sanjane said:
* My whole point is that journos SHOULD have restrictions imposed. Which obviously ATM, they don't.
Journalists aren't contracted under the ICC and are free to express their opinion. You should be thankful you live in a country that allows it's media to have those sorts of freedoms. To suggest gagging the press is about as archaic as criminalising homosexuality.
sanjane said:
* How was Jermaine Lawson reported in SL? He played a match, in which he was reported. No media campaign occured whatsoever.
When Murali first toured Oz (and every time since then), the Aussie media has cast doubts on his action and the authorities have responded. Again, you see with Botha, an article one day, reporting the next. Same with Lawson (if memory serves me correct, after he took a 7 for against Oz)
All too common for mine.
How was Jermaine Lawson reported in SL? like this:
Lawson reported for suspect action
Cricinfo staff
July 17, 2005
West Indies bowler Jermaine Lawson has been reported for a suspect bowling action, the ICC confirmed on Sunday. Lawson's action was called into question by the match officials after the first Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo, and they immediately reported him.
The report was submitted by the umpires Simon Taufel, Nadeem Ghauri, third umpire Peter Manuel and fourth official Ranmore Martinez who were concerned about the angle of Lawson's elbow.
"The match officials had concerns with potential elbow flexation when viewing the bowler's action with the naked eye," explained the ICC match referee, Mike Procter. "This assessment has led the team of officials to request the ICC to commission a biomechanical report into the bowler's action in accordance with the new process introduced earlier this year."
In accordance with the ICC's recently revised bowling review process, Lawson's action will now be analysed by a human movement specialist at the ICC within the next three weeks. Video tapes of the match will also be submitted for analysis. After the analysis is completed, the biomechanical expert will report back to the ICC, confirming if the action is legal. Lawson will be free to play international cricket in the meantime.
http://content.cricinfo.com/slvwi/content/story/213603.html
You really should research things before you open your mouth with such racial hatred towards a country. So Lawson was reported in your own country Sri Lanka. Don't get caught up in the media campaign rubbish, you obviously have no idea how these reports happen, it is purely down to the match officials, thats the 2 umpires, the 4th umpire and match referee, the media has nothing to do with it.
sanjane said:
When did I say that I don't want his action looked into? sure, I think he doesn't throw, but I'm just saying it's up to the ICC (umps, referees etc) to look into it, not a journo (as with Botha) or an entire national (media) campaign (as with Murali).
And freedom of the press... : well, I don't think it should exist when there are far bigger repercussions at hand.
This is what you said at the start of the thread:
sanjane said:
Yet another farce. Had a close look at the guy's action, it's fine. Absolutely no problem.
You have absolutely no problem with his action so why would you want it looked into? You've stated you just think it's a media beat up, you have absolutely no respect for the integrity of the game to want officials and journalists to sweep this issue under the carpet and pretend it doesn't exist.
We all know why Sanjane, you couldn't give too hoots about Botha or Lawson or any other bowler called. In your petty little mind you know that the more that keep getting called, the more this issue builds the more chance it has of coming back to Murali. Just admit it once and for all that you would love nothing more than to have the whole chucking issue go away? You couldn't give a toss about the reprecussions of that which would see bowling actions generate into an absolute farce.
