The saga of Fawad Ahmed’s availability to play for Australia got my hackles up in advance of the winter Ashes series. My blog on the topic was the fifth most viewed post here this year.

Here is a link to this post: https://shumpty77.com/2013/05/30/sportspeople-and-citizenship-does-bowling-a-wrong-un-make-you-worthy-of-the-fast-track/

I maintain my view that it is an absolute travesty that a cricket player is entitled to special treatment under the laws of Australia whilst other immigrants with special skills (or no special skills at all for that matter) are finding it more and more difficult to get into our borders.