Punisher Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 He may consider the Indian Premier League a joke but former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad feels there is a serious possibility of matches being fixed in the cash-rich Twenty20 event. Miandad said the league, currently underway in South Africa, has been witness to some surprising results where teams have lost from winning positions. "There is a definite smell of match-fixing coming from the IPL where strange things are happening," he told the "Express" newspaper on Friday. "I don't consider the IPL as cricket, it is a joke. It is strange that players who are not regular bowlers have taken hat-tricks in the league. Teams are losing matches from winning positions," he said. Miandad feels the International Cricket Council (ICC) needs to step in and check possible corruption in the event. "If at all such Twenty20 cricket leagues must be held they should be held under the direct supervision of the ICC or else there will always be fear of corruption taking place in matches," he said. Miandad said it was strange that the ICC's anti-corruption unit was not present in the IPL despite the big money at stake and the number of foreign players involved in the competition. The IPL organizers rejected an ICC offer to have the anti-corruption unit supervise this year's tournament and have arranged for their own security and anti-corruption officers. The ICC had asked for USD 1.2 million from the Indian board to cover the costs of their ACU activities in the IPL which was rejected. "The ICC must stop the IPL because it is already damaging the fabric of the sport and forcing players to change their loyalties," he said. Miandad, also a former coach of the Pakistan team, cited the example of West Indian captain Chris Gayle, who wants to give up national captaincy. "He reached England just two days before his country's test against England from the IPL which was I think is an insult to test cricket and the result the West Indies lost badly in the test," he noted. "I fear that if the ICC does not step in the IPL could also end up damaging the traditional forms of cricket. Already the players are putting money above country. Only the Indian cricket board and its players were gaining from the IPL which has no financial benefits for the other boards." http://www.cricbuzz.com/component/latest_cricket_news/Story/14204/possibility-of-match-fixing-in-ipl:-miandad/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomainK Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Can someone write a script that will automatically transfer threads to the jokes section if the word "miadad" is detected? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSK Fan Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Teams losing from winning positions? Like when Pak lost to India in a bowl out? Or when Misbah pl,ayed that scoop to lose the WC finals? Thng is 20/20 has alays been throwing surprising results Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someone Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Miandad means no common sense when pak plays ipl, wonderful if not everything is **** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 although Miandad is an ******* ,we would have to listen to these allegations if Anti- Corruption unit is not there.it is a must in present circumstances Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnterTheVoid Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Saala' got nerve. Maybe Sharjah style match - fixing is more to his liking ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mister Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Miandads The Biggest **** Ever To Play Cricket, Biased *** Paki ****!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvvslaxman Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Possibility of bomb explosion in Miandad's ktichen. Report said people who were near by saw his son's father in law coming out of the kitchen 15 minutes earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sachinism Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 If there was any Match-Fixing, that donkey-farker would probably be the 1st to know about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shehezaada Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 give him a chance to coach one of the teams and balcony dancer will be on the next flight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboysfan Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 the biggest choke of the year was by pakistan when they hit 140 for no loss and collapsed chasing 200.T20 is inherently a more pressure packed version of Cricket and as we are finding out a lot players have yet to come to grips with this intense pressure and buckle under it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 I think there's a possibility that Miandad jerks off in the shower every morning. How more ironic could this get? Arguably the most stinky player in the history of a game, someone who will go as far as having family ties with a declared international terrorist, now talks about match-fixing. Either Miandad should provide evidence to back his claims or he should STFU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueBlood Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Look who's talking about corruption and match fixing... The same guy that is related to Dawood Ibrahim :hysterical: I guess this is what you call Lollywood comedy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zap_Brannigan Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Chances of the paki players being terrorists is much more probable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Spoken like a true P@ki, burn at anything Indian. If only they would focus on improving themselves, both countries would be in a better shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvvslaxman Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nash Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 you guys are idiots.. Javed miadad... - relative in law with dawood - match fixer -hailing from Pakistan -total anti indian whatever he says is right. Take some criticism from the legend open hearty... It was joke by the way....:hysterical::haha: Wo joke karta hai to ham bhi karenge..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suraj Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Can the match fixers "fix" Miandad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desi Cartman Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 :mama: U want to host the World cup dont u .... :mama: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gaurav_indian Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 Miandaad on irfan pathan "aichey bolel toh palkistan ti dali dali mein milte hai" :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::finger: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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