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- Subject: Re: Pak in Controversy again?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.124153.1@csc.canterbury.ac.nz>
- From: cctr123@csc.canterbury.ac.nz (Alan Murray, CSC Operations, Uni of Canty)
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 23:41:53 GMT
- References: <22DEC199212502689@zeus.tamu.edu>
- Organization: University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- In article <22DEC199212502689@zeus.tamu.edu>, m0a1530@zeus.tamu.edu (ABBAS, MUSTAFA) writes:
- > Yesterday in BBC Sports round up it was mentioend that pak has objected
- > to the oppointment of Tom Graveney as match refree for the pak-WI series
- > because of the comments he made during a series in pak 5 years ago.
- > Pak has instead proposed Gavaskar, Patuadi, and some NZer for the job.
- > There was no mention of what comments Tom had made. It seems that Tom
- > Graveney will be replaced.Does any body know what comments Tom had made?
-
- The NZer concerned is Frank Cameron, former chairman of New Zealand selectors
- and test player of the 1960's.
-
- According to the Christchurch "Press" this morning the comments made by
- Graveney pertain to the Shakoor Rana - Mike Gatting row of five years ago when
- he is reported to have said: "They (Pakistan) have been cheating us for 37
- years, and it's getting worse."
-
- Alan
-