The Pakistan Cricket Board is full of nincompoops and jokers, they don’t know anything about cricket and they don’t know anything about management. Each time there is a new tournament or a new tour, the team selection is pathetic.  Earlier I used to get surprised and shocked but, not any more because, you can always expect the unexpected from these goons.

Number one, they are biased and select players and captains on the basis of regionalism, nepotism and cronyism. Number two, they don’t care about the game or the future of cricket in Pakistan, they are interested about their future and how much money and fame they can get in making a fast buck. Hence, they select the “Parchee Players” like, Shoaib Malik, Faisal Iqbal, Imran Farhat who are backed by their respective Chachas, Mamas and Father-in-Laws.

The appointment of the Captain is so sacred and so holy that he must be from the holy-land only otherwise he cannot survive. I was wondering what was wrong with Shahid Afridi Captaining the ODI and T20′s side and he did a pretty good job in gelling the wounded “langree-looli” team after that SPOT FIXING incident and under his captaincy he made it to the World Cup semifinals and we all know what happened during that match in Mohali and the reward for making it up to the semifinal which was a feat that was achieved after more than a decade was, ‘stripping him off the captaincy job’.  This happens only in Pakistan.

Making Hafeez the T20 Captain “just for the Sri Lanka tour” is another joke and a Frankinstein experiment. Hafeez has been playing cricket for almost a decade and in between he was lost and forgotten during the days of Inzamam, Younus Khan captaincy. The person who rediscovered Hafeez is Afridi. Afridi as a captain gave Hafeez numerous opportunities to open the batting and bowling for Pakistan at international level. He actually made Hafeez what he is today by building his confidence. Now, they make Hafeez the Captain and make Afridi play under him?  Obviously it hurts to anyone be it Afridi or anyone if such a musical chair game is played where he is demoted for no reason.

WE all thought that anyone who will replace Ijaz Butt would be a better Chairman but, Zaka Ashraf having no experience of the game or even that of man management  appears to be a puppet and a toy in the hands of the old regime of bureaucrats, he does nothing and his main goal is to bring a club level team from Canada to play in Pakistan to prove to the nation that he has restored international cricket in Pakistan? If he does so it shouldn’t be a feather in his cap but, a shovel in Ijaz’s Butt.

Now, look at the team that has been selected for all three formats, Hafeez is the captain of the T20 and Misbah remains captain for Test and ODI’s. How farcical and how comical? And, on top of that the news that  ”Misbah stepped down from T20″  Why the F is he playing cricket? He should retire and play Carom Board in Mianwali.

As regards the players, they are either Sifarishi or Sialkoti.  Count the number of sifarishi players and the Sialkoti players, is it 73.87%  ????  :-)

Most appalling inclusions are of Shoaib Malik, Sohail Tanvir and Yasir Arafat in the T20 squad.

For ODI, Sarfaraz Ahmad the wicket keeper should not be in the team. That is my view because, I have not seen him doing anything with the bat, even that Asia Cup final score was nothing to write home about it was more of a pain than a pleasure. Farhat is back again with a pain in his whatever and that is because he got a new Parchee, for Tests, Taufiq Umar, Faisal Iqbal are a drag and Who is Mohammad Ayub and Misbah ul Haq?

If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.

YAARI HAI-ZARDARI HAI AUR CRICKET KI BARBADI HAI

WHY is Mr. Asif Zardari poking his nose in cricket? Just because he is the sleeping patron in chief of the cricket board in Pakistn does not give him the right to do so.  In politics, he used ALL his resources to come into power and sneaked in through the backdoor. The PPP got sympathy votes because of BB’s demise and Zardari bulldozed himself into power. Ever since he came into power he is bulldozing the country, which is almost flattened by corruption, lawlessness and disasters.

Recently he went on a YATRA to INDIA and came back looking holier than the COW. He seems to be looking very inspired by Manmohan Singh and wants to follow his footprints. Also, talking too much about developing bilateral ties between the two countries.

I hope its not going to be a “Kawwa Challa Hans Ki Chaal…”  or, follow the sheep or the PiedPipper story? You created IPL, I will create PPL and you roar, I fart.  Why the HELLO Pakistan needs to follow the footsteps of The BCCI? They can do weird things, adapt strange policies, demand extreme measures but, the PCB cannot do the same. They are in no position to demand, they have everything to lose and nothing to gain i.e., if they further antagonize the ICC, they will be isolated. Is this what Mr. Zardari wants do do before he takes another permanent one way flight to Dubai?

Zardari himself is always in “Chay-Oss” (this is exactly how he reads Chaos – so now his speeches are written in phonetics.) and he sought advise on cricket from 5 ex-Chairmen of the PCB and one of them is the “Buffoon” Ijaz Butt.  (By the way its not me but Malcolm Speed the former Chairman of the ICC called him “A Buffoon”).  And, why is DNA not in this committee? That is because he is a sensible person and he is the one who gave the PCB a written constitution for the first time in 60 years?

I support this rule  i.e.,  the ICC has set March 2013 deadline for all its affiliated members/boards to make their system more democratic and to ensure that no kind of interference is done in their affairs by their respective governments. The maximum punishment for not following the instructions could amount to disaffiliation of the PCB from the ICC.

Pakistan is already isolated from the rest of the world. Not even Bangladesh wants to come to Pakistan to play cricket in Pakistan. What a shame this happened during Zardari and Ijaz Butt’s time and neither of the two has extended their apologies to the Sri Lankan government, their cricket board, nor the players or, the people of Sri Lanka for that horrendous terrorist attack in Lahore.

Since then Pakistan is still playing International cricket outside their country and are at the mercy of the other board’s schedule and their moods. Right now they are at the mercy of SL and Australian cricket board and waiting for a reply from them i.e., to the SOS that Zaka has sent it to them saying, please, please, please accommodate us in your schedule and let us play a couple of matches with you in Sri Lanka.

Pakistan, if they remain adamant in their stupid approach will soon become an ORPHAN in the cricketing world. Paani may reh ker magar much say bair? Kimpossible.  Neither Zardari nor Zaka or any of their cronies are able to see what they are doing? Zardari and Zaka will soon be gone it will be left for others may be Imran Khan to flung the Dung left by these Buffaloes and Cows.

Well, the PCB is a cash cow and that is why they are all hovering around like vultures and they have not wasted any opportunity in damaging the game of cricket in Pakistan.  To make it to the British theater, you need to be White, middle-class, Oxbridge educated. And this is not just a single person’s opinion but, has been highlighted in the last 12 months by people all over in the UK.

Likewise in Pakistan if you want to make it to the national team and if you ant to be the captain of the Pakistan cricket team you have to be an elitist from the province of Punjab. You don’t need anyone to vouch for this bold statement, its known to everyone and everyone who is not from the Punjab is saying this. Well this blunt statement may hurt some of the people who are involved in it and they may say its not true but, history is there to prove it.  Shall we start digging out the names or, shall we leave it here for the grave diggers to their job? Just for info: I’m writing a book. I’ve got the page numbers done!  :-)

The best thing for Zardari is to become a janitor at the mazaar of his ex-wife.

ZARDARI'S FUTURE IS AT BENAZIR'S SHRINE

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Through “most deniable“ resources I have come to know that a deal has been made between “IFs & Butts” that Mr. Shoaib Malik is “the most logical and deserving choice” to be appointed as Captain of the Pakistan team for the forthcoming T20WC tournament to be played in Sri Lanka in Sept. 2012.

Although Butt Sahab ka kehna hai kay, “Misbah noo hatanay di koi zaroorat nai — laikin — firr V agar hatta-nai hai tou, Malak noo laao, whore koi nai!” In fact half of his statement is definitely coming from the horses mouth called Ijaz Butt because, it is in the newspapers.  The other half is Khayaas Aaraiyan, meaning speculation.

Lets see the need for this “logical choice” and dissect it like the toad Rana Tigrina or what was its generic or species name, Hoplobatrachus tigerinus? The one we used to dissect it in the biology class. The worst part was not in cutting it apart but, to pith it and that too, IF Chloroform (CHCl₃₎ or trichloromethane was  not available to anesthetize, then we used to stuff  a spoon full of  BABA ZARDA in the poor Toads mouth to create that anesthetic effect.

I wonder how many of you have done these dissections in high school or at College level? It is something that I will never forget. But, I was so good at it, that I used to help my friends who were scared to even touch it.  The cockroach and earthworm dissections were a joke but, toad’s were serious.

NOW, I am ready with my imaginary tools such as the scalpel, a pair of scissors, eyedropper and a pointer and lets lay the toad in a tray full of wax and pin it up first.  :-)  Oh poor toad, may be you are not just a toad, but a prince in disguise, may be you re waiting for a princess to come and suck the Baba Zarda outta your mouth?  No, no this is very cruel to do all this. Yes, I have done it when I was a student but, now my heart is soft and tender hence, I must change my mind, instead of dissection I must do some analysis.

The word analysis rings the bell and takes me back in to the Chemistry class and it reminds me of those experiments we used to do in the lab i.e., separation of a substance into its constituent elements to determine either their nature, the qualitative analysis or, their proportions — quantitative analysis. Perhaps wee will discuss the nature and leave the rest for the bloggers to go out of proportions and out pants, which some of them are good at it.

I am not sure if we do the quantitative and qualitative analysis or go for the simple mathematical analyis involving differential and integral calculus, sequences, and series and concerned with limits and convergence? To be very honest I hate calculus and higher mathematics, I am basically a 2+2=5 kinda person. And, that’s the reason I ended up in finance and banking. You may have noticed that I am good in addition and bad in subtraction or deduction.

In Mathematics, they say that,  “the method of proof in which a known truth is sought as a consequence of a series of deductions from that which is the thing to be proved.”  And, I don’t think I can prove anything substantial using any mathematical formula, especially which is not my domain.

So, to sum it up, I cannot dissect because its too cruel, I cannot analyse chemically or, mathematically ‘coz its too complicated so, do I have to deal logic with logic? I guess so. The Urdu expression, “Loha Lohay Ko kaat ta hai.”  But, the logic that Butt Sahab has ‘arted can only be caught with a fishing net.

Besides, I am not Aristotle to define logic as ‘a system of reasoning.’  Because, there is no reasoning here, this is just a “obiter dictum”. Jaisay Baadshah Salamat ka Farmaan Nazil hoa, “Hum nay Kaha ho jao, ho gaya!”  Its just like Butt’s Fairy God Mother with her magic wand has influence over ZAKs.

Its seems like ZAKs has no opinion of his own, he is easily convinced with magic words such as Abracadabra, Hocus Pocus, Shazam etc. Not only him but, the selectors also get complacent in team selection as long as one of their blue-eyed boy creeps into the squad. And, this is happening since ages. And, it is called cronyism in cricket and parchee ka wasta, telephone ka zore, Zardari ki pukaar all this have more weight in team selection rather than going by the merit.

In your comments you are more than welcome to not only choose your captain but, also your playing XI with reasoning and justification.

After this  irrelevant, boring, blabbering, braggadocio of mine which must be very hard for some pseudo-intellectuals to understand my dry sense of humour. Therefore, let me finish off this thread on a lighter note i.e., why someone can qualify to be a captain and —- not qualify to be a captain?

Q. Misbah, people are not happy with your tuk tuk style of batting and they are saying, you should not be leading the T20 team in the forthcoming world cup? In fact they say you should not be in the team.

A. Peepal who say this have not played cricket so they don’t have the right to comment! And that is ground reality.  P.E.R.I.O.D. After all Butt Sahab is still sporting me, he has V-yen and he must have seen some kwalty in me, right hai kay rang? And, I have to claim my Rayal-Tea with this Tuc Tuc Biscuit walay because they have copied my name without my permission.

Q. Shoaib Malik, there is a big rumour that you will be made captain of the Pakistan T20 team, do you have to say anything about it?

A. You see my middle name is rumour, people have created so many rumours about me in the past, even in my personal life they have interfered and mujhe unhon nay ‘baal boy’ tak kaha. Laikin, but I told them give me a chance and I will prove. And, I proved it in FBT20 that I am the best all-rounder and best captain of the domestic team and domestic tournaments. Internationally tou sab he fail hotay hain kon fail nai hoa? Aur insaan agar ghar may accha hota hai tou bahar bhee acha hee hota hai. Ask my wife I am very good at home. So, the choice is obvious — no one is better than me! This is called self-proclamation.

Q.  Shahid Afridi, You are looking very tired today, what is the matter? Are you injured? Or, are you not happy that they are not making you a captain of the Pakistani cricket team?

