Latif admits cheating at Multan

[napoleonIV]

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesig...php?nid=113299

Has anyone seen the interview on Desh TV?

[revolver]

we knew it

[billah]

pakis cheated us out of victory in both of those tests. It has been public knowledge for us ever since. Kana-baba (Ashoka) helped out with his inept umpiring also.

[Rommel]

Why is faking a catch considered cheating? It happens in Baseball and American Football all the time.

[Akib]

Who cares. Whats the point of bringing this up now. Anyways, its the umpires job to figure out whether he was cheating or not.


When I first saw the title I thought it was about steriods or match fixing

[Dhruvo]

We should move on, no matter how many confessions that guy or any of the other players playing that match make, it won't change the result of the game. Instead of crying over the past we should learn from it and look into the present and future of our game. There will be a time when teams won't win even if they cheated against us

[Ashraf-FTP]

Originally Posted by Rommel
Why is faking a catch considered cheating? It happens in Baseball and American Football all the time.

because in football games its part of the strategy, but in cricket its cheating..

havnt seen a fake catch in baseball though..

Originally Posted by Dhrubo
We should move on, no matter how many confessions that guy or any of the other players playing that match make, it won't change the result of the game. Instead of crying over the past we should learn from it and look into the present and future of our game. There will be a time when teams won't win even if they cheated against us

i absolutely agree.. its sooo old.. why bring this up now?? forget it..

[deshifan]

oi halare pidaaa

[Rommel]

Originally Posted by Ashraf-FTP
because in football games its part of the strategy, but in cricket its cheating..

havnt seen a fake catch in baseball though..



i absolutely agree.. its sooo old.. why bring this up now?? forget it..

Its strategy in cricket as well. In baseball, its called "trapping". Its usually done by Outfielders when they roll over after making a diving catch. That way the ball may hit the grass but it will be tough for the Umpires to see it.

I just don't see how Cricket expects the players to tell the truth in those types of plays. If the player just admits that he didn't catch the ball, then I don't think he is trying hard enough to win. If anyone is at fault, it should be the Umpire for not seeing that Latif did not catch the ball. I mean you don't see a guy in Baseball who is called "safe" tell the Umpire that he was actually out. that would be ridiculous.

[Purbasha T]

Post this in pakpassion, someone ...............but true you know, it's time to move on. The time is very close, as Dhrubo said, when even 100 cheatings wouldn't be able to snatch our victories away.

Edit: Ohh! Someone's done it already.

[AsifTheManRahman]

Originally Posted by deshifan
oi halare pidaaa

Pidani maane? Halare dhoira raam dholai dimu! Matite felay dabramu halare!

[mij]

Originally Posted by AsifTheManRahman
Pidani maane? Halare dhoira raam dholai dimu! Matite felay dabramu halare!

LOL, oi halare ballo kora pidaaa

[ahms]

Originally Posted by Rommel
Why is faking a catch considered cheating? It happens in Baseball and American Football all the time.

Cheating is always cheating, regardless how nicely you put it. And that's not sportsmanship. But I am not surprised by Pak team. This Pak team is not the same as the team used to be, era of Imran khan, Javed Miandad, Wasim Akram and Waqar Yunus.

[beshideshi]

Rashid Latif is in Bangladesh at this moment. Its a bad time to confess the guilt.
btw, its not news to me that he cheated. It was quite clear, and that incident led to the downfall of his career. But first win against Pakistan in Pakistan sounds so much nicer than first win Against Zimbabwe in Chittagong. ahhh......

[cricket_king]

Destroy him.

[sbsash]

Hang him.lol.

[BD-Shardul]

We all know that he cheated and also the whole Pakistan team cheated (they cut the grass of the outfield and Chacha found the pitch on 4th day morning flat and crack-removed). It was unprofessional to ask him about this issue and make him embarrassed while he is a guest at our home.

[Ashraf-FTP]

Originally Posted by BD-Shardul
We all know that he cheated and also the whole Pakistan team cheated (they cut the grass of the outfield and Chacha found the pitch on 4th day morning flat and crack-removed). It was unprofessional to ask him about this issue and make him embarrassed while he is a guest at our home.

he deserved that though.. good to be humiliated at our home

[wiseshah]

of course---ei na hole chora latif

anyway--chora na shone dharmer kahini, he will do that again and again if he gets chance

[yaseer]

It was also alleged that the groundsmen cut the outfield grass the night before the start of the fourth day, a clear violation of the game rules, so that the ball could move faster towards the boundary.

What about this allegation? I did not hear this at that time. But if it is the case, then Why BCB did not complain to the ICC?

[meazz1]

Why is that so many PAKI's players are so dishonest? No wonder he deserved what was coming to him.

[CTazim]

Originally Posted by BD-Shardul
We all know that he cheated and also the whole Pakistan team cheated (they cut the grass of the outfield and Chacha found the pitch on 4th day morning flat and crack-removed). It was unprofessional to ask him about this issue and make him embarrassed while he is a guest at our home.

When Pakistani team flew First class between games and in the same flight forced Bangladeshi team coach class, where was this so called "Muslim" country's basic hospitality. Especially when for this entire nation everything revolves around their religion. Pakistan's self-righteousness is nauseating. The fact that some of us continue to be "apologetic" is even more sickening.

[FagunerAgun]

Originally Posted by Rommel
Its strategy in cricket as well. In baseball, its called "trapping". Its usually done by Outfielders when they roll over after making a diving catch. That way the ball may hit the grass but it will be tough for the Umpires to see it.

I just don't see how Cricket expects the players to tell the truth in those types of plays. If the player just admits that he didn't catch the ball, then I don't think he is trying hard enough to win. If anyone is at fault, it should be the Umpire for not seeing that Latif did not catch the ball. I mean you don't see a guy in Baseball who is called "safe" tell the Umpire that he was actually out. that would be ridiculous.

Yes, it can be, Rommel, depends on the player involved.

Best example: in the 5th ODI between BD and zim last week, Coventry was chasing the ball going for a boundary, he stopped the ball but it barely touched the boundary line. Conventry, a man of sportmanship, did not throw the ball to the wk, he was holding the ball as an acknowledgement that the ball really touched the boundary line, and it is a FOUR.

Hat's off to Coventry, for his tremendous sportsmanship and committment to the game.

[FagunerAgun]

Originally Posted by CTazim
When Pakistani team flew First class between games and in the same flight forced Bangladeshi team coach class, where was this so called "Muslim" country's basic hospitality. Especially when for this entire nation everything revolves around their religion. Pakistan's self-righteousness is nauseating. The fact that some of us continue to be "apologetic" is even more sickening.

And those guys think BD should play in the 'second tier of Test Cricket'.

Their philosophy is "Stealing is the best way of doing business if do not get caught".

That trip was really disgusting that some forget and tend to treat them very well.

'God's justice is not for everyone'.

[Purbasha T]

Tit for Tat isn't always the solution, people.