Pakistan register Broad complaint (Cricket Attack)

[Coventina]

Source: BBC

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has lodged an official complaint against referee Chris Broad over his comments concerning the Lahore terror attack.

The English official criticised security following last Tuesday's ambush, which left six players injured.

"We believe Broad made unwarranted critical remarks about the security," said the PCB's Saleem Altaf.

"The proper procedure was to inform the International Cricket Council about his views in his tour report."



Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/7934423.stm

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Pakistan: How dare he complain about an attempt made on his life? What nerve!!

:eyes:

[jb5150]

1. Kinda sad

when you need an armed escort to play cricket......:-(

[cosmicone]

2. Really sad but typical Pakistan

...

deflect the blame on something unrelated. Pakistan is never at fault -- it is always someone else's fault.

[snooper2]

3. you talkin to me?

[Kalyan]

4. take a walk ... Saleem...

Apart from match referee Chris Broad, two international umpires (there are four in each match) have criticized the security provided to them. One of the Pakistani umpire isn't speaking anything because he is in critical condition and in the hospital. Even players - Muthiah Muralitharan (who is like Hank Aaron / Peyton Manning of Cricket) criticized the security provided to them. Why has the Pak board not complained against them?

PCB is guilty of not living to it's promise. ICC wasn't too happy with the situation in Pak in December 2008 and arranged for a security review. Link: http://content.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/383825.html

And it prompted this same gentleman Saleem Altaf to pronounce that Pak was safe for cricket: "The Sri Lanka series in Pakistan can be used as a yardstick by the ICC and Cricket Australia. Now that the series against India is not happening, the only opportunity for others to see for themselves that Pakistan is a safe destination for cricket is the series against Sri Lanka." Link: http://content.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/386289.html

And the worst news is Pakistan knows that IT CHEATED/DIDN'T KEEP THEIR WORD FOR THE SRI LANKA Trip. Check this bit of news from Akash Chopra, a former Indian cricketer, who toured Pakistan in 2004. This trip had "President-level" security and he explains it best. "Our team bus was part of a convoy that had a fire brigade, an ambulance, and helicopter surveillance along with quite a few police vehicles." Link: http://blogs.cricinfo.com/beyondtheblues/archives/2009/03/safety_harnesses.php#more

So, Saleem - the first thing you should do is to apologise to SL cricketers, match referee Broad, the umpires and ICC about not keeping their word. Unless that happens, i don't see any team showing even 1% enthusiasm to come to play in Pakistan.

Bonus: To pile on, Sir Ian Botham once famously remarked: Pakistan is the sort of place every man should send his mother-in-law to, for a month, all expenses paid. (Ian Botham, 1984 - http://www.sports-quotes.com/cricket/ian_botham.html)