The onslaught and the fallout of Dr Nasim Ashraf's tenure continue to reverberate with growing intensity. Days on, things simply are not cooling down. But, ironically, things are calm with the decision makers. Why couldn't people understand that cricket management is a specialised subject? The manner in which people from all jobs, be it a retired Lieutenant General or a Foreign Secretary or a less fanciful Chairman National Commission for Human Development has exploded cricket management's invincibility is so tragic. Dr Nasim surprised quite a few when he was promptly named to replace Shaharyar M Khan.

In England in August 2006, when Inzamam-ul-Haq conceded the final Test of the series at The Oval after Darrell Hair had questioned the integrity of the Pakistan players, rightly or wrongly Dr Nasim's actions with the 'thumbs down' showed that he was under control. Retrospectively, it seems it was just a gesticulation. He wasn't in control. Neither has the weather been much use to Nasim's government.

Dr Nasim was one of Shaharyar's several members on the board of governors. There are reports, though unconfirmed, that he was eager to get into the position of power, to some considering that cricket's razzmatazz could bring him into a space from he could emulate Shaukat Aziz to country's highest office.

At one time, his name flashed on the television screens as one of the choices to hold an interim office before the February 18th General Elections. Who could imagine, Pakistan's political space could tighten-up due to a judicial crisis and shape in contrast to what people like him predicted with General Pervez Musharraf in an unassailable position.

Regrettably, Dr Nasim's plans were smacked down to impossibility once a coalition government took office. Now, his survival is being connected to President General Pervez Musharraf's future as the head of the state. As pictures on television, from the fifth and last One-day International between Pakistan and Bangladesh could suggest, Nasim surrounded General Musharraf.

His smiles are not going to change the situation. He has failed to brave the midday sun rudely waking up all the ghosts of maddening cricket management. People rallied around, in daunting numbers, at every dusty, sun baked road he could possibly think of. His choice of men to run cricket in Pakistan was absolutely wrong. It wasn't a piece of cake that he devoured to nibble. It was something properly under the spotlight.

The glare of cricket's massive crisis is still blinding but Dr Nasim is a brave man. It is nice to see that in spite of oceanic criticism pouring in daily, he has somewhat perfected the art of running with the hares and hunting with the hounds -- and if necessary, running with the hounds and hunting with the hares, has tenaciously declared, on numerous occasions that his policies were a great success. Most in Dr Nasim's management team have been men, supping up with the imps and praying with the saints.

Dr Nasim took over the country's cricket in October 2006 and opened with great bravado but subsequently skirmishes with reality and the intriguingly complex cricket politics, he lost his footing. Once he triggered implementation of the now extremely controversial 'Corporate' culture he thought, as it showed from the rhetoric, his statues could be erected in every square, in the business houses and on top of the stadiums.

From the team to employments, central contracts, appointment of captain, coach, players defecting to the Indian Cricket League, power-brokerage and supply of top stars to the Indian Premier League and more than a million dollar development plans, everything seemed inflated like a balloon and zero performance showed it deflated too.

In spite of great sounds reverberating in newspaper columns, on television channels, even in the Senate, other than that, there is a deafening silence from the hundreds of powerful management players, advisors, special assistants, consultants and flunkeys who have been flattening their middles with huge salaries and unlimited perks. By my inaccurate reckoning, if these worthies had bestirred themselves to come to the rescue of their falling chairman, the newspapers would have been awash with their statements exhorting to people to strengthen their regime and particularly Dr Nasim Ashraf.

Instead, they have simply disappeared into the woodwork of their plush office settings. Only Dr Nasim tried to make regular appearances and seemed gutted defending the indefensible.

Dr Nasim had a proper work-space with the blessings of the Patron of the PCB unending he could have tried giving country's cricket newer dimensions, introducing latest sports management modules. Instead he picked shreds from the previous regimes, and used new wrappers to tell the world that fresh stock was being developed.

Dr Nasim in spite of being given indicators and reasons to sack quite a few in his handpicked cabinet never bothered to listen to advice. He wanted to shoot people down, those tried to stand-up to his mindset. If nothing else, directors and senior managers could be threatened that should they fail to deliver the goods, they could be shown the door. It wasn't like that, presumably because the chairman had read their dossiers and known the sad part of their inabilities.