A.  Yar, I was doing Gym in for 2 hours and then Gym out for 2 hours. So, I am vary tired and also I am vary hungry. Hafeez, Gullay koi sabe, kayla, shayla hai? Nai, Shaid Bhai nai hai. OK gimme the ball, Khuch, Khuch, Khuch….. array, array, array????? Yar chup reho sabhi khaatay hain!

So, the real choice was very difficult, but the logical choice is very easy. The middle name creates rumour and the rumour does not have wings, but it still fly like the French says, it goes from mouth to mouth.

The PTV Sports channel is constantly involved in lobbying its own agenda in a very synchronized and orchestrated manner. Apart from Afridi bashing there is yet another sinister move in sponsoring, promoting and projecting the discarded, a few of the out of form and even players with a tainted background by inviting them into their show.

It is not just an interview or a chit-chat with these players it is something more than what meets the eye and yet the anchor, media-manager of the PTV Sports our able Dr. Nauman Niaz is making an all out effort to bring back Shoaib Malik in the team and it is very obvious even to the layman or, the uneducated contrivers like us that he desperately wants Shoaib Malik to play the T20 WC 2012 in Sri Lanka.

If you have the time like Nauman has, you may watch the recording and judge for yourself, how he is projecting him and how he is protecting him. Here is the video link of Shoaib Malik on PTV Sports about 10 days ago.

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0o-RUbCTIQ hww.youtube.com/watch?v=C0o-RUbCTIQ
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNeTMHd8FDA

First of all, the tweets that are being read on the show are selective, and we don’t even know for sure whether they are genuine or not? Because, I am sure most of you will agree that on the tweeter page there is not a single person who has praised Shoaib Malik, in fact they all have used foul language whenever his name appeared or, when they saw him on TV.

So, please observe that at one point when one of the tweets came up asking Shoaib Malik to clarify and express his opinion on the domestic match between Sialkot Stallions and Karachi Zebras that he threw deliberately.  Nauman Niaz instantly interrupted and VETOED it by saying,  ‘there is no need to discuss this issue here because it is old and it was settled then.’  It was settled with a slap on his wrist with a ban of 2  ODIs during the West Indies tour.

But, Malik never apologized to anyone.  Au contraire he refused to apologize and was extremely rude to Ramiz Raja when Shoaib Malik deliberately threw a away the match and when he was asked by Ramiz Raja why did he do that? He blatantly and arrogantly admitted and blamed the other side by saying, “aap unn say poochain unho nay kya kiya?” Ramiz said, “but Shoaib it is a very wrong thing and it might affect your career ‘coz some people are tipping you as the future captain of Pakistan. He said, Ramiz Bhai, Saari Omar Kon Cricket Khelta hai? Agar mai apnay Allah ko Razi ker loon tou wohi meray liyeh kafi hai?”  He admitted doing that on purpose in retaliation and hoping that he will make his Allah happy?  Here is that video, see the arrogance and smirk on his face and now he says: Give me Confidence and I will prove.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6846012691398407951

After that incident in 2005, he was still made captain of the Pakistan team. The point to remember here is, NO Captain after Inzamamul Haq was given a fixed tenure to remain as captain whereas, in Feb.2006 Ijaz Butt declared him to remain captain of the Pakistan cricket team till Dec. 31, 2006. It must also be remembered that Pakistan team under Shoaib Malik’s captaincy lost to India in India for the first time both ODI and test series and yet he remained captain of the team. Also, during the test series he injured his foot while playing soccer and did not come back to Pakistan. Younus Khan was made interim captain or, a makeshift captain of the tour. Malik was so selfish that when the team won one of the matches, he came to take over Younus to conduct the post match press conference.

When Malik was taking his team to the first T20 WC in South Africa, he dropped Mohammad Yousuf from the team to take in Misbah ul Haq and the reason he gave is Mohammad Yusuf is too old and not suitable for T20.  It’s a documented fact that, Misbah ul Haq is a few months older than Mohammd Yousuf.  On this show Malik has the audacity and the gumption to say that the player whom he respects in the team is MOHAMMDAD YOUSUF. And, he dumped Yousuf and took Misbah and we all know what Misbah did in that T20 WC? And, not once but twice and on both occasions it was against India.

Malik says he has not gotten enough chances to prove his form. Under Misbah’s captaincy he played full series against Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, NewZealand and against Sri Lanka in the UAE and he failed miserably his, average was below ten and Misbah called him to Dubai to play against England. That was because, Pakistan had white washed 3-0 test series against England the no. 1 test team in the world and Misbah’s GUDDI was flying high, whatever he asked for, the PCB said your wish is our command and Malik was included.

The media and the public made a big hue and cry upon his inclusion and Misbah tried to justify that he included Malik because of his immense batting experience and another bowling option.  With Afridi, Ajmal and Abdur Rahman in the team, he say Malik is another bowling option? And did you notice how sparsely Misbah used Malik, in one of the matches Malik did not bowl at all.  And, whenever he was given the ball to bowl, it was when the conditions were favourable for a new bowler. He was not given a ball to break an established partnership, it was only to go through the overs quickly.

Malik is saying on this show, he wasn’t  given chance to prove his batting. What the HELLO does he mean by that? He is such a coward, he cannot face the fast English bowlers and his record against English bowlers is pathetic, he cannot face swing bowling and he always opted to play when the ball is old and not swinging and he has played at no. 6 or 7 and that is what Misbah did, protected him. And he says, I was not given enough chance to prove.

Nauman says: Malik has openly and candidly expressed his views here on the show. LOL @ this farcical and comical comment from Nauman.  Malik clearly said, “Iss baat ka javab mai aapko show kay baad doonga, “ and on another occasion he repeated the same template, “Iss baat ka javab mai yahan nahee de sakta. Show kay baad doonga.”

Malik’s favourite template when he gets out cheaply or performs badly or, lose a match he says: “We are still learning from our mistakes and Inshallah we will improve and correct our mistakes.” We are hearing this template for the last 11 years. There is no improvement, there is no correction. Besides, the learning level is at school and at the cricket academy and not at the International level, at the International level, you have to perform and deliver.

Nauman enough of this sponsoring business especially for nothing players like Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal and even Danish Kaneria (his inclusion in your show is a diplomatic and political ruse, and no one is not so naive not to make it out) if you want to promote and project good young players, call HAMMAD AZAM who has been neglected so many times, the boy is full of talent and he is a budding all-rounder, we are not patronising him on a regional basis, he is from Lahore and not Karachi.  Also, invite Gohar Ali the budding wicket-keeper Gauhar Ali from Peshawar who is not only agile and smart behind the wickets but, he bats better than Sarfaraz Ahmad.

