I was all geared up for the World Cup this year.Having been a mute spectator to the game for a number of years ,I was determined to learn its technicalities from my father.I started with the fielding positions went on to the bowling methods, batting strokes and finally ended after sensing a look of despair on my poor Dads face.The first intial matches barring a few piqued my interest.Group eight matches would surely be more interesting with the top eight teams battling it out.I mentally made up my mind to watch ever single one of them.
Then came the news of Bob Woolmers death.As per news that just came in,it has been confirmed that he was murdered by strangling.Also the rough draft of the autobiography he was working on(wherein he has allegedly given the nexus between Pak cricketers and bookies)has been stolen.Speculations are rife as to why he was murdered .Iam no sensational journalist , so I would not go into that aspect but what is interesting to note here is the far reaching implications of this event .
Reaction to his murder by the ICC CEO Malcom Speed "The news is shocking and "Yes" corruption is prevalent in the World Cup."
Time and again the the cricketing audience have witnessed match fixing reports some which have had conclusive evidence .First it was Manoj Prabhakar later Azar , Cronje and Jadeja.The reports of this being a major reason for the murder of the Pakistani Coach has also been highlighted.Why does the game still hold fancy to so many cricket frenzy audiences in India?For all you know the corporate bigwigs would have paid lumpsome amounts to Sri lanka today inorder to lose.Ultimately even if Team India had regrouped itself and given the best peroformance ever, doubts of the audience having been taken for a ride lingers.
Audience frenzy for Cricket in Indian Subcontinent =>Market for betting, Corporates advertising haven,Rich dividends for broadcasters(70% of ICC's revenue is from India), and more recently murder of the Pak coach .
Maybe somebody can explain why we still hold on and follow the game with such vigour after shady revelations .
My interest seems to be dwindling again ,and Iam disgusted with the spectre that is haunting the so called "Gentlemans Game"
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Good you started blogging...nice topic too! I would agree with most of what you say....but cricket still holds a fancy.....and I think you had better stick to Tennis :P The gentle womanly game :P
Cricket has fast ceased to be a game. Sad. Imagine people doing pooja to the bat, ball, etc... The transformation has come with one-dayers and telecast. And it is such a craze only in India and Pakistan. I guess it's like the carze for football in Europe; but still I don't think they get mad like us.
Welcome back.Nice writeup madam!!
Welcome back :)
n long back some wise man by the name Bernard shaw he dubbed cricket as a game played by 11 fools in flannels and watched by another 11,000 fools.Rephrase that to a billion plus fools
@Fairini
Perfectly true!watching cricket these days seems like total waste of time..Tennis is a much better sport to watch :)
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