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A question of faith

‘How come Samuels, who bowled 10 overs in the first match and was the most economical bowler in a run-fest, didn’t bowl a single over on a slow and low pitch in the second match?’
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Sambit Bal
The details are too insubstantial and hazy to frame conclusions or even
attempt to comment with any degree of authority. But this much can be said: for the sake of the game, let’s hope this is a rare case of smoke
without fire and the conversations that the Nagpur police claimed to have taped between Marlon Samuels and an alleged bookie are no more than a temporary indiscretion from a gullible player. Cricket can’t afford to have its foundations shaken once again.
The scars of the last scandal remain, the cynicism it bred hasn’t been easy to ward off. The morning after the story broke, I happened to […]

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