub him out for good.

 

[r3alist]

Sympathy why not?

To have sympathy would be to see he isn't the biggest villan in this episode, and was a kid who didn't know better, and has the potential to contribute a great deal to cricket, overall a loss from several perspectives.

Now unless you uniformly have no sympathy for people who make mistakes and are being punished then fine, if not then interesting to know why on earth it would sicken you.

Btw, whilst guilty of spot fixing he didn't match fix as far as we know, in my book match fixing is more unforgivable compared to spot fixing, in the sense that match fixing you make the game and contest a sham, spot fixing you don't necessarily do that.