CricStalker #6
The hell is happening: First Part, the overview
-Alexandriano Hauxmann, CricStalker Correspondent
I write this in a bewildered state, as my mind tries to comprehend the situation with utter confusion. The current turbulent flow of events make the whole fixing saga seem childishly pale in comparison. Here is a brief overview for those who failed to keep up with the pace of the chaotic events unfold before their CPU overheating. This article is heavily influenced by opinions and dramatic factors, so let that be a warning.
Pakistani Opener Jack Ryder heald a sudden press conference after their victory in the second ODI. No one had any idea what was to come. Was it regarding his splendid performance in the last game? Was it about Asad Raza's inexplicable chain of decisions after he was caught fixing? Was it about his personal life, his relationship with his wife or something? Was he going to retire? There were a lot of questions in mind. Everyone was curious about what it could be, so there were a lot of speculations. But no one could have possibly imagined what would come next.
He comes, and right off the bat he drops a nuclear bomb. Another shocking revelation, leaving us to wonder if the shocking revelations are becoming a new trend in Pakistan Cricket in these days. He reveals that Asad Raza was not alone. He had a partner in crime. Another person who was involved in the whole fixing business from within the team. And that person was Umair Nazim, his opening partner.
Everyone was not at the very least expected anything even near this. Umair Nazim, out of all people? The one who could not stand Asad Raza from the beginning? The one with the anti misbah policy who was known for his late night partying was with Asad in his dirty deeds all along? No one could possibly picture that. Jack Ryder went on saying how Umair attempted to bribe him and Maheer Amir to keep them silent, and so on. As we naively attempted to wrap our head around this claim, Umair Nazim himself did a follow up of this claim with no attempt whatsover in denying the allegations against him. In his short and brief message he only expressed his rage on Maheer and Jack not returning his money he bribed them with, which hit us with another thundering bolt of "what the hell!?"
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The one's in charge of PCB's official newsletter themselves expressed deep bewilderment regarding the new situation which has unfolded.
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And just today, captain Shahid Younus announced that he will no more serve as the captain of Pakistan, expressing that all this is too much for him. Which leads to a fundamental question. What the hell is happening!? And why? Why does it have to happen?
Of course, we have no idea and we don't know any way in how to deal with this. But our top CricStalker correspondent Bazood Majooz gathered a 676 pages of humongous data about all the incident and analyzed them to write down a 67 page article to answer the very question' "who is the main villain of Pakistan Cricket? Who is in the right? Who is wrong? Who is the main inducer of these chain of events? Stay tuned for the upcoming articles to find out.
(Note: Bazood Majooz overexerted himself to a massive extent while writing that artiicle and now is so mentally exhausted that he accidentally deleted his article and crashed his PC before passing ou. Now we are trying our best recover the lost data before he wakes up. Please pray for us.
-Alexandriano Hauxmann)