did you see how the Pakistani manager admited he made a mistake?

Question

The Pakistani manager admited he made a mistake in taking too long in returning to the pitch, the Pakis dont have a reason to complain they ruined the test.

Under Law 42, subsection 3 of the Laws of Cricket, the ball may be polished without the use of an artificial substance, may be dried with a towel if it is wet, and have mud removed from it under supervision; all other actions which alter the condition of the ball are illegal. These are usually taken to include rubbing the ball on the ground, scuffing with a fingernail or other sharp object, or tampering with the seam of the ball

The use of foreign substances to polish the ball, while illegal, is in some corners considered to be relatively common, and passes without incident or sanction. Substances which are suggested for this purpose include hair gel, sugar and lip balm.

In addition, picking at the threads of the main seam or 'lifting' the quarter seam to aid conventional and reverse swing respectively are considered illegal. Modifying the quarter seam can be particularly difficult to detect or prove.

Answer 1

To those who have said "He never said that" or similar.
Yes he did. I watched him live on BBC. Both Woolmer and Inzy said they should have finished the match and then complained. It was on BBC news, news24 and sport and then replayed over and over again throughout the day.......
I nearly forgot, in what appears an almost admission of guilt, he also bizzarely called for anti ball tampering laws to be scapped, saying all teams do it, and because it is such a batsman's game these days, the bowlers need some assistance. So as long as they don't take anything onto the ground to tamper it should be okay. Well what about finger nails? You can virtually destroy the ball with your nails! Besides, people pay large sums of money to watch batsmen score centuries, not watch bowlers destory a team in 10 overs......

Answer 2

I heard the Pakistan manager speak for hours on the incident. The BBC was obviously nonplussed and the Manager spoke very good English, so they let him talk in his conciliatory fashion.

Let's first get one factual detail clear. The match had two umpires on the field and one watching what the T.V. cameras have recorded. We have famously been told that the cameras have recorded nothing untoward. The referee "is going to inquire into it" we're told. For those who may not know the referee is a senior retired cricketer who sits in the pavilion and has authority over all the umpires. In this instance he was the former Sri Lanka captain, Ranjan Madugalle. He was not consulted on the day. It appears now that he's flown home 'cos a sister has met with a serious motor accident.

Again, it's Inzi or Hair. Hair has himself admitted in his book, in relation to calling Murali ten years ago, that he'd decided before hand to call him. So when he's making controversial decisions he must have braced himself for the repercussions. The victim is kept in the dark. Hair seems to be an executioner.

So Inzi fell into a trap carefully laid for him. The big, impassive guy reminds me of the character in Steinbeck's long short-story, "Of Mice and Men" - he does take time to react. However, having been baited by such a guy, there's nothing to suggest Inzi did anything downright nasty. The Aussies definitely sledge.

Let's be honest, though. The Pakis have a history of ball-tampering. So do the English (Atherton), perhaps others too. But decisions cannot be ex-parte.

The time of day was obviously wrong when I put my question about Dr W.G. Grace and Hair. The Brits are probably indifferent; Aussie Girl and the Subcontinent are unaware of how the game evolved a hundred and twenty years ago.

Answer 3

Sanity prevails. I really hope this incident does not hurt the game. The referees made a decision and must be respected.
It is vital that cricket remains a gentleman's sport. Bad sportsmanship is not part of the game.

Answer 4

You are wrong! he never said that, but i am sure to tell you that darell is soon about to say that he make a mistake and surely he will appolagize to the Pakistani squad. darell has already claimed that he wants money to leave the cricket, that means he wanted a reason to leave the cricket and get money. once again you are wrong, Pakistani manager never said that...

Answer 5

well he never said so!!!!!!
well that was a shock for pakistani team there as it was absolutly wrong what Hair did , now they r out of that n will tackle the things togather ...no one cud expect such a stupidity from an umpire of that level ut ofcourse it was Hair who can do that:S

Answer 6

He never said that....!!!
I think the last statement from him was something like
we are here to play cricket adn we would try to focus on it ...


Why don't the show the ball to media as inzimam has asked them to?

Answer 7

WHATS GOING ON...?

UMPIRE DEMANDS LUMPSUM CASH.

PAK. MANAGER ADMITS SOME THINGS ABOUT PREMATURE DEATH OF 4th CRICKET TEST.

ICC REFEREE DELAYS THE HEARING.

ITS CONFUSING AND IRRITATING.

CLEARLY, THEY ARE ALL KILLING THE CRICKET.

Answer 8

yes