Guest post by Umar Farooq Kalson
As a matter of fact, Pakistan has finally isolated from the cricketing world, undoubtedly. A series of postponed cricketing event in Pakistan was a clear cut message that no team wanted to tour the troubled country but when a comrade nation steps in to make a difference out of it, within no time the difference overwhelmed and paid the price in form Lahore terror attack, so every thing squared up.
The ICC’s decision to detached Pakistan from the list of World Cup hosts is indeed throbbing cricket-obsessed nation in the time of need. Whole Pakistan felt that and obviously it hurts and we have to live with such twinge.
How ICC and cricketing world could comprehends Pakistan when the same incompetent authorities those were botched and even failed to capture a single activist and still standing tall are asking for another chance, without justifying the first one.
An argument which has being floating among us that no country is safe from such attacks but how many attacks are being occurred in rest of he world as in Pakistan, people in Pakistan thanking God for an curious cause – as the day went without any terrorism activity anywhere in the country.
In such level of apprehension and darkness there should no fury and not to be condemned for ICC’s decision. These top three sports journalist association cited the ICC move “premature and illogical” and hope the situation seems to be improving and God willing the country will have a perfect peaceful atmosphere by the year 2011.
A high-profile global event cannot be organised on what may or may not happen when every thing is getting messing up in the country and despite accepting the lacking, started playing a blame game. Though it is difficult to predict the situation in Pakistan, considering, the facts and figures from history. In the meantime ICC has no good reason to wait rather than spent much time for its preparation rather than negotiating on a dead rubber issue.
Since ICC second biggest event Champions Trophy was eventually shifted out of Pakistan after the postponement of a year for letting the country stable but the concerns among the touring country stood alive and got more stiff on touring Pakistan.
Now what to do? Considering all a scenario it reminds that South Africa was once isolated from International cricket for over twenty years due to Apartheid, but it was far most awful than Pakistan ongoing circumstances which could take atleast couple of years to settle down the dust.
However, with the collapse of the Apartheid regime of South Africa, cricket was readmitted to the international arena, with the birth of the new South Africa and a multi-racial country is today seen as the one of the strongest teams in the world. Within the last decade they have recorded a series of wins over every Test playing nation even demolish mighty Australia to seal the first place in ICC ranking in both form of cricket.
Pakistan have to take every thing positively and optimistic, it’s not an end, it was ultimately an end of testing era. Now need to have a constructive broader prospect of whole episode with dumping the pessimistic aspect to start a new beginning.
April 23rd, 2009 | Tags: Cricket, ICC, World Cup 2011 | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment