Hello peeps!
I was gonna hold myself back from blogging till it got to the
Commonwealth Bank trophy but I thought I post this before that.
A Friend of mine recently tweeted "A 19yr old Pakistani cricketer
accused f match fixing was released after 3 months in prison. 5yr ban. Is his,
a doomed career?"
This got me wondering on the fate of one of the most gifted
bowlers of our generation. Pakistan is doing pretty good right now(well technically
as i type this they are 53/7 so im guessing they haven't completely cured their
collapsible habits but rather managed it through group therapy into irrelevant
dead rubbers… presumably)But their most talented bowler just got out of his
prison sentence and is banned for 5 years.
I personally don’t think its fair on him. He was an 18 year old at
the time from a rural background it’s impossible for us to expect him to be
mature and discerning. In a factionalized Pakistani team culture few would be
brave enough to stand up to the captain’s orders. The fact that he pleaded guilty in the spot
fixing trial and accepted responsibility at the ICC arbitration at Doha that he
has at least understood the gravity of his crime.
If
the Ban holds he’ll be back in 2017 at the age of 25...I hope there will be a Pakistani team that would be willing to take him back with a management that protects young players and also a world which is ready and willing to forgive a young man’s mistake.Cz damn this kid can bowl!