Our comments on this blog here are, absolutely fair and unbiased whereas, Nauman as an anchor, as a media manager of the PTV sports uses his influence and his power and promotes regionalism in cricket. The day you’ll stop it, you will be hailed as a fair and unbiased sports personality. But, this is like asking someone to bring the stars and the moon.

Dear bloggers, please do not hesitate to add your comments here so that we can create a ripple effect through the twitter and make these Chaudhrys and Wadheras of cricket realize that we are not naive and dumb as they think.

Ps. The first step in blogging is not writing them but, reading them.  So please read the blog first before you write your comments. Thank you.

With the advent of Satellite TV it is remarkable to see how the media has developed in the last two decades and we see satellite dishes on top of almost every building. Likewise, the  TV channels are mushrooming all over the world.  In Pakistan the freedom of speech or, the freedom given to the press happened just a decade ago i.e., during the time of Parvez Musharraf. Since then we have seen so many TV channels and lost a count of them.

Personally I don’t even know how many they are or what their names are? Because of my ignorance and partially because of my job and business I do not have enough time to lounge around and watch those hundreds of TV channels. I have actually surprised so many people when they found out that I have not watched a single episode of the Pakistani Soap HumSafar. I swear, I did not see that program not even a bit of it.

My only interest in having a satellite TV is because of cricket and I watch live cricket only but, not all the TV shows related to cricket where they conduct interviews of the players, analysis of the game, players performances etc., and they are either critical or supportive. In my opinion it is fair. But, when you get to hear or see that some critics are biased and they have an agenda against a few players, I think it is unfair and extremely unprofessional.

The reason for writing this blog is to give our readers a perspective of how one of the anchors of PTV sports, Mr Nauman Niaz conducts his affairs which are purely one sided and biased. At times he has tried to promote regional bias by asking their guests (mainly ex-cricket players) questions which are politically incorrect. In fact he has tried on several occasions to put words in their mouth or, even coerced them to agree with him.

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Reportedly in one of the TV shows he asked Shoaib Akhtar by saying that, “people are saying, you are supporting Umar Amin because he is from Rawalpindi,” the same city as his. Shoaib responded it as a rubbish claim and said, he has openly given a few suggestions to Shahid Afridi that, if he bowls sensibly and focus on his bowling, he could achieve the target of 500 wickets in the ODIs.”

Mind you Afridi is a Pathan from PukhtoonKhwa and, domiciled in Karachi. So, Shoaib Aktar said, this is an example that I do not create any kinda regional bias.  We all know that Shoaib is not like that but, Nauman wanted to test Shoaib by putting words in his mouth.

Although one may not agree with this notion but, if you watch his shows, he deliberately tries to bring up the subject of Afridi even when the guest (Akhtar or Amir Sohail) were not talking about Afridi and out of context he would ask them to comment on Afridi. If it was to praise him, it would have been another matter but, he wants them to join his banter and create a lobby against Afridi is very trivial of him to do that, and I wonder why?

Very often when he gets a tweet about afridi, he reads it out on air and says something like “shahid afridi pakistan kay shahid afridi hain, karachi ya kisi ek sheher ke nahi” — whereas, the tweets don’t even mention Karachi/Lahore.  So, he’s definitely obsessed with regionalism. There was a time he was extremely pally with Shahid Afridi, which is obvious from the picture below which one of our bloggers have forwarded it to us. Take a look at the photo and see how Afridi is blushing whereas, Nauman is getting over-friendly by hugging him.

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Last year on our blog “legslip” we’ve copy pasted the links of the two articles that Nauman wrote in the local newspapers and found them unbiased and found the criticism as fair.  But, something happened, something definitely happened between Nauman and Afridi that the former hates him and never misses a single opportunity in criticizing him.

In fact he does not look for opportunities, he creates one and start ruing about him with a vengeance. His constant banter and Afridi bashing became so obvious that people all over the world, especially on the twitter started discussing it and some emotional lads have actually abused him. I was not aware of who Nauman is or what is his job status, title, role with the Pakistan cricket team or his designation etc. So, I asked on the tweeps, who is Nauman and what is his role with the team?

A few people on twitter responded to my call and one of them said he was a Physiotherapist and used to accompany the team and that is how he had access to the player’s dressing room and he used the Urdu equivalent word for his job description and he said, he was a “Malishia.” I said, Oh OK, I used to think he is a Ph.D, a sports critic or a TV VJ whatever and I did not know he was a “Malishia?” I did not coin or initiated the word word Malishia on the twitter, I simply repeated it.

To my surprise the next day I received a long email from “Dr.” Nauman Niaz, which is full of his credentials, details of his academics, professional achievements and blah, blah.  We exchanged a couple of emails and then I decided to publish them here on the blog so that more people can read it and understand what kind of a person he is and how cleverly he is holding the post of an anchor at the PTV sports for such a long time?

He has agreed that he shall be commenting on the blog and will certainly clarify his position i.e., the misunderstanding that has been created between him and “us”. According to him which he said in his show, are just a handful of tweeps that is, “us” who are criticizing him unnecessarily, unduly which is rather unfair.

To avoid lengthy reading we are going to post his emails in the comments section so that they can easily be identified and understood and the bloggers shall be entitled to post their comments the way they feel it but, without abusing him or using any profanity, those comments shall be deleted.  So, please go ahead and start reading the comments section, the first comment is the first email by “Dr.” Nauman Niaz, followed by my reply and so on.   

I loved words. I love to sing them and speak them and even now, I must admit, I have fallen into the joy of writing them.

IMO, he has rehearsed the whole script a few times and tried to use a few phrases which in his opinion could create sympathies in the minds of general public, which I am sure he must have done because he did that interview in Urdu.  And a lot of people in Pakistan especially the masses and his fan club and the Paindoos must be saying: “Bicharay nay admit ker liya aur maafi bhee mangi tou lets pardon and forgive him and forget the whole episode. ”   This is exactly he wants and it is for this reason he is not appealing to the ICC to reduce his ban.  He wants the public to appeal for his case after this interview. In his mind he has succeeded.

