Shoaib and Asif win appeal

[ll0OoO0ll]

Hey Mr Hutt...

Remember that joke when Japanese scientists created a super micro glass tube that was a 1000 times more thinner than a human hair. It was sent to U.S and received tons of appreciation from top leading american scientists, then it was sent to England and Germany that fetched more praise and prizes for Japense scientists for creating such a delicate device. Finally it was sent to Pakistan, it came back with no appreciation or a certificate, the Japanese scientists curiously put the tube back under a super heavy microscope only to find a stamp on it,
"Made in Pakistan".......

The shoaib, Asif scenario is sad yet funny.
Yep, someone said it right, everything is possible in Pakistan.

[DomainK]

Originally Posted by ll0OoO0ll

I think a more classical example would be Darrel Hair's statment when claimed for being "ill-advised" for asking $500,000.00 in return of his retirement.

lol.....good one.

[Ernest]

Originally Posted by Maranello

I would hope and expect that the judgement goes into much more detail on how the "existing medical evidence surrounding nandrolone" is "questionable". Without reading the full judgement, its difficult to comment, but that to me would seem to be the only logical basis for overturning the ban, and a weak one at that.

Well I don't care Maranello, as far as I am concerned the English would be better working out how we can win two of the next 3 Tests in Australia - Shoaib is the least om my worries, what's good for O j Simpson.

[Maranello]

Originally Posted by Ernest

Well I don't care Maranello, as far as I am concerned the English would be better working out how we can win two of the next 3 Tests in Australia.

How about asking Blair to fast-track a UK passport for Shoaib and Asif?

[ll0OoO0ll]

Originally Posted by Maranello

How about asking Blair to fast-track a UK passport for Shoaib and Asif?

Or they can exercise the trick of PC, generally known as Photo Change(on someone eles's passport)

[KennyG]

Originally Posted by Maranello

How about asking Blair to fast-track a UK passport for Shoaib and Asif?

This aint 1788.
We don't have let in your shady citizens anymore.
They would go straight into a detention centre.
They would not like it there.
It is hard to get "juice" behind the wire.

[Maranello]

Originally Posted by KennyG

This aint 1788.
We don't have let in your shady citizens anymore.

errmm.. I am Pakistani. Our shady citizens? 1788? You have lost me mate.

Originally Posted by KennyG

They would go straight into a detention centre.

Really - so UK passport holders go straight to a detention centre? LOL! Perhaps the Brits should try the same on Aussies visiting them - at the very least, it would clear up vast tracts of real estate in West London...!

[greg]

Originally Posted by Maranello

Really - so UK passport holders go straight to a detention centre? LOL! Perhaps the Brits should try the same on Aussies visiting them - at the very least, it would clear up vast tracts of real estate in West London...!

No we need them as there wouldn't be any barstaff if the Aussies weren't there.

[KennyG]

Originally Posted by Maranello

errmm.. I am Pakistani. Our shady citizens? 1788? You have lost me mate.

I was refering to them if they became English.
1788 was the year the First Fleet arrived thus creating the first permanent settlement in Australia.(Sydney)
Most of them were convicts.
Our Prime Minister is a cricket fanatic so a "mistake" with their passports might happen.
They would get it sorted out about the seventh of January.(1 day after the last test)

[Wanderer]

Originally Posted by DomainK

Now I learn that WADA can step in here and interfere. Not sure though if its true.

Dr Shoaib Manjra had the following to say:

Originally Posted by SuperCricket

"The International Cricket Council will have to intervene to ensure that the rules of the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) are followed in action against Pakistan's Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif. That they took a banned substance cannot suddenly be treated as a domestic problem. The matter must be taken further."

I don't agree of course. WADA is as toothless as the ICC...