Rabada's ban overturned, cleared to play in Cape Town

[CommonMan]

Now Smith is whining 

Smith critical of Rabada's successful appeal

 

[Doctored Wicket]

14 hours ago, rkt.india said:

Rabada's contact was as unintentional as Smith's, so, why only Rabada was singled out and not Smith. 

Rabada initiated the contact.

You can see in the replay he moved his shoulder to make contact.

That is not an unintentional act. He has form in this area.

[saviking]

I believe a big part of Rabada's defense was based on past incidents, one particular one involving Australia and England, etc. In those incidences the players got off with basically a slap on the wrist. So there defense was based on inconsistent application of the rule book, and that is what reduced the penalty for Rabada. 

Apparently the lawyer did bring up a lot of cases where the "big 3" got off with lesser punishments than the rest of the member countries for similar offenses.

 

And in the end SA asked that the rule book should be made more clearly and that the ICC should simplify the way penalties are given and find a way to make judgement more even between all playing countries.

 

If ever I need a lawyer in future... i want to have this lawyer 

[Lannister]

I think this decision will come back to bite them in their *** in the future. These ICC muppets cannot get a single thing right. 

[saviking]

Well their past decisions already came back to bite them in the ass, seems they had little choice to reduce the penalty after the past was brought up.

I think they definitely have to follow the route of what is done in Rugby with disciplinary hearings, where an independent disciplinary council does the hearings. And the rules and disciplinary steps need to be made more clear on what actions will get what punishments. In rugby you find that most fines/bans given out are much more aligned so there are rarely debates on whether the punishments fit the crime. I think the current ICC rules are very vague and can be interpreted in too many ways.

[rkt.india]

2 hours ago, Doctored Wicket said:

Rabada initiated the contact.

You can see in the replay he moved his shoulder to make contact.

That is not an unintentional act. He has form in this area.

i have seen the video and he did not move anything. he just kept walking like Smith kept walking too. Both were not vary until the contact happened.

[mani sha]

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-21/smith-confused-by-rabada-ruling-bump-was-harder-than-it-looked/9573534

i love rabada .. he is no different than mcgrath . no intentional contact