Controversy returns to cricket once again with Pakistan’s cricketing greats accusing Sri Lanka of throwing away crucial match against India. The six-wicket Sri Lankan loss to India on Thursday (July 3) at Karachi has not gone down well in Pakistan. Pakistan greats Waqar Younis and Rameez Raja have slammed Lankans for the manner in which they lost the match. Pakistan’s ex-test players are questioning Lankans’ will to win the crucial encounter, the result of which led to the hosts being knocked out.
International Cricket Council match referee Clive Lloyd believes Rahul Dravid’s “energy sweet” ball-tampering actions were deliberate - a claim denied by Dravid and the Indian camp.
According to Lloyd, who fined Dravid 50 per cent of his match payment over the incident, television footage conclusively showed the star Indian batsman intentionally applying a lozenge to the ball during the Zimbabwean innings on Tuesday night at the Gabba, breaching clause 2.10 of the ICC’s Code of Conduct.