The truth is, he said all those touching dialogues, phrases and apologizing repeatedly has over done it.  The thing is, he could not hide his body language and one can make out easily that he was over doing it for getting sympathies.  To understand  that one doesn’t need to be a psychiatrist or an expert to read his facial expressions, each time he was lying at crucial moments he would swallow his saliva or scratch his ear and the way he moved in his chair, waved his hands, false twinkles in his eyes etc., was very obvious that he was lying through his teeth.

He said he did not bowl the no-balls for money but, he did because he was scared for his future and he did that to save his cricket career.  He did not go to the PCB, ICC or any authorities such as police or even media to tell them I am being coerced by these people and they want me to cheat.   He did not do that but, he gave his bank account details to ALI (whom he did not know well, only that he was Mazhar Majeed’s friend,  and he did not know Mazhar Majeed well only that he was Salman Butt’s friend) without asking the reason, why do you want my bank account number?

First he gave that account number and then he asked him why he needs it? He not only made friends with ALI who was in Dubai, but he met him in Pakistan after giving his cell phone number to him in Dubai. And, he exchanged more than 40 text messages on phone. And, yet he says, I don’t know much about ALI, how is this possible?

He also said that not only ALI but, Mazhar Majeed was also a very nice man and his wife was very religious and he was a good family man!  He also said that Salman Butt was very nice to him throughout and treated him like his own younger brother and he was highly impressed by Salman Butt.  Then he blamed ALL of them by saying they trapped him and he is innocent. But, he accepted £1500 from Mazhar Majeed and kept it in a safe without opening the envelop (yet he knew they were £1500 ?) Whereas he has his own money about  £7000-8000 in a open bag!

He said, he knew that Mazhar made money from the no-balls Aamir bowled but, he could not do anything to him or tell anyone that he was used or trapped. Even when he went to the ICC, instead of pleading guilty he denied the charges, only when in London and when he was told by his lawyers to plead guilty then he did, whereas he says he did it on his own. Its not true, why did he not admit that earlier? Because, he didn’t have the brains or he must have been told that you will come out free, no one can sentence you for bowling a couple of no-balls. You are a celebrity. Remember Wasim Akram was not sentenced, Asif was released from Dubai and he was not jailed so they cannot hold you, you are future Wasim Akram.

He said, he was on “Cloud Nine” after getting success so soon, he considered him as a very stupid person and at least 10 times he must have mentioned his age as 17-18 years old and no ability to think, analyse or make a decision not to get involved with them. He claims that he was trapped and dragged into this situation by ALI, Mazhar Majeed and Salman Butt.

You can see the interview yourself which is below on youtube all 4 episodes and make out for yourself whether or not he was lying or telling the truth? His lawyer is Sajida Malik and there are reports in all the newspapers that he is marrying her soon, if that is correct then, she must have also played a role in briefing him on how to respond to the questions.  This is a complete dramay bazi and poor acting from Aamir which he thinks he did well, also those who love him and want him back will also say that he did well, but the truth is he failed miserably.  The views on twitter are not just from Pakistanis but from ALL over the world cricket fans have tweeted and commented.

The moral of the story is he cannot change, he has put on an act and failed again. You cannot take away the spots from a leopard and, you cannot straighten a dogs tail.  To me he doesn’t look like he is 18 years old, he is definitely close to 22~23 years old. IF his ban is reduced or, after completing his 5 year ban if he is allowed to play for Pakistan then, he is setting a precedent for others that you can do whatever you like and make money, plea guilty and you can still comeback like Arnold Schwarzenegger says: “I will be back.”   IF the PCB wants to set this as an example for youngsters then, they should ban ALL the THREE cheaters for ruining the image of the country.

Some people might say that there is corruption in Pakistan right from the top i.e., by citing Zardari’s example.  The law of Pakistan says that the President of Pakistan is immune and he cannot be punished like an ordinary citizen. So, the law is not for Zardari per se but, it is for the country’s President. In this case here, whether it is Aamir or Asif or anyone who breaks the law deserves the punishment.

Some people might say that he has already been punished and sentenced to jail, so you cannot punish him twice for the same crime, or punish him more than that.  No one is asking for any further punishment but, to set an example on ethics and morals and to promote professionalism and to keep the game clean from spot fixing and match fixing the PCB themselves should put their foot down and ban them for life. 

The irony is the PCB Chairman Mr. Zaka Ashraf himself said that they will request the ICC to reduce his ban and we would like to bring him back as soon as possible.  Reportedly Mr. Zaka Ashraf himself has not been cleared by the court and, he has a few cases of corruption registered under his name and his appointment as the chief of the PCB by Zardari is questionable and a lot of people in the cricketing circles have raised their eyebrows on his appointment.

No matter what the millions of educated people think, say or ask the PCB to ban the trio for life, they are not going to do that, until and unless the PCB becomes an independent organization and free from politics and politicians these things will continue and will continue to ruin the game of cricket in Pakistan and continue to ruin the image of the country.  May God Bless Pakistan.

Below are the results of the Asia Cup that started in 1984 in Sharjah. As you can see India has most wins and they are the current Champions of the Asia Cup Tournament. Pakistan has won only once. If I am not mistaken, India did not play that tournament.

The squads have been announced and preparation is underway. Dhoni, Jayawardene and Misbah has been named as captains of India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. For some reason the host team has not announced their team yet, hence their captain’s photo is not being published above.

I would like the Indian bloggers to comment on the Indian team for the Asia Cup which still has Tendulkar in the team despite all the criticism that he got but, he is determined to play and perhaps he might score that 100th 100 this time. Each time he plays there is the same question and same expectation, whether he will do it this time or not?  Apart from him, this time both Pathan brothers are in the team and two Sharmas are in the team as well. Whether Dhoni’s blue eyed boy Ravindra Jadeja should have been in the squad or not is a debatable point.

Jayawardene has been retained as Sri Lankan captain very rightly so because, he carries a lot of experience and also because of the way he played the last qualifying match against Australia and won that crucial match while led to the exit of Indian team from the CB series. I hope Misbah ul Haq has watched his aggressive field placement and attacking the Australian with whatever limited bowling resources he had in that match due to two injuries to his front line and inform bowlers Mathews and Parera.  He successfully defended a total of 238 which was not a big one at the MCG.