And finally, with new political heads in place, I am afraid that the game of cricket, on the sunnier climes, is about to receive a deluge of new management fresh from the pastures. That wouldn't do much for the game I am afraid. Incompetence shouldn't be replaced with incompetence. Failures shouldn't be reinforced again.

There are dozens of stories emanating out of Islamabad, narrated almost in monotone and in speculative detail by everyone and anybody related to anyone in country's power-structure. There is a long list of names including that of Dr Zafar Altaf, Arif Ali Khan Abbasi, even Lt Gen Tauqir Zia, Salman Taseer and Senator Enver Beg. And there is one dark horse too. It's Saleem Altaf, Pakistan's ex-fast medium bowler, who once stimulated Lahore's Law College with his swing and speed, on and off the cricket greens is also being tipped to pick up this golden spur.

I am his great admirer. How he would be able to edge out Dr Zafar Altaf near the finish line is still a bit of mystery. Overall, both are great guys. Saleem, a little more Lahori in his tone and tenor and a bit more accessible while Zafar more detailed and philosophical. At the end of the day, it isn't about who wins the race, it's about how would they be able to pick up their work-teams.

There are stories not couched in fiction but steeped in facts and they are all about the seizure of their beloved sport by governments of intolerance, bigotry, and ineptness. If that alone is not deadly enough, there is the added complication of cricket being stuck in the primeval mode of governance in Pakistan.

Most of the governments since 1999 have managed it like a roulette, people flailing about in dead-space, a sullen silence amidst loud rhetoric punctuated by non-technocrats. One like the current regime have tried to pursue their own agendas, whereas incapable continue to add even more to the steamy cauldron.

There are political divides here, intellectual differences, feuds within, no restoration of game's honour and transactions going sour. It is just a shambles -- regrettably it doesn't matter. The future of Pakistan cricket has fallen victim to a situation that's gone hopelessly out of control.

It matters least how noble Dr Nasim's mission may have been. Dr Nasim in the middle of his tenure as Chairman PCB failed to realise that in Pakistan even your number was up, you number was up. Chairman, twice more powerful than him vaporised into thin air as if aliens had indeed winched them up.

The ordinary people are shell-shocked. They have no solutions. They have no say in what is going on and they know that they can only pray that cricket is put back to progression. This is a sad and a frighteningly chilling thought and there is one more. The present state of chaos cannot last either. One shudders to think what lies ahead. Time has come that a proper sports management government is put in place. And may not include names from the long list of cricket's glitterati, rather it should go to people really at work, familiar with methods and means to understand game's management with reference to the triad of Operations, Marketing & Administration. And it's not only the triad, there is another integral component, and that is the 'intellectual honesty'.

What to do? We have to implement a) THE LIBERAL MODEL -- sports management is about fulfilling the goals. The Liberal Model asks about the sports management experts' goals and aspirations to prescribe policies that will help the team to make end-points reachable.

Then there is b) THE NORMATIVE MODEL -- sports management is a physical challenge performed within the context of rule-governed practices. Consequently, sports management time zones are something that hinders the management players from meeting the challenges and excelling according to the rules of the games; c) THE PHENOMENAL MODEL -- Sports Management Challenges are limiting.

Whosoever comes in next, or Dr Nasim survives (which is most unlikely), its time resource is exhausted in a) Character Development, b) Program Development and c) High Management Methodologies including feed-back loops.

We have to stop the existing euthanasia. Cricket needs reconciliation. There is a desperate need for a 'Chairman PCB' -- Enough of these 'Chairing' or 'Cheering' men, please. Have a heart and have some mercy!

No matter what one might say about the leagues underway in the neighbouring country with usual fervour that Twenty20 conjures up, every time the format displayed on the scene, this whole hullabaloo is all about the show of strength of the cricket world's richest board to its rival Indian Cricket League (ICL).

The ICL which tried to trespass the territory which in the eyes of the BCCI is beyond such incursions and that is the money in the Indian cricket.

Many think that these leagues are increasing the popularity of the format to the heights that can put the future of 50-overs-a-side cricket in jeopardy and it really might put Twenty 20 as the most popular game on the face of this earth but it brings with it few repercussions that can hardly be ignored or rectified.

Along with the grinding the courage of Kapil Dev, the mind behind the ICL, the BCCI is also using it more lucratively than one can think of.

