Spot Fixing Scandal Thread: The Legend Continues
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shravi
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Themer
Chairman of Selectors
That certainly showed you Shravi...
Yeah and Majeed has shat all over the other guys who weren't caught by naming them.
sami ullah khan
Panel of Selectors
I will be the happiest man alive if Farhat and Akmals are kicked out for good.
puddleduck
Chairman of Selectors
So wait, Kamran Akmal can actually catch? Surely this is the most shocking piece of news to emerge thus far.
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How long will you keep finding excuses? I remember reading here that the whole domestic league was corrupt as well. Surely lots of 20 years olds in there as well.
If you are fixing, you are fixing. And by the way, 20 is not really that immature an age when you are inevitably forced to match fix. If you've got your ethics, you're not gonna do it even if you're 15 or 14. The age argument doesn't make much sense. You could say experience to an extent though, but the same argument applies.
Papa_Smurf
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A bit harsh, don't you think Varun. The guy had just turned 18, was away from home with all his friends and family. And when your senior team-mates tell you to do something fishy, he didn't have his confidants to ask for advice.
Not saying what he did was right. Oh no. And he was correctly punished. But you have to look at circumstances. Not everything is black and white.
Not saying what he did was right. Oh no. And he was correctly punished. But you have to look at circumstances. Not everything is black and white.
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Yeah, I think so. 
I get a bit utopian sometimes.
But that's sort of how I feel about this, albeit, in a much less aggressive sense than I manifested in that post. Not saying that he shouldn't be given a second chance sometime in the future though.
I get a bit utopian sometimes.But that's sort of how I feel about this, albeit, in a much less aggressive sense than I manifested in that post. Not saying that he shouldn't be given a second chance sometime in the future though.
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ferg512
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Agreed. I think there is far more to it than his team mates getting him in on it. We saw what happened to Haider, he was fearful for his families lives. I'm not saying I justify what Amir did but what if he had no choice??
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As for Butt, the Akmals etc. they can be gone with they didn't really offer anything to Pakistan cricket anyway. Wahab could be missed, he was turning into a pretty decent replacement for Amir.
Exactly, maximum two years of ban should have been imposed on him, 5 year ban is bit too harsh.
Yeah, it is fine imo too. He will still be only about 25 when he comes back right. Plenty of time to make a comeback and a career out of it.
puddleduck
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Didn't Riaz get into a scuffle with Trott during the tour? Possible signs of his guilty conscience bubbling under the surface.
