Tuesday, January 08, 2008

"I believe that one group was telling the truth".

reads a line in the official document detailing the ICC hearing that was handed to the Indians. Said line is attributed to Mike Proctor, former South African fast bowler and Match Referee for the India Australia series.

And with that, the matter stands before an Applelete commission.

And I am left wondering about the consequences if Harbhajan Singh is exonerated.

Will the ICC ban Ricky Ponting and Andrew Symonds for bringing the game to disrepute? And what about Mike Proctor?

And what are Bhajji's and Sachin's options in this case? Can they sue Ricky Ponting and Andrew Symonds and Mike Proctor for character assassination and slander?

Does cricket want to go down that path? Is this really such a "minor" incident as Ricky Ponting would like us to believe?

Questions, questions.

7 comments:

John said...

The best verdict that India and Bhajji can hope for, is "not enough proof". The appellate authority will not make a ruling that Symonds/Ponting were lying, it will (hopefully) just say that their allegations could not be proved beyond a preponderance of probabilities. This by itself makes no ground to pursue the complainants.

straight point said...

i second john...

they will not only save their face with this but will avoid any counter pursuits...

and that will indeed be very unfortunate...once again the real cause and solution will get buried somewhere in their haste of 'working formulas' until next time...it surfaces...and so on..

Unknown said...

now hogg has been charged. lets see what happens with him!!

Soulberry said...

S T B's.

Soulberry said...

What's your line up Homer?

Homer said...

Soul,

KKD
WJ
VVS
SRT
SCG
RD
MSD
IP
AK
RP
IS

in that order.

Cheers

Scorpicity said...

I echo John's views... no need to escalate things unnecessarily and just get on with the game.