The biggest advantage they are amassing for Indian cricket is providing priceless opportunities to many young unknown Indians who never played more than state cricket to rub shoulders with megastars like Shane Warne, Andrew Symonds, Shahid Afridi, Brett Lee and many more like 'Mr Cricket' himself (Michael Hussey).

And also to learn the traits of the game in their own backyard on their own pitches to prepare themselves for the format, which in the opinion of the majority, is the future of cricket.

But in hindsight, many international forces are battered by this gloss and glamour offered by the BCCI in the shape of losing some highly valuable players.

For instance Kiwis lost Shane Bond almost who was probably the main reason of New Zealand's victories in the last few years. Now the New Zealand bowling squad looks like a bunch of spineless amateurs who bowl their hearts out to create the same kind of impact that Shane Bond, the golden haired policeman, created even against the mighty Australians.

Similarly, Pakistan cricket has suffered badly at the hands of this influx of money. Many cricket lovers shared the amazement when they saw the Lahore Badshahs displaying their expertise at the ICL which is as good a squad as any international force can put up after long and hard selection process. In this whole process, we have already lost players like Abdur Razzaq, Shahid Nazir and Shabbir Ahmed.

It is one aspect of looking at this somewhat highly complex situation but another thing that cannot be easily digested is the division of loyalties in the talent pool of any country and a sense of competition among team members.

One good example is the way Australians were bidden before the inauguration of the Indian Premier League which definitely invoked the sense of competition in the hearts of Gilchrist, Hayden, Ponting, Husseys (David and Michael), Symonds and Lee and every one one of them was keen to know who got what which was seen as the good indicator of one's worth.

And it may have yielded sorts of resentment and to an extent emotions of jealousy because they all carry big egos under the baggy green cap.

And when these highly professional Aussies can't say with any level of certainty that they are immune from such not-so-good human emotions then how can we expect something like that from our cricket structure which is already in the quagmire of illiteracy, player power and leg-pulling.

We all can imagine what sort of dressing room can be on the display when such emotions nurture among the teammates. It may not be highly threatening but it cannot be overlooked either.

Another extension of feeling one's importance can be traced from this news item which appeared a few days back when Rajasthan Royals arranged a chartered flight to take its wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal to his destination which cost around $40,000. This gives us a fair estimation of the money involved in the whole affair and at the same time hinting at the fact what this sort of trend can do to the mindset of the players and what they would expect from their country boards when they play for their home teams where they hardly can exercise this kind of tantrum-rearing behaviour.

These are just a few observations that can leave the game in a much worse shape than it is at the moment.

Here we have left the issues such as depleting fitness of the players especially bowlers and to narrow it down further to the fast bowlers after playing this sort of cricket, or growing one-sidedness of the whole game due to playing on docile pitches, or too much involvement of money which can force cricketers to play highly paid one and a half month not-so-tiring format of the game rather than engrossing oneself in the exhausting and hectic schedule of Test and 50 over cricket.

Being a humble student of cricket I cannot pontificate at length about what these norms would do to the game of cricket but observing it from the outlook things are not looking too bright.

Hopefully, these league cricket contests which are put into place to show strengths of certain corporate camps would leave the game unscathed and undaunted.

No one is indispensable. No one is allowed to behave like a loose cannon. No one is allowed to set a wrong precedent. No one is allowed to tarnish the image of the country. The status of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) as an institution and that of the dwindling pacer Shoaib Akhtar as an individual is shabbily and scruffily catastrophic.

There is a long history of indiscipline by the pacer and mishandling by the institution. Both PCB and Akhtar are acting like bully and brat, fighting and behaving crankily crossing the boundaries and impeaching high headedness. This behavior is utterly unacceptable.

This is hugely disastrous for the career of the entire cricket team. This is not the first time that Shoaib or any other player has flouted discipline or violated team regulations. The players have been spoilt by the board's silence in the beginning. This is a million dollar question why the board did not react and emphasised cricket protocols when the first incident occurred, why was the evil not nipped in the bud?

The action against the reaction right from the beginning would have been more fruitful. The attitude can be furnished through rigorous training and development sessions. Constant monitoring and regular quality checks on players can keep them awake and alive. The PCB should behave like a caretaker, a guide and a passionate teacher.

Take an example of a class, if any of the students displays an attitude problem, he is trained and monitored by the teachers till his behaviour becomes unobjectionable. The governing body should muster up the courage to revamp the entire soul so that the performer candeliver the best.

