Sad day for Cricket...

Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory exposed...

The entire spot fixing episode explains many things - how they used to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Kamran Akmal dropping catches in Australia, Afridi always failing to score when needed yet never dropped, Wasim Akram and Saeed Anwer throwing away the 1999 world cup final against Australia despite being the favorites. If PCB is serious in rooting out corruption in cricket which has been tolerated for far too long it will find many skeletons in the closets to deal with.

Yet I feel for Asif the great McGrath of Asia and Salman Butt - what a talented batsman.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/current/story/539063.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15573463

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/03/amir-in-the-dock-as-sentencing-process-begins.html

Stop corruption in Cricket...

Shame... Taking moral responsibility Ejaz Butt must resign immediately!

There is nothing to write about. Heads down with shame. Sorry, so long as corruption is accepted is society it will go on. The young boys and girls must get the message that corruption is not acceptable in any circumstance.

Getting banned for 5 years is no small thing. The careers are finished for good. What great talent gone. Butt the class opener and a good enough captain gone, the McGrath of Pakistan - Asif gone and a budding talent Amer gone too. But let this be a lesson for any future adventurers. I hope not only the Cricketing Community but the whole world is listening.

In the meanwhile some one has to take moral responsibility. And if Ejaz Butt has just a bit of conscience still left in him he will at least resign without asking even if he does not offer an apology to the nation. This will be good for the morale of the cricket squad for the 2011 Cricket World Cup. http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/current/story/499614.html