Friday, January 16, 2009

Islamabad stadium screwup

While no one can say that the new setup for the PCB hasn't had a lot to do, ie. new selectors, assess the captaincy, deal with cancellation of an Indian tour, setup tours with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, try to convince the international world that yes cricketers can be safe in Pakistan. That is a lot to do in a few months, and they have managed some reasonably, and some stupidly.

However, this is just silly! Someone seems to have dropped the ball when it comes to setting up a stadium in Islamabad, the nation's capital! One would have thought that this would have been of reasonable enough urgency that regardless of the administration, someone would have been in charge. Its not easy to reform the game in the entire country, without world-class facilities in the major centres. Hopefully they get this sorted out. Also when money seems to be tight, to forego Rs. 50 million isnt exactly smart!

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