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| Miandad-Dawood link ruining Indo-Pak cricket |
| 2008-12-16 |
| Sydney (IANS): Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) director-general Javed Miandad's family ties with Karachi-based underworld kingpin Dawood Ibrahim are affecting cricketing relation between India and Pakistan, believes cricketer-turned-columnist Peter Roebuck. Dawood, whose daughter is married to Miandad's son, is alleged to have played a key role from his base in Karachi in providing support to the perpetrators of last month's terror attacks in Mumbai. Roebuck wrote in his column in the Sydney Morning Herald that the relation has the potential to drive an even deeper wedge between the cricket communities of Pakistan and India and to add to the sufferings of a game facing the worst crisis in its history. The Englishman adds that suggesting Miandad's involvement in the attacks would be ridiculous but his link with the don is certain to raise a few eyebrows. "But in this volatile environment, his links with Dawood and his seniority in Pakistan cricket have caused consternation among eminent Indian cricket officials, some of whom lost friends or family members in the attacks. It does not bode well for relations between these cricketing strongholds," he said. "Dawood's reputed involvement in the latest evil might seem a solely political matter. Obviously, his alleged activities and continued liberty anger the Indians beyond measure, but that does not reach across the boundary. He has also been linked to the latest match-fixing scandals surfacing in the Twenty20 leagues, which is nothing new," said Roebuck. Roebuck feels that in this climate of political intrigue and distrust, even a tenuous and innocent connection can be a problem. "Specifically, he (Dawood) has close connections with Javed Miandad, Pakistan's greatest batsman and now among its most senior cricket officers. His connection with Dawood goes back a long way, and was cemented by the marriage between his son and one of the don's daughters," he added. "Already, India's sports minister has spoken out against sending the national team to Pakistan, and Sunil Gavaskar has backed him up. Barring an unexpected outbreak of enlightenment, the forthcoming tour will not take place, increasing Pakistan's cricketing isolation," he said |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #3 And, iff my memory correctly serves ala SPORTS TRIVIA/HISTORY, this region most certainly loves and adores it Cricket! IFF ANY SPORT OTHER THAN SOCCER CAN CAUSE DE FACTO WAR TO BREAK OUT AMONGST THESE REGIONAL STATES, ITS CRICKET! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-12-16 22:12 |
| #2 sufferings of a game facing the worst crisis in its history In Pakistan. In the rest of the cricketing world, the game is enjoying a big increase in popularity, in large part due to the city-based Indian leagues being set up employing international star players. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2008-12-16 20:45 |
| #1 I don't know if it means anything, but some odd coincidences came to mind reading this article: Lucknow, March 22: Giving a new turn to Bob Woolmer's death under mysterious circumstances, underworld don Babloo Srivastava has said that D-company head Dawood Ibrahim might have been involved in the suspected murder of Pakistan cricket coach, Sahara Samay sources said. Talking to Sahara Samay, he said that Dawood is the biggest fixer of international matches. He further said that Dawood might have put on stake huge sum of money ranging between Rs 400 to 500 crore. The channel's correspondent told from Lucknow that even earlier Babloo had told that all unimportant matches of the world have been fixed. Babloo also told that this was the biggest reason why Pakistani players played under immense pressure and lost to minnows Ireland. It is also speculated that Woolmer's book was in the last stage and match-fixers might have got some air that the Pakistani coach may reveal more about the betting blot in the game after Pakistan's shameful defeat at the hands of Ireland. Posted by John Frum 2007-03-22 2007-04-15 Evil Cleric: My Human Right To Stay In Britain A JAILED preacher who inspired one of the 7/7 bombers has sparked rage by using human rights laws to try to stay here. Abdullah El-Faisal was jailed for nine years in March 2003 for inciting murder in vile rants but he is due to be released this month. The Home Office plans to deport him to his native Jamaica but the Muslim convert, with links to Al Qaeda, claims he has a right to family life in Britain. Dawood Ibrahim's hand in Woolmer's suspected murder in Jamaica and al-Faisal deported about a month later to the region, Russian warships in Cuba and Venezuela, and a stolen plane from the Dominican Republic disappeared from radar today means the Caribbean needs to be watched very closely. |
| Posted by: Danielle 2008-12-16 17:01 |