Brian Vitori Suspended for one year

[CrimsonAvenger]

Zhawi reports that Mupariwa Supports Vitori in tough times: http://sportszone.co.zw/News/NewsArticle?id=2369

Mupariwa hinting at realizing batting potential there...

[Bulawayo Boy]

A year seems totally excessive. Why so long? We seem to be treated very unfairly by the ICC sometimes.

[Googly]

I got this off wiki. It seems to come straight out of the ICC rule book.

If the player is reported and suspended a second time within two years of his last report, he is automatically suspended for a period of one year before he can apply for a reassessment of his action. This event usually ends up effectively terminating a player's international career.

We've had an abnormal number of our bowlers called. The fault partly lies at junior level. I've lost count of the number of youngsters with highly suspect actions and everybody is reluctant to call them. It shouldn't have to happen in a game situation though, a school coach who thinks a bowler is out of limits should be able to call an experienced coach to come and take a look. An ultra slo-motion film clip easily tells the story.
I think a few of Dale Steyn's effort balls are marginal.

Here's the full article-
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throwing_(cricket)

[Bulawayo Boy]

It's not just that though. Look at how many lbws get given against us. And it's not new. There was a game against Sri Lanka years ago that poor umpiring lost for us. Why? Because they don't have to be accountable to us.

They hammer our guys yet place no pressure on the big boys to even play us. We just get ignored. As do countries like Bangladesh. India, oz and england are like bloody Gods to them!

Then they give us a loan and when it gets mal-adminstered costing us millions in the process they don't sanction the guilty parties. Not a bloody squeak from them.

When our players don't get paid they, again, say and do nothing.

[Googly]

Ya we've had more poor decisions than any other team over the years. Umps generally sub consciously (or not!) rule in favour of the big teams. DRS needs to be mandatory.
We will do well financially from playing the big teams but it's doubtful whether our players will benefit that much. I don't think we have the players that can improve from repeated beatings from big teams, and that's the sad truth.
We don't deserve the cash from playing the big three or from the ICC because it's not going where it should. We can't say- well at least some of it does, which is better than nothing because I don't think it is. The ICC have shown they are unwilling to bring ZC to book and the only people that can do it are the players, but they're not united and simply not smart enough.
We need 100 people to say enough is enough, nobody walks onto another cricket field until you lot vacate the building. How hard can that be?

[CrimsonAvenger]

http://pakobserver.net/vitori-needs-per ... ng-action/

Mumbai

Zimbabwe’s fast bowler Brian Vitori, who has been suspended from bowling for 12 months for few of his illegal deliveries believes that he “marginally” lost the tests (at the University of Pretoria, an ICC-accredited testing facility in South Africa, on December 12).
Speaking exclusively from Zimbabwe, the 27-year-old left arm fast bowler says, “just four balls (deliveries) were on 16 degrees”.
The permissible limit by the ICC is 15 degrees for straitening of the elbow.
“Yes, it is a very hard time now. Not an easy thing to go through”.
The bowler will now need to ratify his action.
“I want to approach the coach. I do not know of any good bowling coach that can help me. I need help but I can not afford it. I don’t have the money”, he said.
When asked to seek financial help from the Zimbabwe Cricket board, Vitori says, “no, they can not help at this point. They are not financially able at the moment”.
He, however, added, “I know it is hard to find help. And am sure Zimbabwe cricket will find help when they are financially stable”.
“Brian Vitori’s brother, Sau, who was also a cricketer but now in a teaching profession, says, “Personally I think if he can find a personal coach, it would be better for him because I have faith in him that he is a good player”.

[TapsC]

wow if only 4 balls missed by 1 degree then that is extremely harsh. thing is these rules will only be applied until some superstar from India or England gets banned for 12 months the. there will be a public outcry. for him to have been cleared initially shows that he must have been borderline in the mark. ZC definitely won't help him. unfortunately in this economic environment I mist say Brian Vitoria will probably find another career and move on with his life. huge blow for us. we had so much hope in the seam department 4 years ago with Vitori Jarvis and Chatara and now we have lost them all. I have faith that heath streak will unearth some more gems but its just that we might not have the time required.

as for bad decisions, unfortunately that's the law of the world. the minnows always get the bad decisions in any sport because there referees or umpires know the public outcry is far less. imagine that umpire had given Gayle out LBW against us before going on to score 200? unfortunately the bigger teams always get the benefit of doubt