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Listed below are comments made by Cricketisreligion between Friday, 14th November 2008 and Sunday, 30th November 2008.

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What now for India and England? 09:25am on 30 Nov 2008 My fellow Cricket Lovers of all countries'

I am a cricket fan but many mails here are trying to say who is targetted- westerners, etc etc. It is indeed sad times for cricketing world. The Mumbai carnage is not a small incident and the issue is far too much above and beyond the safety of England cricketers. The magnitude of problem is being underscored here by many when more concrete proof is coming out of who was involved ( wouldn't go into it as a peace lover and war is depressing and most unwanted thing today). But the facts emerging from the region are now that both India and Pakistan have started amassing troops along their border with India cancelling the 5 years ceasefire agreement with Pakistan, and Pkaistan now moving 100,000 troops along the border. The issue is out of anyone's hand. It is impossible to hope that any cricket will be played atleast for some time on Indian Subcontinent. The Terrorists have gained upper hand over cricket. LOSS OF CRICKET IS GAIN FOR TERRORISM. FEEL SORRY FOR ALL CRICKETERS OF THE WORLD WHO WILL LOSE POSSIBLE REVENUES.
My heart cries for the human tragedy and loss of human life be it Indians,Westerners; Jews . above all they were all innocent humans.
AND YES; PLEASE DON'T BLAME ANY ENGLISH CRICKETERS..LIFE IS MORE PRECIOUS THAN ANY GAME.
Tour of India throws up unexpected distractions 6:06pm on 20 Nov 2008 Want to add for americanindian,

last week there were fresh threats issued to Tendulkar by some Al Qaida or Terrorist organisation if you are not aware. Do these popular cricketers have no right for their personal freedom and privacy? Any stupid guy could come and shoot him, then same people like you will blame the Indian government as to what was government doing ? What happens if by chance, just by chance, someone shoots a prominent Indian criketer? There will be riots in India beyond the control of government. Hence out of no choice the government has to provide security cover to these cricketers. One should sympathise with them instead of criticising them. Why should there be a delay in providing an approval for possesing firearm to any citizen of India who has been given umpteen life threats and whose houses are stoned everytime India performs poorly. Who is at fault here ? The cricketer or crazy people??
Tour of India throws up unexpected distractions 5:41pm on 20 Nov 2008 Indianamerican; what is the need to do India bashing on this website ? what is the purpose ?? I left India like you in 1991 and am a Canadian Citizen now (by default took citizenship just 2 years ago) but I hate NRIs of flying off the handle just after spending few years abroad. Talking wrong things at the wrong place at the wrong time. The author is just sharing the experience while on cricket travel tour and not staying off the topic, but you talk of Indian police; politicians god knows what. I will just take the example of MS Dhoni whom you have tried to equate like the so called corrupt politicians of India. It appears that you have very little knowledge of what is going on since obviously you are not abreast of day to day things in India. Let me give you the background in right perspective. Firstly, MSD did not wanted to have GUn for some Rambo or Macho image because there were threats issued to his life. There were stones pelted on his house after Srilanka series and even after the loss at World Cup. For your information , MSD and Tendulkar both have been provided security cover not because they have asked for it but because of threats. Now in that kind of a scenario, anyone is bound to ask for Gun for self defense? Now here was the problem when MSD applied for aGun License. His approval application of holding firearm kept getting delayed due to typical bureaucracy and corruptions. When he enquired the reason for delay, the flimsy excuse was given that MSD needs to provide a character certificate which everyone does have to provide, but for his busy travel schedule and for making him more embarrassed. That is when he complained to the authorities who intervened and waived the character certificate for a perosn of Dhoni's stature. It is important to understand that about more than a year ago; Dhoni was stopped driving thye car and harrassed for papers. All the police guy wanted was cheap publicity. Now you know what is going on.
Next time before you fly off the rocker get your facts straight.
Cheers to Indian team.
Shorter games, long-running concerns for English cricket 11:54pm on 16 Nov 2008 Dear Barkonk;

