Pakistan’s ex-cricketers are lining up to condemn a delay in the spot-fixing verdict. Zaheer Abbas, Asif Iqbal, Rashid Latif, and Sarfraz Nawaz have all joined the chorus. Yet they miss the point. It matters little whether or not these players are available for the next World Cup. How important is that tournament when the integrity of cricket and future of cricketers is at stake? Above all, the verdict that Michael Beloff and his team reach must be a considered one based on the evidence that has been presented to them….
Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Amir and Salman Butt shouldn’t be expecting friendly verdicts in Doha
Was Paul Collingwood right to question the target set for West Indies by the Duckworth Lewis Method? I believe he was right, and it was disappointing that Frank Duckworth dismissed his concerns so readily. Statisticians, and I work with many, have their preferred methods but the best statisticians will always accept that each method has its flaws. Show me a statistician whose first answer to a statistical question is ‘it depends . . .’ and I’ll show you a statistician with wisdom. Here’s why Collingwood has three arguments in his…