The BCCI has decided to include Mohammad Azharuddin in a list of prominent cricketers and officials that it plans to honour in a function next month. The ICC, apparently is not amused.
"The ICC has a zero tolerance zone to corruption and we'd like our members to have a similar zero tolerance in this matter," ICC spokesman Brian Murgatroyd told The Associated Press on Friday.
Surprising, considering the fact that Shane Warne and Herschelle Gibbs who have admitted accepting money from bookies, are still allowed to smell the green. And one should not forget Warnie's partner in crime, the graceful Mark Waugh. All that these guys needed to shell out was a pittance as penalty.
To be fair to the BCCI - whom I am not a great fan of, in a lot of other issues - it has dealt with the matchfixing cases in India pretty severely. It meted out strict punishments to Azhar, Jadeja (who was undoubtedly a star in the making)and other also-rans like Ajay Sharma who cashed in.
I think, the ICC just produced a crosscourt backhand, that Roger Federer would be proud of!!!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment