posted May 4, 2008

Shoaib is a showman - nothing else - his main skills are chasing women (instead of ball on field) - he is idolized by Punjabis and Indians on Pakistan border of India and Bollywood, for he can be an advertisement for Hindi films in MiddleEast and Pakistan, a source of foreign excahnge for India

As for cricket, Shoaib has never been a force, let alone spent force - I do not think he is exciting - Brett Lee is - fast furious and terrific - So is Flintoff

Sachin's appearance can reduce Shoaib to pedestrian class - the walloping shoaib got from Sachin has shut him off for ever - Before the Perth Test, Shoaib mouthed off saying Shaun tait will damage Sachin's confidence - so savage was sachin's batting at Perth Shaun tait opted to quit as the youngest cricketer, in Tests, begging for a surcease from the bludgeoning from India's Fab 5

OOOOOOOOOOOOh, Shoiab, bring him on Shah Ruk Khan, we can smash his bowling to shreds

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posted Jun 6, 2008

In light of Asif found with hard drugs , Shoaib should be let off . Shoaib is a cricket superstar who has been damaged by the Pcb

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posted Jun 8, 2008

I think a five year ban is way too long for a cricketer (unless they did something crazy like kill or seriously injure somebody). A cricketer can only ply their trade for 15-20 years and probably for the first few years most cricketers won't earn much so it's like 10-15 years for another job.

If he broke the law e.g. slander, he should go to a civil court. It shouldn't really affect his right to do his job.

Even if Pakistan banned him from playing for the country and banned him from getting a contract that'd be one thing but I think it's too much to ban him for basically all forms of cricket (except I suppose the renegade ICL but they won't have to offer him much if they know he's banned from elsewhere).

I think it wouldn't happen in a lot of democracies.

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posted Jun 9, 2008

I only have one thing to say to people who want the PCB to be lenient in case of Shoaib. A player should not be bigger then the Game. If you start to bend or be lenient to your star players or special players then the integrity of the game is gone. He needs to be punished and punished fairly. That will have to be the guide lines of ICC or PCB.

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posted Jun 10, 2008

asia home of cricket --- I don't care about players Ego's in fac tthey need Ego's to compete . If Shoaib's Ego helps him destroy every batting line up on the planet then by all means he can crown himself the King of Punjab all I care .

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posted Jun 14, 2008

Makes the pcb look a bunch of despots. Understand that the guy is not the flavour of the month but the wrong vibes are being sent out by the pcb. Perhaps the pcb should be renamed the tpcb where the t stands for taleban maybe totalitarian....judge is out.....oooops bad call on the judge thing LOL

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posted Jun 14, 2008

Guys like this live on the edge.Huge ego.Huge talent.Huge problem.Enigma.Dodgy?

Has he illegally enhanced his body and is his famous fiery temperament the side effect of illicit or prescriptive performance enhancing drugs.Partially??? Why does he keep taking on authority? Because ghe can,I saw him in the IPL...devestating...destroyed a team in 4 overs.Ceratianly can bowl but is he beyond RESPONABLE behaviour or just all this is the by product of his ability.Is he a cheat.HIstory will tell

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posted Jun 16, 2008

How good a player is should make no difference to the standards expected of him. The PCB have repeatedly backed him and he has repeatedely offended. Its favouritism that hes been allowed to keep playing this long, not the reverse.

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posted Jun 16, 2008

This news just goes to show how spineless the PCB are!

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