News is breaking of yet more revelations on the cricketing scandal. The News of the World is reporting that Captain Salman Butt was reminded five times about his conduct and responsibilities regarding outside involvement in cricketing affairs. This links back to the proactive approach I feel needs to be adopted by the PCB and ICC in general. It is all well and good reminding players of their conduct, yet if the PCB thought there was a problem involving Butt, or anyone else for that matter, why didn't they investigate it further or inform the ICC instead of heaping everything upon the one individual. It seems to me the only action taken if when a player/team is caught, and not at the root of the problem. Again, this is an extremely murky area the ICC must address.
Furthermore, occasional international player Yasir Hameed has sensationally claimed that match fixing is a regular occurance within the Pakistan team. If true, surely this becomes more worrying than originally thought. When did it start? How many players have been affected? How many teams have been cheated? Are other nations involved? If what Hameed is saying is correct, his statements could rock the very foundations of cricket.
This feels like just the tip of a very unwelcome iceberg to me....
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