Pakistan Team for the World Cup 2003

re: #37 by Romair
Last time i heard news about Paki team, they were getting thrashed by Australians in Srilanka in front of a few hundred spectators. When was the last time any sporting team has visited your pukiland?
Sridhar

#45 AzadMunna,
Do you really beleive in the things that come out of your mouth ?

rsridhar #51:

``When India played Srilanka in Calcutta for the semis, there were threats from Paki spectators from Pak to the effect that an Indian win might jeopardise the safety of Indians in Pak (for finals). ``

You mean the semi-final between india and sri lanka in which india was losing wickets faster than you could say `hey Ram`, and in which the poor sport indian fans did their best to take matter into their own hands by trying to injure the sri lankan fielders (however, like the cricket team, they too were equally unsuccessful)?

AzadMunna, where do you get your news from? Afghan Islamic Press?

re:#53 by rozaiba
Those threats were issued before the games even started. What is your point? A threat is a threat. I was only referring to the fact that in Pak, Cricket seems to have assumed a larger than life image and losing to India is regarded as a matter of shame and insult to Paki H and D (honor and dignity). Is it then surprising that India has consistently refused to play Pak (there are of course other political reasons but safety of cricketers is also a main concern)?
Sridhar

re rsridhar #55:

You need to channel your bile elsewhere. Considering the poor performance of the Indian team over the years, the support it enjoys from the Indian public is astounding. It has a larger than life image in BOTH Pakistan and India.

No matter how you guys spin it, the psychological costs of losing to Pakistan day in and day out has to take its toll. You should expect a fallout where the news channels and bollywood constantly portraying Pakistan as the enemy and then getting beat up comprehensively on the cricket field except for the odd occasion. In the absence of more martial pursuits in the modern age, sports serve as outlets for our more primitive urges. Stop changing the subject to Mathematics Olympiads and sponsorship and crowd behaviour and other CRAPOLA ala Shankar.

There is a reason you haven`t followed the sport for ten years. There wasn`t much to follow if you are an Indian.

later
-sac

re sac #56
No matter how you guys spin it, the psychological costs of losing to Pakistan day in and day out has to take its toll. You should expect a fallout where the news channels and bollywood constantly portraying Pakistan as the enemy and then getting beat up comprehensively on the cricket field except for the odd occasion.
A simple exercise on the StatGuru feature of CricInfo shows that since 1990 India has won 38% of its ODI matches against Pakistan. Not exactly getting beaten day in and day out and winning on the odd occasion. And most of that time Pakistan has had a much superior bowling attack.

re:#56 by sac
The reason why i did not follow cricket for 10 years is simple: i left India and cricket behind me. US cares only for baseball. Few have heard of cricket here.
Sridhar

=== Interact Filtered ===
view this users filtered interacts