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Taylor not in favor of Pakistan ban
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September 2, 2010, Thursday
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FORMER Australian cricket captain Mark Taylor said yesterday suspending Pakistan from international cricket over alleged match fixing would be "too harsh".
Taylor said it would be detrimental to cricket if an entire nation was banned because of the conduct of individuals.
British newspaper The News of the World reported on Sunday that Pakistan's bowlers were paid to deliberately bowl no-balls on Thursday's opening day of the fourth test against England at Lord's.
Captain Salman Butt and opening bowlers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif and wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal were implicated in the story.
Asked about whether Pakistan should be banned if the allegations prove true, Taylor said he "didn't agree with that, I think it's too harsh a penalty for one nation."
"If they have one person, two people, three people involved in match-fixing or fixing certain deliveries ... to throw the whole nation?" he continued. "No, I'm not for that."
Taylor said banning Pakistan would not serve to lift the stain of match fixing from cricket.
"You're always going to ask those questions," he said. "(If) you throw them out, when they come back you're still going to ask those questions. I think all you can do is penalize the individuals and embark on an education process and hopefully stop people from doing this sort of thing, but I think throwing the nation out of world cricket I don't think is right."
Taylor said combatting match fixing was a major challenge, not just in cricket.
"(Match-fixing) is probably there in all sports," he said.
"You can not monitor people 24/7," he said. "It comes down to education and it comes down at the end of the day saying 'if you get involved in it, the repercussions are going to be damning.'"
Taylor said it would be detrimental to cricket if an entire nation was banned because of the conduct of individuals.
British newspaper The News of the World reported on Sunday that Pakistan's bowlers were paid to deliberately bowl no-balls on Thursday's opening day of the fourth test against England at Lord's.
Captain Salman Butt and opening bowlers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif and wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal were implicated in the story.
Asked about whether Pakistan should be banned if the allegations prove true, Taylor said he "didn't agree with that, I think it's too harsh a penalty for one nation."
"If they have one person, two people, three people involved in match-fixing or fixing certain deliveries ... to throw the whole nation?" he continued. "No, I'm not for that."
Taylor said banning Pakistan would not serve to lift the stain of match fixing from cricket.
"You're always going to ask those questions," he said. "(If) you throw them out, when they come back you're still going to ask those questions. I think all you can do is penalize the individuals and embark on an education process and hopefully stop people from doing this sort of thing, but I think throwing the nation out of world cricket I don't think is right."
Taylor said combatting match fixing was a major challenge, not just in cricket.
"(Match-fixing) is probably there in all sports," he said.
"You can not monitor people 24/7," he said. "It comes down to education and it comes down at the end of the day saying 'if you get involved in it, the repercussions are going to be damning.'"
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