The exact judgment of Justice John Hansen

Please find below the exact judgment statement of Justice John Hansen on the Andrew Symonds-Harbhajan Singh racial abuse hearing. January 30, 2008 BEFORE THE INTERNATIONAL CRICKET COUNCIL APPOINTED APPEALS COMMISSIONER IN THE MATTER OF  an Appointment of an Appeals Commissioner to determine an appeal against the findings of ICC [Images] match referee Michael Procter Esq ("The Adjudicator"), dated 7 January 2008 AND IN THE MATTER OF          an adjudicated breach of the I...

Two wrongs make a right… the human googly

Peter Roebuck's article, "what price justice?" highlights some important points on the attitude of the BCCI with regard to this hearing. I couldn't help agreeing with some of his views and thought it deemed fit. The BCCI and the Indian team, fans felt that the earlier hearing was unfair and a farce and that was fair enough because there were too many hollow areas and practices which were unacceptable. However, like very other nation, there was a right to appeal and considering the outrage and...

Shaun Tait quits: No Joke!

Well, this has to be the joke of this century in the cricketing world but it is not. Shaun Tait actually quit! Quit cricket indefinitely, citing physical and emotional exhaustion. Oh! Bloody hell, I have been screaming my head off on this burnout which was on the cards time and again, in this site and in the blogging world. You can read about it here and in several other miscellaneous posts. I knew there was too much of a euphoric madness surrounding him that looked to me one that was clearly...

A great series amidst hollywood melodrama

Before the start of this series, my expectations on the performance of the Indian team would have been a series draw and sadly however hard you try to not read the score line, it shows Australia wins. So am I disappointed with the fabulous 5 aging Indian batsmen and the young bowlers... Not really? If things were sane in that fateful second test match, the score line would have been dramatically different but at the end of the day, you accept results as they are. India fought well to yet again c...

Bad blood

It was strange when I wanted to write this post, I felt it was a long time since I listened to my good old metal collection and ended up hearing the soundtrack of the Matrix movie by Ministry... The song "bad blood", which ironically this series had its share of spills. And now with the all "mysterious microphone" that has appeared, the lyrics to this song sent me chuckling on the second come back series of "The bold and the beautiful 2 - The Andrew & Harbhajan affair", which should once ...