Malcolm Speed, the chief executive of the International Cricket Council, is not a man to use two words when one will do.
Therefore, when he speaks of his relief at avoiding a "massive collision", you know that world cricket was only an inch away from a gaping abyss.
This wholly unnecessary situation was caused by the ambition of one man: the president of the Indian Cricket Board, Mr Dalmiya.
It seems extraordinary now, to recall that he is a former president of the world governing body: the organisation he has ruthlessly attempted to undermine this past fortnight.
He has failed; and for that we should all be extremely grateful.
Desperate to gain popular support in India in order to strengthen his position within Asian cricketing politics, he seized on an opportunity to unite all cricket lovers here by persuading them that their sporting heroes were being picked on.
It is emotive stuff, and dangerous, too.
But do these same cricket lovers really want to see their favourite sport reduced to fielders charging the umpires, insisting that a clean catch had been taken when, in fact, the ball had bounced several feet in front of them?
That is the activity that Mr Dalmiya condones and one that, if allowed to become the norm, would spell the end of cricket as a serious sport.
Sehwag deserved to be banned and now he will serve his suspension for his outrageous behaviour in South Africa.
In the past the ICC has gained a reputation for being a toothless, aimless organisation and this was deserved.
Now, however, it has proved that the days of wringing hands and looking the other way are over.
In Speed and Malcolm Gray, the new president, the ICC has shown new direction and determination in the face of a real crisis.
Two amiable, strong-willed men have stood firm and shown that they will not be threatened.
As cricket continues to struggle to restore public confidence after the match-fixing fiasco, it would appear that the game is, finally, in the right hands.