The PCB has become a joke in the world of cricket fraternity. A piece of advice for PCB i.e. Time to ACT NOT AGITATE. Former cricket players had also demanded a strict action against Shoaib to set an example for other players; Waqar Younis and Aamer Sohail also believe against showing any sympathy to Shoaib. He deserves no leniency at all. In the past he got away several times flouting the rules.

Sohail said: This is too much, you don't expect a professional cricketer to behave like this. This is a national team after all, he said. Former Pakistan cricket captain Asif Iqbal said: Absurd decisions create absurd situations. Each time it happens, the international image of Pakistan, especially in the west, takes yet another kick up the backside to confirm the widespread assessment of Pakistani society as a violent, brutal and intolerant people.

He further added: Perhaps he (Shoaib) was unfortunate in that he never had the guiding hand of a captain like Imran Khan, who may have been able to deal with him in a firm but impartial manner; perhaps if the top administrators of the board had understood better what goes into the making of a successful team, things might have been different. As they stand, both Shoaib and Pakistan cricket have lost a great deal.

Cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan said" "The tragic incident of banning Akhtar reflects how undemocratically cricket is run in this country and I think this is an ideal time for the new government to fix it," Khan told a foreign news agency.

Cricket legend Javed Miandad said: That the Board was itself responsible for turning a blind eye to his mistakes in the past, and that some Board members continued to show leniency to him because they wanted to cement their places in the PCB set up by allowing him play and win matches for them.

The skipper further added: The board is not tackling him maturely and the current PCB administration is incompetent; on the other hand Shoaib is no more a newcomer and his attitude is simply unacceptable and is damaging to the image of the country.

How flabbergastfully Dr Nauman Niaz quoted Masood Hassan in his article "End of the Lout" stating "Thiscricket board is a joke and should be sent packing at twice the speed at which they are packing off Shoaib"... a classic diction.

The PCB and Shoaib Akhtar together are responsible for the defaming of Pakistan cricket accompanied with marathon repercussions. What impressions does an incomer get from this kind of mulish mindset. The nation has strong trust in the players who are the goodwill ambassadors and the admistration should provide them a harmonious environment with a professional excellence.

Mindful of the fact, the incredulous performance of PCB and cantankerous behavior of Akhtar has led to this shame, indignity and embarrassment. Both of them need to mend thei ends.

Pakistan cricket which is already confronted by various problems is now facing more worrying moments.

The affairs and financial packages of the top hierarchy of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) are under discussion in the new Government circles while the Government functionaries are raising their voices and showing their dismay and displeasure over the handling of certain issues by the PCB.

The government representatives want to know that what noble services or efforts the top management of the board is providing against the hefty amounts which they are drawing as salaries.

In the name of corporate culture, the Chairman PCB had given all top slots to his favourite persons thus confirming that he is no different from his predecessors.

The incompetence of certain employees of PCB has portrayed the Board in a very bleak manner as far as their dealing with certain issues is concerned.

Chairman PCB Dr Nasim Ashraf could not defend or maintain the prestige of Pakistan cricket at international forums as he was supposed to do as chairman of the Board thus putting Pakistan cricket in a very awkward position.

During his tenure as the head of PCB, after Inzamam-ul-Haq's retirement, he had appointed a rather junior player as captain in presence of various senior players.

Due to this hasty decision, majority of the senior players have distanced themselves from the affairs of the Pakistan team, clearly giving the message that they are in no mood to give support to the newly appointed captain as the senior players were of the firm opinion that the right to lead the side after Inzamam's retirement should have come to them which was not a wrong point at all.

That is why in the recent past the quartet of Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf, Shoaib Akhtar and Shahid Afridi have time and again criticised the Board over their lacklustre performance while dealing with the players' issues.

Due to the Board's lack of planning and strong lobbying, no prominent team is ready to tour Pakistan although India is also having some trouble from their separate organisations in various parts of their country but no player avoided playing there, whether it was ICL or IPL.

In this scenario it is highly unlikely that the ICC Champions Trophy would be held on time.

This cannot be said for the Asia Cup as the participating teams had or are still facing threat of terrorist organisations.

The treatment which has been meted out to our players in the IPL is just laughable as our Board didn't play any supportive role to get decent packages for our leading players.

