Wednesday, September 27, 2006

The Forecast
Here is my forecast of the ruling
1. Not guilty on the ball tampering issue.
2. Disrepute charge upheld.
3. 4 ODI ban
4. Darrell Hair censured for his role in the referee's report.

What would it mean? Whether the punishments are exactly as above or not what it would mean is that Madugalle will try to balance it out. He will uphold the disrepute charge and say no matter what Inzamam should have come out to play. But he will be lenient citing that the ball tampering issue cannot be totally ignored as an instigator of the protest. He will say that the umpire is the sole arbiter during the match. He will then go on to say that umpires should use their powers judiciously.

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