It is affecting the course of the match. No matter how small the offence is, a Test match could be won or lost by a couple of runs so bowling a no-ball could be the difference.
Also, the spectators want to believe a bowler is trying to take a wicket with every ball.
I just find it bizarre that these three guys might be playing international cricket again as soon as 2015.
Mohammad Asif may be a little bit too old and might not return but Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir will be back.
They will probably play in the 2015 World Cup and it would not be a massive surprise to see Butt captaining Pakistan again.
Amir is a young kid and many feel that giving him a life ban would have been too harsh, but I feel it is the only way to clear corruption out of the game.
It is the best education.
Any youngster coming through the system who is approached and sees there is a chance that if you get caught you could still come back and play the game may still be tempted to take the corrupt route.
I am sure the money is a lot more than we think it is and if Amir is back playing in a few years at the age of 23 then the young Pakistani players will see that and may try to do the same.
In 15 years’ time we may be rating Amir as one of the greats to have played the game.
The world game needs cricketers of that standard but somewhere a stance has to be taken to send a thunderbolt through the world game to say you will never play again if you are found to be corrupt by the ICC tribunal.
That is the only way it will send shivers through all players who have any thoughts of getting involved.
I believe the way corruption works is that players have a choice early in their career of either getting involved with fixing or walking away.
Once you are sucked in then yes, I think the option of becoming clean is very hard, but they have a choice at the start of saying they don’t want to get involved and now many will feel the deterrent is not there.
That is why this is a missed opportunity to clear out the players, now and in the future, who are cheating the public.
Cricket fans in this country will be surprised life bans have not been handed out.
We have seen a great Ashes series and the game is on a high with the World Cup just around the corner.
I think the paying public here, and from messages I have received on Twitter from people in Pakistan, wanted to see life bans.
There has also been no sign of remorse. Amir sent a message to the public of Pakistan asking them to pray for him. The boy has cheated.
Butt is not happy with his ban. But he was lucky.
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