Some players of other countries have succeeded in getting attractive packages although they are not very prominent in comparison to Pakistani players.

This is really a matter of grave concern as the PCB has provided all out support to their neighboring country's cricket board.

Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Hafeez, Salman Butt, Younis Khan and Kamran Akmal are those players who were not given any sort of attractive financial packages in return of their participation in the IPL.

PCB's lack of interest in sorting out the differences erupting after every series among the players is really painful to observe and mention.

The Board should have played a positive role in minimising the level of intensity of the matter so the players could become a more productive unit and could deliver in the testing times rather than celebrating the each other's failure.

Nowadays the captain and senior players are not on a very good terms and this is just because of the Board's leniency that Shoaib Malik is getting too ambitious in attaining more powers clearly ignoring the reservations the senior players are having in this regard.

Whenever he was provided with the facility of having a say in selection matters or any thing relating to the team in the past, he made more enemies than friends during the said period.

Several players were made vice captain one after the other just awakening the desire of becoming captain in them which is really dangerous as far as team discipline is concerned.

Some senior players were given strong assurances of getting the honour of captaining the side by certain top officials of the Board which is not benefiting the team and Pakistan cricket in any manner.

Mohammad Yousuf in spite of being a premier batsman was not treated in a very cordial way and due to this shabby treatment he could not repeat his 2006 performances in 2007.

Another matter which is really astonishing on part of the PCB is that after the death of coach Bob Woolmer no concrete step was taken by the board to safeguard the interest and prestige of Pakistan cricket whereas BCCI provided all out support to Harbhajan Singh on the recent trip to Australia in spite of this very facet that Harbhajan is having attitude problems which have been proved after the shameful incident involving speedster Sreesanth.

When Indian players and their endorsements came under discussion in the ICC and the world cricket governing body had taken a principled decision on the issue, BCCI supported its players just to give a clear message to the concerned that for them the country comes first.

Most recently when Younis Khan had to face an ICC ACSU hearing, it was really disgusting as in spite of his volatile mood and behavior, Younis Khan is one of the most well behaved persons Pakistan cricket has ever seen.

His disciplinary track record and on or off the fields activities are spotless and this is the prime reason that Younis Khan too is not a very happy person with the Board these days.

So the need of the hour is that the Government should appoint a person with great administrative abilities with a firm stand over certain issues like national interest and prestige and having personal experience at his hands of remaining a part of any sports related set up.

For this I would like to recommend Rameez Raja as he is widely respected in every cricket playing country and is having the nerves, brain, contacts and personality to overcome all of those problems which Pakistan cricket is confronting since long.

Any political appointment can never deliver the goods as it is the case with the current chairman but a decision with complete sincerity can change the whole situation for the better once for all.

The Indian Premier League is indeed a revolution and a rare opportunity to see the best players of the world in action simultaneously. It is a highly successful event and of course the overwhelming support behind it is one of the prime reasons of it, but did not the "rebel" ICL play a part in its success too? I think yes, they set the trend and no doubt raised the bar for the IPL management.

With the hefty amount involved in the league, the IPL might want to have the upper hand on the other boards around the world and there is a point which could be contentious as the signed players should always be available to their country for international tours, even if it overlaps with the IPL season, and this makes things a little worrisome, however its early days so let's see what comes out of the box in the future.

Driving away from the Indian affairs let's focus on Pakistan. With other countries Pakistan also recommended a few players for the IPL, but the issue of batsman Mohammad Yousuf is very strange. In August last year Yousuf decided to join the Indian Cricket League and later in September he changed his mind on PCB's assurance and was recommended for the IPL in October, but to his utter disappointment or humiliation he was not chosen by anyone. What a pity this is and who is to blame for this?

The man who has scored 6770 and 9074 runs in 79 Test matches and 261 ODIs, respectively, has been in the tough spot. I feel Twenty20 is not his game so he should forget about it and not only me but I guess PCB also thinks so because on one hand Yousuf is recommended for the IPL while on the other hand he is not being picked for Twenty20 competitions at home or away and the coach of the national side is of the view that Yousuf should not be even in the ODI squad because of his poor fielding. If this is the calibre of Yousuf in the eyes of the coach, then he should be kept away from the IPL as well.

Not only Yousuf but the case of Shoaib Akhtar was also quite confusing. In the beginning the stance of the PCB was very tough, they barred Shoaib from playing any sort of cricket, then what has happened now? The PCB chairman said nothing, but accepted the decision of the Appellate Tribunal which allowed the "Rawalpindi Express" to play in the IPL.

