When I was a kid, the phrase "it is not cricket" meant more than just the game--it was a phrase that described behaviors and actions that were not sportsmanlike.
How do I describe the act of shooting at cricketers, the violence and mayhem? "It is not cricket" is way too lame in this context.
It is sad to read about the attack on Sri Lankan cricket players while they were in Lahore. It is sad on so many grounds. Sri Lanka itself is not a happy place, with its own madness. Pakistan is rapidly spinning out of control. This was in Lahore--not even some small town in Pakistan's northwest.
I just don't understand how the US and the West did not see the coming anarchy in Pakistan, when even an idiot like me, sitting cozily in my home in the Pacific Northwest, have been warning about this for years :-(
Here are a few links to this story:
A video news report from the BBC
A BBC report that also includes a map of Lahore (note that the cricket stadium is named after one of the world's leading thugs--Gadaffi!)
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