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Six and Out - Some Serious Cricket

February 7th, 2007

Hair in debt again?

Just when you thought the cricketing world was just about getting back to normal again, things settling down nicely, England winning a couple of games, a thrilling series between Pakistan and South Africa under way, and the World Cup just around the corner, it felt like some of the controversies of last year, such as […]

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November 16th, 2006

Ovalgate takes a cruel twist

Won’t this thing just die? In yet another twist, that is, after the ICC announced that they’d moreorless sacked Darrel Hair, and then said he was their second-best, he’s now been voted #1 Umpire in the World by Wisden, receiving 34% of the vote ahead of Simon Taufel with 16%.
Now, it doesn’t take a genius […]

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November 8th, 2006

Pakistan continue to take the piss

The argument over the Ovalgate continues to rage. Despite Pakistan getting their way and having Darrell Hair removed from International duty, they’re still unwilling to cough up the requested £800,000 in compensation for the forfeiture of the game. Instead, they’ve come up with a new plan: they’ll play cricket against us.

“We have told (ECB chairman) […]

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September 28th, 2006

Inzy found not guilty and also guilty

The charges of ball-tampering against Inzamam Ul Haq were today repudiated as ICC “judge” Sanjan Madugalle decided there was insufficient evidence to uphold the charge. However, he did find Inzy guilty of bringing the game into disrepute after twice refusing to bring his players out to the field. For this offence, he was banned for […]

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September 27th, 2006

Ovalgate inquiry gets under way

The inquiry in to the ball-tampering scandal gets underway at The Oval today, which will hopefully put this whole thing to bed. If you missed out on this whole affair then read my “as it happened” and then check out the BBC’s timeline.
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September 25th, 2006

Inzy to learn fate by Friday

The “trial” of Inzamam Ul Haq, accused of ball-tampering and bringing the game into disrepute begins on Wednesday and will take two days. The decision, to be made by ICC Chief Referee Sanjan Madugalle, will be announced on Friday. Inzy faces forfeiture of his match fees and possibly a ban from the game.
And, in […]

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August 22nd, 2006

Hair today, gone tomorrow?

Well someone had to make the joke. Darrell Hair has finally spoken up (in as much as the media have finally managed to print something) and has basically said what we were all thinking. Like everyone else involved in the whole saga, he’s sticking to his guns. He’s said he was just doing his job […]

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August 22nd, 2006

On a lighter note than the ball tampering

The Pakistani ball tampering scandal isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. Every day that new revelations about the scandal emerge from the murky media waters. And every day, an extra chip is taken out of the good name of Cricket. A lot has been said about the spirit of the game, and how damaging this whole […]

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August 21st, 2006

Ball tampering, cheating, Darrell Hair and being no closer

So a day has passed since one of the most controversial test matches in Test history since the Bodyline tour was officially forfeited. If you don’t know about this - where have you been? OK, I’ll let you off. There’s enough accusations flying around without me starting on you. Sorry.
Anyway - 24 hours on and […]

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August 20th, 2006

The Oval test nonsense, update

… and still no closer to any sort of resolution. If you didn’t witness it, then read this and get yourself up to speed. And as I sit here, some 4 hours after the events began to unfold, I’m still no closer to knowing what’s going on. There has simply been nothing forthcoming from any […]

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