Mohammed Amir cleared to return with immediate effect

[weldone]

I hope so Hendrix.

 

[smash84]

Amir's foot is now always a foot and a half 2 feet behind the front crease

check the replays

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlZn7mQDD9I

 

[weldone]

Amir's foot is now always a foot and a half 2 feet behind the front crease

check the replays

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlZn7mQDD9I

 

[91Jmay]

I am glad he is back in the game, if you ban him for life there is much less chance players will grass on someone who they might regard as a mate. Harsh punishments don't often reduce crimes.

 

[marc71178]

If you ban him for life you set out the clear message that it's wrong.

Slap on the wrist then fast tracking him back after he, let us not forget, flouted the terms of his ban does not send out that message.

 

[Burner]

He was banned for what? 5 years? That's not a slap on the wrist, that's a pretty large sanction for a sportsman. For many, that would in itself mean that you never play the game at a national level anymore anyway.

 

[marc71178]

Relative to the crime it is a slap on the wrist though.

If a solicitor or accountant was caught doing something that was the equivalent they'd be barred for life.

 

[Burner]

You are probably right to think that he should have been banned for life, a part of me thinks so as well.. But after all the ****storm that has been going on during this period of his supposed return, with his team-mates reprimanding him, him allegedly breaking down in front of them, the same team-mates then saying that they forgive him, Pakistan supporters asking for the heads to roll of the said team-mates because they aren't as talented as Amir etc. After all this, I can't but root for his return in the NZ series just to see how the things unfold. These are exciting times.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Relative to the crime it is a slap on the wrist though.

If a solicitor or accountant was caught doing something that was the equivalent they'd be barred for life.

The crime is match-fixing, it's got nothing to do with other professions.

 

[mr_mister]

Relative to the crime it is a slap on the wrist though.

If a solicitor or accountant was caught doing something that was the equivalent they'd be barred for life.

relative to the crime? LOL. cricketers retire at 30 not 60 like an accountant you daft sunnuva

he lost half his career over this. punishment fits the crime.

 

[marc71178]

He has committed the most heinous of crimes relative to his profession. Anything less the a lifetime ban is a slap on the wrist.

Sorry, should I add a few lols into my posts so that it comes down to your level of comprehension?

 

[mr_mister]

stop being such a grumpy bastard please


edit - also you're wrong. match fixing is worse than spot fixing

 

[weldone]

He has committed the most heinous of crimes relative to his profession.

Nah that's match-fixing.

 

[TNT]

Nah that's match-fixing.

Same thing really, match fixing may not mean losing the match it sometimes revolves around making sure events happen within a match, just like spot fixing.

 

[mr_mister]

if he's gonna use completely OTT words like 'heinous crimes' in regards to a bloody sport then we're allowed to split hairs on match-fixing and spot-fixing. Not the same thing

 

[marc71178]

Deliberately underperforming in a team sport for personal gain actually. That's the worst of the worst.

 

[marc71178]

if he's gonna being up stuff like 'heinous crimes' in regards to a sport then we're allowed to split hairs on match-fixing and spot-fixing. Not the same thing

How was it not a heinous crime then? Lol

 

[mr_mister]

watch the intro to Law and Order:SVU

 

[Pratters]

It's unfair to discriminate against the person once he has served his time.

 

[mr_mister]

rationality has no place in this thread pratters