International Cricket Council has reprimanded Ricky Ponting for his aggressive behavior after he damaged a TV set in the dressing room when he was dismissed for 28 runs against Zimbabwe in a World Cup 2011 Match. ICC says that Ponting has broken a section of its code which relates to "abuse of cricket equipment or clothing, ground equipment or fixtures and fittings during an international match."
I want to take you back to 2007 when in Pakistan tour to South Africa in February 2007 Shahid Afrida was suspended for 4 ODIs matches. Match referee Chris Broad announced punishment of suspension after a hearing in Cape Town into the incident in which Shahid Afridi pushed his bat at a spectator in reaction (who was shouting on Shahid Afridi) after he was dismissed during the first one-day international against South Africa at Centurion. The charge was laid by (Especially) then International Cricket Council chief executive Malcolm Speed.
Shahid Arfidi even not hurt spectator, only push bat towards the spectator in reaction who was shouting on him. If this type of incident happened to any Australian player in Asia the whole team will leave Asian country for the reason that a spectator came so closed to an Australian player, but in the case of Shahid Afridi he was suspended and no measures were taken to prevent spectators to come so closed to the players by ICC. It shows double standards of then ICC CEO Malcolm Speed.
Infact both the above cases are related to damaging the spirit of cricket. But when there was an Asian especially Pakistan’s player he was ban for 4 matches and when now there is Australian he has been issued only a warning. What can one consider these double standards of ICC? But to me it is clearly a racial matter. Neutral members should raise voice against this racialism in ICC. They should discourage ICC in promoting racialism in ICC and should take measures to prevent induction of racial personalities like Darell Hair, Malcolm Speed and Chris Broad in ICC management.
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