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Under "current team", changed Abdur Razzaq to Abdul Razzaq, the former was linked to the wiki page referring to the Bangladeshi cricketer. -fkh82

Some guy called Saeed Ahmad is grafftiing this saying himself he is a captain and a bowler as there is no such

It is actually Saeed Ahmed. Am adding him back in the list of captains but not in the list of batsmen as whether to include him in that list would be a matter of opinion. Tintin (talk) 09:31, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] NPOV

Is anyone here aware of wiki's NPOV policy? The quanity of superlatives employed would make a local Urdu daily proud.

This page is a poor reflection on wiki in general and Pakistan cricket in particular. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 212.165.146.59 (talk • contribs).

If we're going to use a NPOV flag, can we also follow Wikipedia's flagging criterion, that being to specify what is in fact wrong with it in clear terms rather than saying "it is POV". Thanks. M0RHI | Talk to me 13:24, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dead link

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[edit] 2006 Englnd vs. Pakistan 4th Test Controversy

I've removed the section on this. althought it was accurate to my knowledge, it's probably best to leave any editing of this until later this evening, when we know more about the situation - 88.105.68.243 17:18, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, and in any case it's too early to start getting hugely worked about it and including it in every article. What we've got in the Pakistani cricket team in England in 2006 article is fine, IMO. Sam Vimes | Address me 17:21, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
I won't argue with that. But now I've got to trudge all the other atricles removing hasty edits :-( - 88.105.68.243 17:32, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
I've put this back in- it can easily be changed if more information comes out, and given that play is ended for the day at least, and the only way the match can resume is by overruling the umpires, it is clearly a significant and notable incident. MartinMcCann 17:35, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
Yes, but if we're going to include every single "significant and notable incident" in Pakistani cricketing history, the article would blow out of proportion. At present we've got a tour article, so in my opinion it should be left there until we know just how big this incident is. The article isn't very good at present, but at least it's not overly biased with current issues. Sam Vimes | Address me 17:42, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
This section is totally POV and should be removed:

"Another point to note was there was no television evidence nor any photographs brought forward that showed that the ball had been tampered with by the Pakistan side. There were 26 sky sports cameras monitoring everything that was going on and if the ball had been scuffed up, then it would have been picked up by the cameras. The umpires also failed to name one certain individual whom they have seen doctoring the condition of the ball. The fact that the ball was hit into the stands a few times, hit the advertising boards, and hit concrete also put the accusation in further doubt as it is becoming more obvious that the umpires just simply assumed that the ball was tampered with." --85.210.81.175 08:37, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Well, actually, the ball was in the posession of the umpires after Cook's dismissal (51.5), and it was inspected again (and deemed to have been tampered with) only a few overs later (55). In the minutes between the two inspections the ball had not been hit in to the stands, and had only gone for a single four. One would assume that the fact the ball had changed so much in such a short time was the reason tampering is suspected. I don't think the fact that it was hit out of the ground a couple of times has anything to do with the condition of the ball, so this POV part should be removed. - Feebtlas 10:20, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
Assuming is not good enough. If you were listening to the commentators, they were always saying that Darrell Hair needs some sort of evidence, Video or Visual, that ball tampering has been done. What if that four you're talking about hit concrete, or hit and advertising board? That can always change the condition of the ball. What also could have happened after Cook's dismissal was that umpires thought that they condition of the ball wasn't the best, but good enough. If you would have looked at the ball in the umpires hand, that was a typical 56 overs old ball. And also the fact that it was hit hard for fours and sixes a few times, does put this accusation in further doubt. This Part of the Article is right should remain there as it speaks the truth.


The umpires do not require to report anyone. Surrey were penalised for ball tampering last season without naming any player by name. Do you mean that if sky cameras did not pick up something, it did not happen ? Tintin (talk) 10:33, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
You're right, they don't need to report. But in the past, it always has been that the umpires have told the fielding team's captain that he didn't like the condition of the ball and that he doesn't like whats going on or something. Thats just a friendly way of how cricket has been running for years. So according to you, Surrey was penalised without naming.. big deal! There is a difference between County and Test cricket. Also for your last part, if it was not picked on camera, then its VERY HIGHLY LIKELY that it was NOT done. It doesn't mean it wasn't done, but it makes it a lot less unlikely. The cameras are monitoring pretty much whats going on the field. And the number of cameras is not small either. 26 Cameras-- thats quite a lot of cameras.
The law does not need the umpire to provide any sort of "proof" or name any one. The laws are the same whether it is county cricket or Tests. Despite having so many cameras, they still miss runouts and cannot gets the right pics for boundary hits now and then (like in the Dhoni incident), despite knowing where the action was. Silly isn't it ? Tintin (talk) 11:52, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
Obviously it is not required but naming captain for ball-tampering easily suggests that if the umpires only THOUGHT that the ball was tampered with, they don't know who did it. Just because law says this and that, its not always going to be that way. THERE IS PROOF REQUIRED, and the umpire MUST SEE SOMEONE TAMPERING WITH THE BALL. Not everyone goes by law, in fact there are many people critcizing the law. Simple as that -- You NEED some PHYSICAL EVIDENCE and NAME a certain player whom you have SEEN TAMPERING THE BALL from your eyes. And thats how it has been in history. The ball looked in good shape for a ball that would be 56 overs old. And for your last part, how often do they miss run outs? Like seriously. They only miss it when its extremely close, and it only happens rarely. Most of the times, even close one run outs are caught up by the cameras. These two incidents like the Dhoni one, where no one was sure if it was out or if it was runs, and this ball tampering cannot be compared, my friend. If you remember the Afridi incident at Faisalabad, I don't even think Ten sports had that many cameras as Sky sports, and they still caught everything. If you remember when Mike Atherton tampered the ball, it was caught on the camera. Here there is no video or visual evidence. And shall I repeat, you NEED some evidence to covince the fans think that ball-tampering was done. You can just use the laws and convict someone of ball tampering, but the public and the fans will not believe you, especially when you convict the captain. You will only convince yourself by doing that (and ofcourse ICC) that ball tampering was done.
Nothing of that sort. The umpires are experienced enough to know the difference between a damage caused by the ball hitting the bat or advertising boards, and by human nails (or that is the supposition). If the ball shows signs that the seam has been pulled up or whatever, and if that was not done by the batsmen or the umpires themselves, who do you think did it ? Btw, the 26 cameras is very misleading figure. It includes, for example, the four used for tracking runouts, the two inside the stumps etc. In reality, there are probably three or four which focus on the player who has the ball. So it will probably catch it, or it may not. It is not like 26 cameras are focused on a single individual from all sides at any point of time.
Okay, so four or five cameras following the player who has the ball. Thats good enough for me. Obviously not all cameras will follow everything. But if something would have happened, those few cameras would have caught it. In reality, there was no ball tampering done and the umpires simply assumed that it was done.

Tintin (talk) 13:12, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] POV

I've tagged this article for POV. It is very nationalistic. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 04:21, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

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