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Everyone is to blame - except Shoaib Akhtar
When I saw this on Reuters earlier, I thought I was imagining it, but clearly not.
After having his drugs ban overturned, Shoaib Akhtar has chosen not to keep his head down and get on with his cricket, but has instead decided to complain. A lot.
He was supposed to have been banned for two years, but it was overturned on appeal, as the PCB committee had used the World Anti-Doping Agency Code regulations instead of the board's own anti-doping policy, which allows for ignorance of the law to be used as a defence.
Woe is him! Here's what he has to say about it at the moment. "The doping matter was pretty serious and a big setback for my entire life. It was not easy to cope with. It's difficult when you get into trouble. If I do it, then it is a problem, but if anyone else does it, they don't get into trouble."
He added: "The PCB has helped, it was not their fault the case went wrong. The disciplinary committee turned out to be the main culprit."
I'd say the culprit would be the one who tested positive for nandrolone, but that's just me. And here's a thought for Shoaib to mull over. How about not testing positive for nandrolone? That would probably stop the setbacks. [Carrie Dunn] [Image: Getty]
September 6, 2007 in News Pavilion, Pakistan cricket | Permalink | 
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My legal team advise me to say nothing as in Scotland ignorance of the law is no defence!
Posted by: mimi | 6 Sep 2007 18:01:31
Shoaib his beyond belief,in any other sport he would have been banned without any kind of comeback,i cannot abide the man he his a cheat of the highest order and has got off very lightly,i do believe what goes around comes around though,just hope it happens in this case.
Posted by: steve | 6 Sep 2007 22:26:53
Well said. I read that Reuters report too and they were deliberately vague about Shoaib's guilt. Good to see The Googly telling it like it is.
This incident, where two bowlers take performance enhancing drugs and are let go on a technicality, is a stain on the sport.
Pakistan cricket needs cleaning up and I can only hope that an honourable and forthright bloke like Geoff Lawson can put them back on track. However, I'm not holding my breath he has a tough job.
Posted by: nesta | 7 Sep 2007 04:30:22
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