Retaining Misbah ul Haq as captain of the team by the PCB and the selectors has raised many eyebrows and it is yet another example of off the cuff management decisions which are lacking in professionalism. Iqbal Qasim as more interested in bringing Sarfaraz Ahmad into the team and the first thing he did was to replace Adnan Akmal with Sarfaraz. In my opinion Sarfaraz is not suitable for international matches, time and again he has failed with the bat and his keeping is nothing to write home about. I don’t see any spark in him.

With Misbah, Younus Khan and Asad Shafiq in the middle order, the selection of Azhar Ali — who is more suitable for test cricket — is absolutely needless. How many “tuk-tuk” players you need in the team? The opening conundrum will continue because, they will play Hafeez and Nasir Jamshed. Hafeez has time and again said that he doesn’t want to open the innings but, no one is paying any heed to the Professor’s rants. And, Nasir Jamshed, I don’t understand the basis of his selection. Ahmad Shahzad who is in very good form at the domestic level and at the BPL should have been selected.

Similarly Mohammad Sami has also shown a lot of form at the domestic level as well as in the BPL he was ignored because the quota was full. Cheema cannot be dropped because of cronyism and one can only say thank God, Malik and Farhat are not in the squad but, Nasir Jamshed, Sarfaraz, Cheema does not deserve to be in the team on merit basis. They are clearly sifarishi players and this is the irony of Pakistan cricket that selection is never fair.

Even the choice of batting order is pathetic. Misbah does not know how to use his batsmen or even his bowler, he is clueless when it comes to field placement. I am not saying Pakistan will lose based on the statistics and records but, the available resources in the country have not be properly used and whatever the given resources are i.e., from the squad, they will not use them properly. There is no strategy, there is no game plan. The question of plan A and plan B does not exist.

Everything is being dumped on the new coach Dav Whatmore as if he is the Fairy God Mother with a magic wand and turn Misbah from 37 to 17 years old and give him fresh legs and a cricket bat from Mars that even he blocks the ball races down to the ropes for a four. There is no such thing as complacency. When the Pak team won the test series 3-0 against England, they were over the moon that they white washed the number one test team in the world 3-0.

If you analyze the 3 test matches carefully, only in one test Pakistan played well and deserved to win and in the other 2 matches England played very badly. Their openers and the top order miserably failed against the magical spin of Ajmal and Abdur Rahman.  You cannot win ALL your matches on the strength of your spinners.If that was possible, India always had the best spinners in the world from the times of Subash Gupte, Bapu Nadkarni, Chandrashekhar, Prasanna, Bedi, Venkataraghavan even Kumble and Harbhajan but, they never won ALL the matches.

The team has to be balanced in ALL departments. If you take a look at the Pakistan team, the main weakness you see is the inconsistency right from the openers to the tail-enders and from fast bowlers to the spinners, there is sporadic brilliance and then there is disgustipatingly pathetic performance. In one way you can say, their inconsistency is very consistent. There is no Javed Miandad or Inzamam in the middle order who can play anchor roles. There is no Saeed Anwar who can give a flying start not just for 20 odd runs but, for a long sustainable period of time to give a respectability to the total.

The current team Pakistan when they get out cheaply there is a slide and there is no stopping it looks like they behave like a herd no one bothers to play positive cricket. Either there are sixes and fours or there is tuk tuk and negative cricket and the end result is always a defeat. Pakistani batsmen should learn to rotate the strike as much as possible and try to make 5-6 runs per over even with singles and twos and no need for sixes and fours i.e., if the conditions do not allow them to play big shots. But, they need to learn how to create placement shots instead of hitting them into the hands of the fielders.

Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers says.Isaac Asimov.  And for me it is like hitting the keyboard randomly to make some sense out of my blabbering.

Details	Host Nation(s)	Final Venue	Final
			Winner	Result	Runner-up
1984	United Arab Emirates	Sharjah CA Stadium, Sharja	India	Round Robin	Sri Lanka
1986	Sri Lanka	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Colombo	Sri Lanka 195/5 (42.2 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets	Pakistan 191/9 (45 overs)
1988	Bangladesh	Bangabandhu National Stadium Dhaka	India 180/4 (37.1 overs)	India won by 6 wickets (scorecard)	Sri Lanka 176 all out (43.5 overs)
1990-91	India	Eden Gardens Kolkata	India 205/3 (42.1 overs)	India won by 7 wickets (scorecard)	Sri Lanka 204/9 (45 overs)
1993	Pakistan		Not held
1995	United Arab Emirates	Sharjah CA Stadium, Sharja	India 233/2 (41.5 overs)	India won by 8 wickets (scorecard)	Sri Lanka 230/7 (50 overs)
1997	Sri Lanka	R Premadasa Stadium Colombo	Sri Lanka 240/2 (36.5 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets (scorecard)	India 239/7 (50 overs)
2000	Bangladesh	Bangabandhu National Stadium Dhaka	Pakistan 277/4 (50 overs)	Pakistan won by 39 runs (scorecard)	Sri Lanka 238 (45.2 overs)
2004	Sri Lanka	R Premadasa Stadium Colombo	Sri Lanka 228/9 (50 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 25 runs (scorecard)	India 203/9 (50 overs)
2008	Pakistan	National Stadium Karachi	Sri Lanka 273 (49.5 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 100 runs (scorecard)	India 173 (39.3 overs)
2010	Sri Lanka	Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium Dambulla	India 268/6 (50 overs)	India won by 81 runs

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LEAP FROG THIS IS ONE OF MY BEST SHOTS

J.A.K.  Hey Misbah, you have done it again?

Miss: Yeah you know a good player have to be consistent and I am proud of this quality that I have in me that I can change a winning situation into a losing one.
J.A.K.  But the entire nation is upset with this and they say they hate you, so what is your opinion?
Miss: Well, you know there is always a love and hate relationship but, the ground realities are I am very popular now.
J.A.K.  The people are asking for your removal not only as a captain but, as a player from the T20 and ODI format…
Miss: You know people are always asking and demanding undesirable things, like they wanted my mentor Janab Butt Sahib, What happened? He went only when his time was up.
J.A.K. Why did you promote yourself up the batting order today, I mean in this 3rd ODI?
Miss: Bakaoz, Hina Rabbani Khar was watching the game and I thought it would be a good time to get into action.
J.A.K. But she left early by saying, I am not going to watch the re-run of THE LAST ACTION HERO.
Miss: I didn’t get your question could you please explain?
J.A.K.  Arnold Shalwar Nicker was The Last Action Hero, don’t you know that?
Miss: No, sorry which country did he play for?
J.A.K. California
Miss: Do they have a team and is he the captain of the team?
J.A.K. aNO, he is The Terminator of California, just like you are The Terminator of cricket in Pakistan. And, you both have a few things in common like, since he became the Terminator of California, it is no more the 7th largest economies in the world and……..
Miss: But, since I am the captain of the team, I am steady at the 7th position in the ICC rankings.
J.A.K. I think you are on a different tangent ……….
Miss: Yeah, I am and I am always trying new and different shots and I am very innovating in getting out in a different manner each time.
J.A.K. Why do you always play that reverse shot?
Miss: Its a natural thing for me, bakaoz I am a good sweeper and sweep on both sides of the V-cut.
J.A.K. What makes you think it is “natural”?
Miss: Bakaoz hum Khandani Jharoo baaz hain.

