Although he is a good cricketer his behaviour is not good enough to see in international level.His aggressiveness in bowling sometime disturbs the concentration of the others.
Having seen the match i think it was not right on afridi to do such an act but frankly speaking did he have any other options. Every time it is seen that asian players are subjected to such codes. why not punish gibbs heavily. why not punish nel who has a big mouth. remember sreesanth incident. poor sreesanth was fined for retaliating back though reason given was different. what ponting & martin did in india to the bcci president. wake up ICC. I think you guys are bringing the game in to Disrepute rather than ASIAN Players.
I totally agreed with Mr.Govind Raj's view now a days it has become common practice to punish Asian Players without any valid reason and ignoring other english countries, it is totally ridiculous and not acceptable. Hope ICC one day will woke up and give justice and treat all countries according to the ICC Laws.
We can rest assured, Afridi will be charged and declared guilty and punished. What else can a player from the Indian Subcontinent expect? Just because of the Hair uproar, Gibbs was punished and the other reason being the color of his skin. The ICC is the worst culprit in the racism issue. It thrives on the money from the Subcontinent but panders to the whims and fancies of Aussies and English. How else could we explain the sudden leniency shown towards changes in the team for the WC-07. Just because Australia's most important ODI player Symonds is injured, the ICC is bending over backwards to help Aussies. If it were to be Sachin or Yuveraj of India, Sanath or Murali of Sri Lanka or Yousuf or Asif of Pakistan, the ICC would not have bothered to help out. If ICC is not run by racist people, then Sachin Tendulkar does not know how to bat.
RE:Afridi Charged
by vinay bhaskar on Feb 09, 2007 02:23 AM
We always have understanding problem. Before writing you should see the video. If I were to be part of the review panel, I will take severe punishment on him. Afridi behaviour was untolerable...
RE:Afridi Charged
by Prasad on Feb 08, 2007 10:38 PM
I Agree with Govind here.. Why the hell Andre Nel isn't fined.. is that a gentlemen's behaviour for so called "Gentlemen's Game"?
Why the hell ICC ignores such cases by saying it's his nature??
RE:RE:Afridi Charged
by SI on Feb 09, 2007 12:21 PM
What did Nel do?Didn't you read what he said? He said to Sreesanth he is a bunny to him,and he doesnt have the heart to take Nel on.What is in it to be fined?
It is becoming tiring to see people simply jump into racism bandwagon without a thought!
RE:RE:RE:Afridi Charged
by Govind Raj on Feb 09, 2007 09:20 PM
What did Nel not do? He has been the worst behaved player I have seen in a long time. He becomes a bully whenever he is playing India, Pak or Sri Lanka because he thinks he is superior. Against Aussies, he has his tail firmly tucked between his legs. Saurav Ganguly has been publicly hanged by the Umpires and Refrees in the past for absolutely benign behavior. Compared to Nel's behavior, Dada has been a saint. But so far not one Ump or Refree has fined Nel. We are totally servile in our attitude towards the Whites. That is why the Racist ICC is making merry at our cost. Unless we stand up and ask ICC and Refrees to behave we will face the same problems in future. ICC, its Umpires and Match refrees have constantly meted out Step Motherly Treatment to Subcontinental Players. Please note the Appealing styles of Warne, Mc Grath and Pollock and then look at our own players. Even slight aggression from our players and they will be warned and fined. All kind os premature celebration and that kind of talk will come. But if it is a White player, he can get away with murder. This Step-Motherly treatment to Our Players MUST stop.
