The PCB, The ICC, & a Legal Case
The reason I don't talk about all this crap - Pakistan's World Cup host status being stripped, the PCB's reaction, and everything that comes with all this - is because I don't like to get involved in discussing messy politics.
And all this is exactly that - messy politics. It is not cricket that is being discussed here, hence I feel it is out of my jurisidiction to pass an opinion on whether Pakistan is a safe place or not.
Don't get me wrong. What happened to Sri Lanka was unfortunate, and we were one of the first people to call that international cricket be taken away from Pakistan.
We also said that the PCB should do the right thing and step down as World Cup hosts.
Anyhow, the point of this post was not to explain our stance on the whole situation, but to point out a pargmatic and non-cynical view of the whole situation, and more importantly an unbiased one.
A number of bloggers have lashed out at the PCB for the legal case that they have filed. The general opinion, outside of Pakistan, is the same as has been presented by these bloggers.
They are not wrong.
But, what needs to be understood here is what the PCB, Pakistan cricket, the Pakistani public, and the people connected to all of this are going through.
All we need is a bit of sympathy and help - maybe our way of asking for it is wrong, but the intentions are not.
I'm not going to rant on so here's the piece by Kartikeya - as I said its pragmatic, non-cynical, unbiased, and above all presents the reality that needs to be understood.
Thank you Kartikeya.
And all this is exactly that - messy politics. It is not cricket that is being discussed here, hence I feel it is out of my jurisidiction to pass an opinion on whether Pakistan is a safe place or not.
Don't get me wrong. What happened to Sri Lanka was unfortunate, and we were one of the first people to call that international cricket be taken away from Pakistan.
We also said that the PCB should do the right thing and step down as World Cup hosts.
Anyhow, the point of this post was not to explain our stance on the whole situation, but to point out a pargmatic and non-cynical view of the whole situation, and more importantly an unbiased one.
A number of bloggers have lashed out at the PCB for the legal case that they have filed. The general opinion, outside of Pakistan, is the same as has been presented by these bloggers.
They are not wrong.
But, what needs to be understood here is what the PCB, Pakistan cricket, the Pakistani public, and the people connected to all of this are going through.
All we need is a bit of sympathy and help - maybe our way of asking for it is wrong, but the intentions are not.
I'm not going to rant on so here's the piece by Kartikeya - as I said its pragmatic, non-cynical, unbiased, and above all presents the reality that needs to be understood.
Thank you Kartikeya.
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