Cheating at the world cup
cricket match
Bodipala Wijeyesinghe
Carshalton Surrey UK
To The Chief Executive
The International Cricket Council
World Cup Tournament
P.O. Box 5000/70
Dubai,
United Arab Emirates
Dear Sir,
Cheating at the world cup cricket match
Australian opening batsman Adam Gilchrist has admitted to a correspondent,
in Bridgetown, Barbados on Saturday, AFP news that he used a performance
enhancing device when he was batting which I believe is illegal.
The Laws of Cricket 2000 Code 2 2003: The Laws states: -
"The game of Cricket is a game that owes much of its unique appeal
to the fact that; it should be played not only within the rules, but
also with the spirit of the game. Any action thereof, that is seen
to abuse this spirit cause injury to the game itself. The major responsibility
of ensuring the spirit of fair-play rests with the Captain".
Based on above, the opening batsmen Adam Gilchrist used a performance
enhancing device, challenging not only within its laws of cricket,
but also within the 'spirit of the game'. Any action which is seen
to abuse the spirit causes injury to the game itself. In considered
in my opinion Australian cricket team should/must be disqualified
for illegal practice of concealing a performance enhancing device.
And then Sri Lankan cricket team is awarded the Cricket World Cup
2007.
I believe the Captain may be aware of the fact that Adam Gilchrist
did practice wearing the device, concealed in the glove, a prohibitive
exercise. Therefore in my opinion the Captain of the team in the 'spirit
of the .cricket game', should have brought it to the attention of
the umpires, and obtained prior approval, before the cricket game
got started. I do not think that happened. Therefore I am asking the
ICC committee take disciplinary action against Adam Gilchrist and
the Australian cricket captain- Therefore I believe both are jointly
guilty of the illegal device that was employed, and should be suspended
for life. As a punishment in the sprit of cricket I am asking you
to consider disqualifying the Australian from the World Cricket Cup
2007, and the cup is re-awarded to the Sri Lankan Cricket Team.
I am led to believe the aforementioned squash ball is made of vulcanised
rubber with additions of polymers and synthetic material to achieve
a degree of fairly low resilience. The lower the resilience of the
object the higher the proportion of energy used in deforming it. Thus
when a batsmen hits the cricket ball, the air inside the squash ball
gets pressurised or deformed, releasing a spring load of energy, that
is transferred directly to the bat, resulting in a catapulting effect
on the cricket ball, as evidenced by the spectators, watching Gilchrist's
batting spell bound.
In this context, it is evident that wearing a performance enhancing
device is prohibitive against the 'Spirit of the Cricket Game' and
is analogous to an Athlete using performance enhancing drugs to win
his event. Furthermore, the Australian Cricket Team should/must be
disqualified from the World Cup 2007 and the world cup to given to
the Sri Lankan Cricket Team
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In accordance to the laws of cricket as I understand ' the Bat: It
defines that the bat should be made solely of wood and the hand and
glove be part of the bat The specification of the glove is not defined,
but it is prohibitive to enclose a performance enhancing device in
the glove. Tampering the glove is synonymous to the tampering of the
cricket ball, thus the practice is not allowed/acceptable. Moreover,
it is explicit that no outside appliance/device can be introduced
into the glove; more specifically a spring loaded device as evidenced
in the squash ball and is prohibitive.
In conclusion, I am asking your good self to deal with the allegation
with a firm hand. May I ask you and /or ICC conduct disciplinary hearing.
If proven guilty the 2007 World Cricket Cup awarded to the Sri Lankan
Cricket and both Adam Gilchrist and the Australian their Captain be
banned for life from the game of cricket.
Yours faithfully,
Bodipala Wijeyesinghe
