Update: Here are posts from AA @ TeethMaestro and ZR @ Sundries, commenting about the same issue. They seem to have the same mindset as I do, however in the interests of full-disclosure, I will say that my wife totally! disagrees with me.
It may have been Thomas Carlyle who said "If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get him to talk about it; for the more men talk, the more likely they are to do nothing else." Yet, it appears that the PCB with Nasim Ashraf and PJ Mir have decided that they will typify the men of whom Carlyle speaks. Over the last few days all we have been hearing on
BBC and the Pakistani papers.
As I have said on previous posts, for Mir and Ashraf, the players religiosity is the only problem. Forget about their lack of professionalism. Forget about Shoaib Akhtar's and Mohammad Asif's doping issues. Forget about Shahid Afridi's decision to threaten a fan in South Africa, and being saddled with a four match ban. Forget about Inzamam's and Afridi's decision to appear in an ad in Malaysia for Pepsi before the World Cup, or for Afridi to go cavorting at a Zee TV junket in London mere days before the departure for the West Indies. Forget about the casual termination of Waqar Younis days before the South Africa trip. Forget about the interference and distraction Nasim Ashraf was at the World Cup training sessions in the West Indies. Forget about the abject lack of security which lead to Woolmer's demise. Forget about the absence of a consistent and justifiable selection policy over the last year. Yes. Let us forget about all of those things, and instead, let us talk about how many times our players pray and where they pray. If we get them to stop praying so often, or atleast make sure that they only pray in nuclear bunkers, all of our cricketing, on the field problems will disappear. Thank you Mr. Mir for helping us talk about these problems.
Two weeks since the end of the World Cup. No solutions yet. No coach, no captain and no players. Only solution so far, another No. No religion.
BBC and the Pakistani papers.
As I have said on previous posts, for Mir and Ashraf, the players religiosity is the only problem. Forget about their lack of professionalism. Forget about Shoaib Akhtar's and Mohammad Asif's doping issues. Forget about Shahid Afridi's decision to threaten a fan in South Africa, and being saddled with a four match ban. Forget about Inzamam's and Afridi's decision to appear in an ad in Malaysia for Pepsi before the World Cup, or for Afridi to go cavorting at a Zee TV junket in London mere days before the departure for the West Indies. Forget about the casual termination of Waqar Younis days before the South Africa trip. Forget about the interference and distraction Nasim Ashraf was at the World Cup training sessions in the West Indies. Forget about the abject lack of security which lead to Woolmer's demise. Forget about the absence of a consistent and justifiable selection policy over the last year. Yes. Let us forget about all of those things, and instead, let us talk about how many times our players pray and where they pray. If we get them to stop praying so often, or atleast make sure that they only pray in nuclear bunkers, all of our cricketing, on the field problems will disappear. Thank you Mr. Mir for helping us talk about these problems.
Two weeks since the end of the World Cup. No solutions yet. No coach, no captain and no players. Only solution so far, another No. No religion.
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