F**K you Pakistan Cricket

My gut feeling is that corruption is endemic in Pakistani cricket - ban them until they prove their game is clean.

The ICC should offer an amnesty of sorts, allowing players to come clean, with an offer of reduced penalties for those that admit everything.

Perhaps
- a six-month ban for having failed to report suspicious contact
- a twelve-month ban for admitting to 'spot' fixing while bowling or fielding
- a two-year ban for admitting to 'spot' fixing while batting
- a four-year ban for admitting to involvement in fixing a match result.

Then any players who didn't come forward and are subsequently found to have been involved should be banned for life, without exception. Likewise players who are found not to have been full and frank with their disclosure during the amnesty period.

A 250 year ban for any player caled Akmal.

http://www.sport24.co.za/Cricket/PCB-selector-suspended-20110608

Now a selector has been suspended for becoming embroiled in the Afridi saga. And with the latest shenanigans surrounding Afridi has Pakistan totally lost its ability to shock? Maybe we're all becoming desensitised to the lunacy!

Mohammed Ilyas ... interesting ... he and Saeed Ahmed didn't require their tickets home after the 1972-3 tour

What about Amir then, I think he's redefined stupidity... could have at least pretended to be someone else!

He will probably at least have the suspended 5 years of his ban activated now, meaning he's unlikely to ever rebuild his career.

Shame he's gone and done this.

Every batsman worldwide is breathing yet another sigh of relief.