Friday, February 3, 2012

The prodigal son.


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!