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I am disgusted with Saeed Ajmal.

What a blatant act of match fixing.

Pakistan were crusing until his wicket completely changed the complexion of the game.

There should be an inquiry, or lynching.

A number 11 playing two pull shots in two balls must surely mean that this match was fixed.

No more proof is necessary.

I feel dirty for having watched this.

The ending was obviously staged.

The tension was manufactured.

The result was irritating.

Now all I can do to shed myself of this terrible feeling is to have sex and a seafood dinner.

I suggest you do the same.

That is what I have discovered when reading the latest copy of Spin Magazine.

They have an article on a potential Indian Speed Machine.

Atul Sharma is the supposed javelin throwing bowling machine that sort of looks like the character whose muscles explode in the Animatrix.

He apparently bowls at quicker than 100 MPH, and is going to revolutionise cricket forever.

Rajasthan wanted the freak for nature for the IPL, even though he hadn’t bowled in a cricket game in over 6 years, and had never played any level of cricket worth a penny.

But Lalit and the Royals were a little worried his action was dodgy, being so revolutionary and odd.

So they sent him to the AIS in Australia.

There he was bio-mechanically tested, and then had to bowl to Saeed Ajmal’s mate Shane Watson.

Watson said his action was fine.

Greg Chappell did as well, although no one is sure if he was asked.

And then so did the bio nerds.

Sharma hasn’t played in the tournament yet, I think he was injured, not sure if he still is, he really needs his own website.

On the front page he could just have a picture of him and Watson hugging.

Showing the deep levels of Australian Indian love.

They beat Pakistan.

3-1.

Douggie Bollinger gets wickets.

Michael Clarke and Shane Watson share huge partnership.

Saeed Ajmal is still hard to play.

But he can’t take a wicket.

That is all I spose.

Younis Khan and Michael Clarke have given completely unbiased comments to the press over Saeed Ajmal ’s doosra.

Michael Clarke has said,

“Watto certainly didn’t go to the umpires and say a word, none of our players have approached the umpires and spoken about it…I think Watto was pretty upset with the shot he played and getting out”

Now watch this Video that Ducking Beamers alerted me to.

Clarke is absolutely correct, Watson never told the umpire, he did yell to Roy about it, who was standing next to the umpire, and then he told Ajmal all about it, while he was within a metre of the umpire.

So no, Pup, he didn’t tell the umpire, but he did ensure that the umpire heard on at least two occasions in this footage alone.

Not to be out propaganded, Younis Khan has this to say,

“This is always happening with India and Pakistan and Australia…. Why do we create all the time controversies? Why? It’s a fair game, you know.

You’re talking about the doosra, Why (shouldn’t) he (Ajmal) bowl doosra? Because this is an art and especially Pakistanis and Indians they have the art, so why (should it) not be allowed?”

All fair points you might say, except:

Cricket Next has written that Saeed Ajmal has been called before.

This is not some massive conspiracy from Ricky Ponting and James Sutherland. Watson had a strop, and the officiating panel who put Ajmal up for chucking are Umpires BF Bowden (New Zealand) and Nadeem Ghauri (Pakistan), TV umpire Asad Rauf (Pakistan) Match referee JJ Crowe (New Zealand)Reserve umpire Zameer Haider (Pakistan).

And, before this, the last 3 people Australia had anything to do with being called for chucking were A Bird (AUS), J Gunn (ENG) and J Botha (SA).

Australia continue to spin, but Pakistan continues to do it better.