[wdvltalk-social] Cricket

[joseph harris]

<sigh> I am too young for all this complexity...


> 1. I don't believe that that was a way to avoid defeat in 
> a test match.

If we are talking about the same match I see no point in a 
declaration when the match was ended anyway!

>
> 2. I don't believe that the various sectarian factions in 
> three countries
> would ever do this

As you well know cricket is a game of good sports where 
bodyline bowling never returned [a rose by any other name 
smells just as much]

>
> 3. It is totally wrong to speculate, but there is only one 
> group who are
> so thick [ ie a religious right ] in that area , and that 
> is the Taliban......

But the Taliban are not good sports, are they?

Is there not also a smell of money around the game these 
days? Not to mention the Indian Gamblers League.