chris.hinton
International Captain
Easy series win
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mackembhoy
International Regular
After this has reared it's head a few times now(when lets be honest it should absolutely not)
But surely the ECB should have raised off Mahmoods far sooner, to avoid such a situation.
But surely the ECB should have raised off Mahmoods far sooner, to avoid such a situation.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Why not? Its now known that, as a rule, it takes longer to get visas to India for people with Pakistani ancestry. Like with Bashir, this is completely on the ECB.
Sunil1z
International Regular
They deliberately do this now despite knowing the rules .
Once a mistake
Twice a coincidence
Thrice a pattern
Molehill
Cricketer Of The Year
How do you know they didn't apply sooner? When the rest of the cricketing world goes out of its way to allow India to participate in a tournament, this is how it gets repaid.
mackembhoy
International Regular
Maybe I'm not mental like your government. But I fail to see how Mahmood or Bashir should be blamed for who their family might be.
Bet some other England players have more wrongun family member than either of them.
Sunil1z
International Regular
Because they didn’t do even last time . This was the mistake they made in Bashir case last tour
Molehill
Cricketer Of The Year
And how do you know they didn't apply for his visa sooner knowing this would happen, and yet it still does?
He was born in Birmingham, he went to school near Manchester, he's lived all his life in England. Why should he even have to apply differently anyway?
Sunil1z
International Regular
So you are saying Indian government is asking Indian embassy to not issue visa to humiliate ECB rather than ECB making same mistake again and again.
Cool story bro
RossTaylorsBox
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Hey can you guys just skip straight to the part where you compare terrorist attacks like last time
mackembhoy
International Regular
Was me and HB arguing that time too. He went there with that to begin with
Let bygones be bygones I say. Destroy man made borders and world peace for all.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Coz if they had, it would have come out. It was clearly reported they applied along with the rest of the squad for Bashir even though it was known it would take longer to get his visa. I see no reason why the same would not have happened now.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Haha big talk for a guy who has no idea what it is like to have terrorists roam the streets and shoot people for absolutely no reason other than their nationality. Just have some respect about things you have no idea of and shut the **** up.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Molehill
Cricketer Of The Year
I was kind of hoping that having known what happened to Bashir that they would have gone down a more forward thinking path for Mahmood.
I didn’t before and I won’t now get into a terrorist conversation. This is an English cricketer, he should be treated like one.
mackembhoy
International Regular
Well that went well.
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honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
He is being treated like any other person. If ECB are expecting some VVIP treatment, then they were obviously wrong. Last time, it was reported that BCCI actually told ECB it will take 10 days or whatever the regular time frame is for such visas but they did not submit it ahead. Either ECB should try to have a dialogue with Indian Embassy to maybe provide certain details earlier and see if the processing can be done faster. But from all accounts, they simply file the visas along with the rest of the team everytime and then cry foul when the ETA is mentioned to be longer for players with Pakistani origin.
Adders
Cricketer Of The Year
That is absolutely trash posting.