I believe the PCB should have said it loud and clear while the five-year ban was being imposed on Shoaib Akhtar that he would be eligible to play for the IPL, but it was not done then and created ambiguities. On the occasion the chairman, Dr Nasim Ashraf was of the view that "the board has lost confidence in Shoaib Akhtar and therefore felt that his presence in the field was damaging to the Pakistan team, for Pakistan players and for the image of Pakistan cricket."

Will not his presence in field while representing the IPL affect the image of Pakistan, as claimed by the chairman? Some quarters are claiming that the decision was taken under pressure from the Indian board. The head of the Appellate Tribunal, Justice (R) Aftab Farrukh negated this impression but ambiguities are there because when Shoaib was banned, IPL gave a clear statement that Shoaib Akhtar cannot participate in the IPL until the PCB lifts the five-year ban on him.

Vice president of the BCCI Lalit Modi said "If he can't play for Pakistan, how can we play him? There will be no discipline left in the game, if we play him. It will set an unwanted precedent. We [the IPL] want to be part of the international system, not operate outside it. If somebody is banned on disciplinary grounds, that is a serious offence, and we felt it would be very odd if he was to play in IPL."

All said and done, one thing is evident that yet again the management failure of the board has led to a confusing rather disturbing situation.

Who would have thought just a couple of decades ago, that cricket in Pakistan would change so dramatically. Nowadays, to become a good cricketer, to be able to represent Pakistan, you need not be an extraordinary batsman or an exceptionally talented bowler. All you need is to be is a Law graduate.

Yes, Law. Because it comes in handy once a player nears the twilight of his career here in Pakistan. And, this is where the real game starts. It is a kind of a single wicket match, where the player's ability to not crack under pressure is put to the test.

The opponent is usually some official from the cricket board, or some other 'non-playing' entity. Whatever the case may be, if the player loses his composure, he is bound to suffer. Not even a Letter of Pardon would work in such circumstances. But, this may not always be the case.

If you are one of the King's men, then of course the board will help you in playing all the leagues, in court.

Sometimes, it is really hard to understand the purpose of a cricket board in Pakistan. A cricket board that has not much to do with the welfare of the game in the country and has failed to manage its players properly.

Home to some of the most talented cricketers in the world, Pakistan last won the World Cup in 1992. And, this is a clear indication that our cricketing authorities have neglected the importance of developing players. Rather they are more than happy to drag their own stars to court.

This is management at its worst. At one hand we have the best bowler in the country locking horns with the chairman of the cricket board himself. While on the other hand we have the best batsman in the country, in the middle of a tug-of-war between the rival Twenty20 leagues in India -- the IPL and the ICL.

Muhammad Yousuf's fate is still undecided and the star batsman, world record holder, is becoming a laughing stock. Yousuf, who signed for the rebel Twenty20 league rescinded his contract in favour of the Indian Premier League. This again was poor management on part of the Pakistan Cricket Board. The fact that the PCB is re-active instead of being pro-active has cost the game dearly.

As for Yousuf, his dream of playing in a T20 league has yet to materialise in spite of him enjoying the boardís support -- as the parties have so far failed to settle the case outside the court.

Shoaib Akhtar's eternal battle with the PCB, meanwhile, seems to take new twists and turns everyday. Akhtar is desperate to get out of the clutches of the cricket board. But, the board is hanging on tight. The five-year ban imposed on the fast bowler has been upheld, that means, we won't see the fastest bowler ever, in action again, thanks to one man's ego -- you decide the man.

Shoaib has been in the midst of controversies ever since he started playing cricket for Pakistan but finally it seems he has met his match in Dr Ashraf, and he has no where to hide from the wrath of the King!

There is no denying the fact that Shoaib Akhtar has crossed the limits on countless occasions, but then again such things happen in cricket.

Players are human beings too. They too get irritated and can sometimes even slap a teammate for some reason...

However, sensible management knows how to handle such issues and settle down the differences if there are any.

Unfortunately though, our cricket team management reacts when it is too late. And, even then they make fun of the game by bringing the issues to the court. There they would remember all the clauses in the books of law. But, the fundamental law of cricket is mercilessly ignored, which is, "the game must go on..."