Cricket and its problems

For the past few days we have seen news loaded about corruption in the world,especially the spot fixing charges against the Pakistan cricket team. It really pains me a lot to see the game I love the most, the game which I grew up watching, the game which have produced some of the greatest sportsmen, is surrounded by controversies. This is not the first time this has happend in cricket, but what worries more is that the administrators have failed to learn from the past experience. Any form of corruption in any field should be dealt with iron hand but I guess the administrators have really not done enough to stop this. The moment Hansie Cronje admitted about the match fixing, it should have taken a tough stand against the offenders and should have really amended the law with tougher punishments. Well, I am not aware of the cricketing laws to comment about it but I certainly feel that administrators could have done more to save the game. Cricket's pinnacle, the test cricket is already in danger of losing viewerships and the match fixing scandal is no more than a jolt. When ICL was launched in India, BCCI went all out against it and even banned players from representing their state and national teams. Fearing the loss of revenue to its competitor, it went all out against it and have certainly made it a non existing entity. When they can do so much to maintain their revenue, why ICC is not doing enough to stop fixing. Moreover, their strategy in reviving test cricket is disappointing. The players are burdened with matches, FTP is poorly planned and marketing is equally poor. The pitches around the world have become as slow as Tortoise. Look at WACA and Barbados. These two grounds were supposed to be fastest pitch in the world, but it has certainly have become slow over the time. This certainly had an effect on the quality of bowlers who are currently playing. Apart from 1 or 2 bowlers no one can be compared to even a decent bowlers of 80's and 90's. Cricket is certainly surrounded by lots of problems and ICC have little time in restoring the pride of the Gentlemen's game, but I am confident that game will rise again like a phoenix.