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the irony ;) ------------------------ Former Pakistan captain and coach Javed Miandad has labelled the shortest format of the game "a virus" which could signal the death of Test cricket. Miandad believed that with Twenty20 leagues around the world offering vast amounts of money, international cricket - particularly the long form of the game - was becoming less attractive to the players, and he called for the ICC to step in. "Twenty20 cricket is a virus and if the ICC doesn't restrict matches of this format it will finish Test cricket, as leading players will no longer want to play for their country," Miandad told AFP. "With the introduction of Twenty20 leagues, the notion that 'country comes first' is also hit for six because when there is a choice between national duty and more money, players will choose money. Some of the Australian players could have represented their country longer but retired to play Twenty20 leagues two years ago. "When Twenty20 cricket started, I had smelled this format will damage cricket. Now the game will not see quality players, as they are now more attuned to play the big-hitting game than the traditional and classical way." Interestingly enough, Miandad's comments came at a time when Pakistan players were ignored for the third season of the IPL with none of the franchises bidding for the available 11 players during the auction in Mumbai on Tuesday. The apparent reason was because the teams were not sure of their availability due to visa and other problems. However, Miandad said the players "should not be bothered" by the snub. "They must concentrate on their national duties as country always comes first." He also expressed his concerns about India having a dominant say in world cricket affairs. "I fear a day will come when world cricket will be run by India alone," Miandad said. "So I fear if Australia, England, Sri Lanka and the West Indies don't realise this, world cricket will be at the mercy of India (:evil: india) -------------------------------- http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/current/story/445303.html

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In all honesty, Twenty20 has the potential to be a virus or a vaccine. It all lies in the hands of the ICC and the BCCI of course. The way they are treating it I worry whether it could turn out to be a virus for the game. There is no point having animosity towards a form of the game. It is how the form is played and how often it is played that matters. ________ Virgin live

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Wait a minute, isn't BCCI already running world cricket? Vat's Miandad talkin' about?

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the irony ;) ------------------------ "When Twenty20 cricket started, I had smelled this format will damage cricket. Now the game will not see quality players, as they are now more attuned to play the big-hitting game than the traditional and classical way." -------------------------------- http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/current/story/445303.html
:hysterical: With a nose like that he could probably smell quite a lot of things. Wonder if he can smell when the Paki's will have a home game that actually is in pakland, or when will they stop being b*itch slapped by Aus in tests.
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He really said this. This comes from a guy who has family relations with the worst kind of Mafia! The IPL is becoming a big mafia: Miandad Javed Miandad Miffed at the Indian Premier League's [ Images ] snub of Pakistan players, Javed Miandad [ Images ] says the cash-rich Twenty20 [ Images ] competition is turning out to be 'a big mafia'. "The Indian Premier League is becoming a big mafia that wants to control world cricket; it is not only endangering the existence of the International Cricket Council [ Images ], but also the rest of the cricketing nations. "It is my message to all cricket boards around the world that the IPL is the biggest danger for their future; if it is not controlled timely it will engulf all boards. "India is trying to control the world of cricket through the IPL and wants to become a super power; India is trying it and India is doing it," the Pakistan cricket icon told rediff.com in an exclusive interview, shortly after the players' auction for the third edition of the IPL in Mumbai [ Images ] on Tuesday. His reasoning is that "a number of players have refused to play for their own countries because they can earn more money overnight than they could throughout their careers". Saying the players are receiving money more than they are worth, he urged the ICC [ Images ] to form rules to curb the League's expansion. "I can smell that everyone will have a problem in future. A time will come when there will be no player available to play for his country. Under such circumstances the ICC should form rules to control the IPL. At the moment the IPL is doing what it wants and no one is there to interfere. Time is not far when, due to the IPL, the ICC and world cricket boards will be finished." Asked whether the IPL is a threat to Indian cricket itself, Miandad replied: "Not at all; the IPL will help Indians only, but it will weaken the rest of the teams. India will get the best players of the world and weaken other teams." Giving an example, he said, "In the past India had better teams than the current Dhoni-led one, but, more often than not, they were defeated. The reason was that other teams were stronger than India. Due to the IPL, superstars like Shane Warne [ Images ] and Glenn McGrath [ Images ] retired from the Australian cricket team. "They could easily play for another couple of years, but rushed to the IPL, as the amount was very attractive; so when the Indian team visited Australia [ Images ], who were without senior players like Warne and McGrath, it was easy for the Indians to control the opposing team." Miandad was unhappy about the power an individual player enjoys at the moment and suggested that every player should be controlled by his own cricket board. "Nothing should be individually done; if every individual player is allowed to make a decision, without any interference of his board, the situation would turn bad for all other boards. All boards should handle their own guys and it is unjust that every player individually negotiates his case with the IPL. "All the boards should discuss these issues with the IPL, otherwise their future seems dark to me. I'm surprised and astonished how people are investing and how they are going to earn money; it is commercial cricket. The ICC should watch these things and interfere before it gets too worse to be controlled," he said. He was critical of the latest format of the game, saying, "Twenty20 cricket is no cricket, but money-cricket; everybody knows that it is commercial cricket; the main cricket is moving towards destruction." "It's okay to play a match or two; that's not a problem. But if there are 40-50 matches, where will the rest of the cricket go? Clearly, it is damaging Test and One-day cricket, and the quality is going down. People have started forgetting about One-day and Test cricket. Neither the bowlers nor batsmen can learn anything here," he said. Comparing the IPL with Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket, he said, "When Kerry Packer came in, though he was doing it for a cause as his channel was ignored, it affected cricket all around the world; cricket game became mediocre. I see the same future for One-day and Test cricket due to the IPL." So what does he have to say about Pakistan cricketers being snubbed by the IPL? "It is another issue that Pakistani players were ignored and humiliated by the Indian Premier League. I am against the existence of the IPL; this is not an issue because Pakistani players were neglected or humiliated. That decision was biased and wrong. "Cricket between India and Pakistan is better for relations between the two countries. Everyone says there is no politics in sport; so relations between the two countries should not come in the way of sports," he concluded.

