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  1. Matt79

    Where to now for Pakistan?

    Hb/Spark - this is pretty irrelevant to the subject of the thread.
  2. Matt79

    ***Official*** Spot-Fixing Scandal

    Reckon if I were an international cricketer asked to play against these guys I'd be torn between refusing to do so, as a statement against tolerance of corruption, or playing and taking a $50 note out on the field, showing it so everyone can see and then insist on trying to give it to one or all...
  3. Matt79

    ***Official*** Spot-Fixing Scandal

    Unless they're complete idiots, NOTW will have taken steps to prove the date - continuous to the video of the fix also film something that can't be faked and proves the date - a playing radio/tv show etc, and then established a trail to track the integrity of the tape as evidence. They've been...
  4. Matt79

    ***Official*** Spot-Fixing Scandal

    Of course if they were banned from international cricket, there would be no reason for the bookies/kidnappers to take an interest in them. Probably sounds cold, but realistically there's nothing the ICC or world cricket can do to fix the kind of issue Lawson describes. Letting them play doesn't...
  5. Matt79

    The Aamer Situation

    Actually, if I was a Pakistani player, especially with Butt's connections, I would be pretty confident that whatever I did, if I got caught, there would be a brief period of unpleasantness, and maybe a six-month period on the outer - tops - before all was forgiven and it was business as usual...
  6. Matt79

    No UDRS for India-Australia Tests

    English posts only Craig.
  7. Matt79

    Zimbabwe's second greatest batsman

    Bolded part answers your own question tbh. I've never understood why Goodwin is so highly rated - outside the context of being from Zimbabwe. One of Hicks or Houghton for mine.
  8. Matt79

    The Aamer Situation

    It would be like Paris Hilton getting away multiple times with drug possession simply because she's a rich skank who made a porno that went viral on the net. Oh...
  9. Matt79

    ***Official*** Spot-Fixing Scandal

    If the excuse that "I'm too young/unworldly/uneducated" is going to be allowed, then we need to think about this another way and impose age and educational restrictions on who can play international cricket. Otherwise we can simply say "you're 18+, you're playing with the big kids, taking the...
  10. Matt79

    ***Official*** Spot-Fixing Scandal

    Cheers.
  11. Matt79

    The Aamer Situation

    Yeah, everyone needs to remain willing to objectively review the evidence, but clutching at straws here Migara IMO, to claim the whole thing is a fabrication. Would also agree with others that have said that they're not prone to accepting media stuff blindly. I'm not either, but am also...
  12. Matt79

    ***Official*** Spot-Fixing Scandal

    Link?
  13. Matt79

    No UDRS for India-Australia Tests

    Kylez, no need to divert conversation away from a cricketing issue to an attack on Alex. And recent form would suggest that in India, the Indian team would have little reason to concoct excuses in advance - they messed us up last time we went over there if you recall.
  14. Matt79

    ***Official*** Spot-Fixing Scandal

    Lol. Don't follow the news in the NRL?
  15. Matt79

    ***Official*** Spot-Fixing Scandal

    So we mustn't leap to conclusions about the Pakistan players, but can form whatever conclusions we like about Majeed? :huh:
  16. Matt79

    ***Official*** Spot-Fixing Scandal

    Yeah, I wish gambling on sport (outside of horse-racing I suppose) didn't happen. But that's unlikely to be the case ever.
  17. Matt79

    A.F.L. Thread II

    Reckon that's a bit unfair - applying hindsight to what at the time was a pretty well thought of decision. People were a bit surprised he beat Hardwick, but Hardwick himself has said that on the day, Knights gave the better account of himself. In another club, in other circumstances, Knights...
  18. Matt79

    ***Official*** Spot-Fixing Scandal

    Yeah, I don't think the "pay relative to other countries" argument means much. They're paid well enough that they shouldn't be forced by poverty into this corruption, after that it's simply a question of the amount of money available for the corrupt. And around the world in all cultures...
  19. Matt79

    ***Official*** Spot-Fixing Scandal

    Yeah, exactly. A couple of people have offered the - I think rather plaintive - suggestion that it's all a fix up concocted after the event, which is highly unlikely on several fronts, but as I said, it is easy enough to confirm the date/time of a video like that, and having regularly employed...
  20. Matt79

    ***Official*** Spot-Fixing Scandal

    It actually looks like he's riding a unicycle in that picture...

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