The way issues are handled in the sub-continent are very unprofessional. The cricketing merits and demerits get lost in the personality issues, political one-upmanship, public pressure, endless media analysis and exposure, sensationalism, etc. etc. Such issues needs to be judged purely on cricketing merits which include performance (or under performance), discipline, interest or lack of it, team composition and stability, impact on upcoming cricketers, image of nation and seriousness of the action by that particular individual.
I believe if this whole saga of Shoib Akhtar has been handled in a professional manner, keeping in mind the issues discussed above, then the outcome would have been different. Shoaib Akhtar may still have qualified for reprimand or a limited ban, he may have reacted differently (rather than using media to defend himself and blaming everyone but himself) and the Pakistan would have been saved the embarrasment it is going through. But will we, in sub-continent, ever learn? The answer is, sadly, not very encouraging.
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