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He keeps changing tunes himself.One minute he says something and the next minute he contradicts his own opinion :hysterical: So i agree that he is really a confused man :confusedman:

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He really said this. This comes from a guy who has family relations with the worst kind of Mafia! Giving an example, he said, "In the past India had better teams than the current Dhoni-led one, but, more often than not, they were defeated. The reason was that other teams were stronger than India. Due to the IPL, superstars like Shane Warne [ Images ] and Glenn McGrath [ Images ] retired from the Australian cricket team. "They could easily play for another couple of years, but rushed to the IPL, as the amount was very attractive; so when the Indian team visited Australia [ Images ], who were without senior players like Warne and McGrath, it was easy for the Indians to control the opposing team." .
:hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: Or so thats how we started winning tests against Aus!!!! This guys is a ****ing idiot, PCB should have some sort of restraining orders so that the numpties don't go around embarrassing them, lol.
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Giving an example, he said, "In the past India had better teams than the current Dhoni-led one, but, more often than not, they were defeated. The reason was that other teams were stronger than India. Due to the IPL, superstars like Shane Warne [ Images ] and Glenn McGrath [ Images ] retired from the Australian cricket team. "They could easily play for another couple of years, but rushed to the IPL, as the amount was very attractive; so when the Indian team visited Australia [ Images ], who were without senior players like Warne and McGrath, it was easy for the Indians to control the opposing team."
Now that everyone except Pakistan is playing and wasting away in IPL, we could see Pak becoming the No.1 Test team in a couple of years.
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Giving an example, he said, "In the past India had better teams than the current Dhoni-led one, but, more often than not, they were defeated. The reason was that other teams were stronger than India. Due to the IPL, superstars like Shane Warne [ Images ] and Glenn McGrath [ Images ] retired from the Australian cricket team. "They could easily play for another couple of years, but rushed to the IPL, as the amount was very attractive; so when the Indian team visited Australia [ Images ], who were without senior players like Warne and McGrath, it was easy for the Indians to control the opposing team."
but forgot to add that ,that makes no difference to the Pakistanis as they keep getting whitewashed in Australia.
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Javed Miandad-the great Pakistani Idiot keeps talking BS all the time...interestingly he said IPL has become a mafia...what a Joke!...how can he say this when he is the father-in-law of India's most wanted terrorist's daughter

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Dint he enjoy the fame and money that was showered on him by the last ball six in an ODI match.. At that time (1986) ODI could have been considered a threat to test.. Why then Sharjah hosted only ODIs and not test matches. And when they did host pakistan's home tests, we all knew what the turn out was.. So the Sharjah circus of the 80s and 90s is like what IPL is today.. If there were more enterprising sports businessmen around the world at that time, there could have been many more Sharjahs and it could have probably killed test cricket, cos everyone wanted to play in those ODI tournaments... so why is this man complaining?

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