Yes I may have short of understanding the context in which Rambo's remarks are made. I am sorry about that. But nonetheless whatever be their remarks either from England players, media, ECB or even the readers on this blog in the past, that still does not take away any cricket player in the world to play for money as I was comparing any equivalent sport in Europe or USA/Canada(where I am settled now since many years ) where players of any sport play for money. whosoever made the comment in the past about loyalty could have made out of lack of perspective and if there is an opportunity which they see now to make money, why should it be equated to prostitution?? That belittles the cricket game and I am against that hence my above comment. It is but natural that some English players would have supported ECB backed Stanford trophy games but that does not take away their right to change their view and you cannot call it double standards. Everyone cricket player has a right to exploit any opportunity which was missed by him in the past.
How do we know that 3 years from now IPL will be the best or only tournament and also in the same form as it exists today ? I am also against cricket players banned by BCCI or ICC for playing in the ICL tournament. I am sorry but that is treating cricket players like slaves or bonded labour. Newzealand, Pakistan, Bangladesh are the main teams hurt due to this monoploistic policy against ICL> Cricket is a game and a professional game now unlike in the past and people need to change with the changing times.
I predict "DEMISE OF TEST CRICKET" in few years and so be it if the viewers want to watch and enjoy only ODIs and 20-20. After I left India in 1991, I have seen that in North Amnerica people would dread at the thought of playing or even watching a game for 5 days and have a "DRAW". That was what the reality is . This is why the game was never popular in many countries but the ODIS and 20-20 is drawing interest from countries like China apart from Canada and USA who will also eventually pick up T20 . Why should shorter runs of cricket game be a concern for Englich cricket ??? or anyone for that matter? Why is playing for money being equated to prostitution ? why don't we say the same for any other sport ?
Cheers to shorter version of cricket game. It is NOT boring and drab but all excitment and fun.
Shorter games, long-running concerns for English cricket 12:45pm on 15 Nov 2008 Dear Rambo ,
Prostituting oneself ??? I am shocked. Why should this term be applied to cricket players ??? What about Ice Hockey(NHL), Golf, Basket ball(NBC); name any major sport in the world today including Football in Europe (we call it Soccer) where the professionals are not playing for money like any other profession ?? Dear Rambo; the average life of a cricketer is anywhere between 5-10 years with exceptions like Sachin Tendulkar playing for 19th year . So then who will pay for the cricket player's mortgages after the 5-6 years of average cricket life of a cricketer ? Unlike any Defense/Armed Forces of a country; where there are pensions; does any Cricket Board pay adequate life long pension to their players from whom you expect playing ONLY FOR THEIR OWN COUNTRY? Nice thought that looks good on paper to play only for one's own country but a stupid policy to put in practice. Pride alone does not pay the bills for the family in todays brutal world. How does an average cricketer survive during his life time with a decent living? And to play for money is what you call Prostitution???? Shell shocking as to why the same is not applied to Football which is so popular in UK or Europe ??? Would you then by your same yardstick, call Beckham playing in the past for MU and now for US club , also a Prostitute ??? Or is it that because it is being organised by Indians ? Tell me something ? Why was the same principle applied by ECB in playing for Stanford Trophy which was a big failure ??
Stop insulting great cricket players as I am an ardent lover of cricket and want every criketer to earn good money like any other sports player. Only then we will have cricket added to Olympics. T20 in Olympics and Cricket world cup where the players will also play for their country but will mainly play for clubs Rajasthan Royals.
India's young stars bristling with talent 01:27am on 14 Nov 2008 If India is so strong Test side; why should BCCI be forcing any other board to have 7 ODIS. I guess they were mutually decided. so what;s the fuss all about ? Ideally 3 Tests and 5 ODIS would have been great but the crowd pullers are indeed ODIs and 20-20. so if that's what is more popular and thats what today's cricket lovers want to watch the world over; then everyone should change with the changing Times. What has BCCI got to do with it ?

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