THIS IS OUR KHANDANI SHOT – WE ARE SWEEPERS

J.A.K. Other than your sweep shot which other shot you prefer to play most?
Miss: Leap Frog, you see I can leap well I have those pictures framed in my living room.
J.A.K. You have said that you are a good sweeper, then do you prefer to play it with a cricket bat or a Jharoo, I mean a broomstick?
Miss: The Ground Reality is, I prefer a broomstick but, the ICC does not allow me and insist on playing with a cricket bat. If I play with a broomstick I can actually fly high like Amir Churail Bhai, and he also has a very good broomstick and, he calls it a ‘witchcraft‘ and that is bakaoz his Anglish is vary good.
J.A.K. You mean you can actually fly with a broomstick?
Miss: Of course, you know I am good at it. But, I am not allowed to bakaoz there are Ground  Realities.
J.A.K.  You have used that word ‘ground realities’ last week in that press conference and the media is making fun of it now.
Miss: You know the media people have their own ‘agenda’ and they want me to give back the captaincy back to Shahid Afridi.
J.A.K. So are you willing to give him back? I mean the captaincy.
Miss: OVER MY DEAD BODY.
J.A.K. Excuse me, what do you mean by that?
Miss: Oh, that was a quote from the book my Maternal uncle’s Paternal cousin brother’s grand father’s second cousin Lt. General Tiger Niazi wrote, he said that in Dhakka before playing that reverse sweep and then……
J.A.K. Then what happened?
Miss: Then he lost against India in Bangladesh by 93,000 runs and that is a world record.
J.A.K.  I see, so you are from that famous Niazi background?
Miss: Of course we Mianwalis are always better than MianDads and BiwiWalas…. Imran Bhai is a living example.
J.A.K.  I am sorry, I didn’t get that ……. is it a joke or a fact?
Miss: No, not a joke, that’s a ground reality.
J.A.K. Who is your best friend?
Miss: hahaha still you don’t know? Af Kaorse it is Shoaib Malak.
J.A.K. But why?
Miss: You know I owe him a debt that I took from him in 2007 when he took me to South Africa by replacing with that revert Moulvi, I am forgetting his name……
J.A.K.  You mean Mohammad Yousuf?
Miss: Yes, he is too old you know, just 3 months younger than me and he wants to play Tonty, Tonty. 
J.A.K.  So, you are obliged to play Malik now because  of that?
Miss: No, not just because of that, Sania Bhabi is also very kind towards me and asked me vary sweetly to send a parchee on chocolate wrapper and I endorsed it to Butt Saheb and he did the rest.
J.A.K.  There is a rumour that Afridi will be reinstated as captain of the ODI team for the Asia Cup.
Miss: OVER MY DEAD BODY
J.A.K.  No, no, no please don’t repeat that Niazi dynasty sagas again, I have understood it well.
Miss: LOL, see if you are good at repeating things, you also repeat your performance and that is called, consistency.
J.A.K. So, you think Afridi has no chance to take over from you the captaincy?
Miss: Has anyone returned anything after they have stolen it from that person? Besides, Butt Saheb has given it to me and said, keep it and I will protect you.
J.A.K. So, do you consider Afridi as your enemy?
Miss: Wail, you know in the ground there are realities and he is better than me in the ground but, outside the ground no one can beat me bakaoz I am calm, composed and cool like a cucumber.
J.A.K. One last question, can Professor Hafeez be a better captain than Afridi?
Miss: As long as I am there till 2015 no body can be better than me in everything and if they want to remove me it will be OVER My……….
J.A.K.  OK, OK, OK I got it, thank you very much and I am sure the people are waiting for you at the Allama Iqbal International Airport La’hore to greet you with garland of used Bally Shoes!

Miss: Yesssss, Bally and RayBan are my favourites and I love them.

I do not like to write – I like to have written.  Gloria Steinem

 

MY BLUE EYED BROWN BOY

Char Paher Ye Fikr thie Pehlay Qaid say hon Azaad Kaheen - Ab Durr hai ye bay baal O bari may chorr na day Saiyaad kaheen?

One of the culprits, a convict, a criminal, supposedly young, stupid and naive made a mistake because, he got carried away and was dragged into a situation by his seniors and peers and not knowingly how grave a mistake he is committing he landed into trouble.  When he was caught red-handed with money in his room that did not belong to him, he denied and it wasn’t just a denial but it was full of arrogance and attitude — meaning how dare you say that I am in the wrong doing? I am a superstar, a hero, a great fast bowler, a legend in the making, don’t you know I am the future Wasim Akram of Pakastan?

Yes sir, but where did this money come from? It is certainly not yours than whose is it? It is my aunties, nephew’s niece’s cousins daughter who is getting married and it is their money to purchase a wedding  dress for her. Ooops this wasn’t what I was supposed to say! This was supposed to be the captain’s template and he was supposed to say……errrr he has already said this.  And, me? I have also blabbed it out, so now what is going to happen? Am I trapped now? Yes, I am trapped, these people trapped me, I am innocent, I am young, I am seventeen, aNO  I was seventeen 2 years ago then I must be eighteen now? Or, is it nineteen? Whatever but, I am too young to be sentenced to jail because this is not a crime.  Crossing a line is a crime? We cross it everyday, we cross railway lines, we cross zebra lines, we cross civil lines but, this is just a line on the pitch and most bowlers cross it and the umpire says NO.  Even when I crossed that line the umpire said NO, so what is the difference between them and I ?

Line cross ki hai, gunah tou nahee kiya !

Sir, that was a mistake but, you deliberately crossed the line and not by an inch or a two but, by a foot or a two.  Well, when you are running on foot it is always a foot or two, so what is the big deal?  Sir, there is a deal, you made a deal with the bookie. What bookie? I don’t read books, in fact I have never read one, but I plan to read one if I don’t go to jail.  Sir, that bookie is not a book, it is a guy, your friend Mazhar Majeed.  Oh, him? He is not my friend he is my captain’s friend and I never talked to him.   Sir, we have proof that you have exchanged text messages with him.  I dunno what text messages are and I told you I never talked to him.  Sir, the text messages are those which you sent from your cell phone to his cell phone.  Oh, you mean SMS? Yeah, the same thing you say that in your country.  So, what did I say or write in it?

Sir, don’t you remember what you write? If I was a good writer, I would have been writing books and not playing cricket besides, a lot of gals also SMS me so I dunno which one are you talking about? The one in which you said, “Should I do it?” What were you asking him to do? Is it something that you wanted to do it in the toilet and sought his permission to do? Actually you did a big one and you are in it and there is no way of getting out of it.  Anyways, I am going to Pakastan and I won’t come back here to England.

In Pakastan he kept telling his friends and relatives that this is some kinda “yahoodiyoun ki saazish hai” aur angrezi may iss entrapment kehtay hain, I will challenge in the court of law that I am innocent and I will go back to clear my name.  In the meantime the ICC banned these players from playing international cricket for 5 years.   When the hearing took place in England, the three Musketeers and D’Arthagnan were sentenced ranging from 6 months to 3 years.

The latest news is Aamar is released after serving half his sentence and after spending a couple of weeks in England he will go back to Pakastan where thousands of people are waiting to give him a red carpet reception and tons and tons of flower petals shall be showered upon him as if he has won a war? The irony is it is only in Pakistan where convicts, criminals and thugs are considered as heroes and are given heroes welcome in the country.

Instead of doing all this comical and farcical antics (this is definitely going to happen that Aamir will get a heroes welcome back home) the PCB should have announced long time ago that Aamir, Asif and Salman Butt are banned for playing international cricket for LIFE.  Also, they should not be allowed to sponsor any ad or appear on TV shows or, TV commentary.  They must start a totally different job to maintain their lively hood which should be something else BUT, not CRICKET related.

I am a drinker with writing problems.— Brendan Behan

Mai peeta nahee hoon, pilayee gayee hai.

I WARNED YOU BEFORE THAT I WILL GET YOU THROUGH MY TEESRA

The desire to write grows with writing.  — Desiderius Erasmus —  And, writing something about cricket test matches these days is like a campaign akin to “Save the Dolphin”, “Save the Whales.”  That is because people have lost interest in test matches and they think that test matches will become extinct like Dinosaurs.

No one knows the exact date, period or era in which cricket started, but international test cricket started in 1877, the origins are from England, our Masters and the Masters of this game of cricket which is famous for being a game for gentlemen —  a game of the noblemen and aristocrats.

While I was struggling to find some background information about cricket, I stumbled upon some very interesting info on cricket and betting.  Instead of narrating it in my own words, I would like to quote it here for our bloggers.

“Gambling, Match Fixing and Press Coverage:

Cricket certainly thrived after the Restoration in 1660 and is believed to have first attracted gamblers making large bets at this time. In 1664, the “Cavalier” Parliament passed the Gaming Act 1664 which limited stakes to £100, although that was still a fortune at the time, equivalent to about £12 thousand in present day terms. Cricket had certainly become a significant gambling sport by the end of the 17th century. There is a newspaper report of a “great match” played in Sussex in 1697 which was 11-a-side and played for high stakes of 50 guineas a side.   With freedom of the press having been granted in 1696, cricket for the first time could be reported in the newspapers. But it was a long time before the newspaper industry adapted sufficiently to provide frequent, let alone comprehensive, coverage of the game. During the first half of the 18th century, press reports tended to focus on the betting rather than on the play.

MCC was itself the centre of controversy in the Regency period, largely on account of the enmity between Lord Frederick Beauclerk and George Osbaldeston. In 1817, their intrigues and jealousies exploded into a match-fixing scandal with the top player William Lambert being banned from playing at Lord’s Cricket Ground for life. Gambling scandals in cricket have been going on since the 17th century.”

This is another subject and I do not wish to delve deeper in this gambling and match fixing mess which is also a creation of the British, instead I will focus on the whining, whinging and crying of the Englishmen when they lose a test match especially if they are comprehensively beaten by the inferior ones like, those who were under the British Raj and those who were reportedly convicts etc., etc.

The current test series that is being played in the UAE between England and Pakistan at a neutral venue where Pakistan has comprehensively beaten their Masters by 10 wickets and within 3 days!  As expected they started whining and whinging against the mystical bowling of Saeed Ajmal, who initially played a mind game before the start of the test match — giving them a taste of their own medicine —  instead of targeting a player like the English and Australians do, he talked about his new mystery ball called the ” Teesra,” which worked better than expectations.

The Englishmen were bowled out for under 2oo twice and Ajmal took 10 wickets in the match and they cannot digest this defeat and are talking about Ajmal’s action. Instead of justifying myself with my views, I would like to copy paste another quote on Ajmal’s action, which will give a better picture of his bowling action.

” After all, it is a well-known fact that Ajmal has been cleared by an independent panel of specialists approved by the International Cricket Council (ICC).

Dr Bruce Elliot – a professor of Bio-mechanics, Motor Learning and Development at the University of Western Australia – cleared Ajmal in 2009, when the Australian cricket team were struggling to deconstruct his mystery at the same venue. Elliot revealed that “during a comprehensive analysis it was apparent that the amount of elbow extension in Saeed Ajmal’s bowling action for all deliveries was within the 15-degree level of tolerance permitted in the ICC regulations.”

So it is evident that Ajmal’s action is clean and the ICC has approved the report and cleared him.  So, why are they crying now? The comical and farcical thing is, the Englishmen are saying that Ajmal is hiding his elbow by wearing a full sleeves shirt.  This is absurd, ridiculous and laughable.  Should Ajmal roll up his sleeves and show his muscles to them? What sort of a complaint is this?

Even if Ajmal rolls up his sleeves, can the umpire or anyone for that matter by seeing his action with a naked eye can tell that it is within the 15-degree level of tolerance permitted in the ICC regulations?  You must have a bionic eye for that.  The Englishmen and the Australians are cry babies and they cry shamelessly.