Love sport? Try betting on your favourite team and win!

 


Twitter

 

Recent Posts

Cricket news



Fantasy Cricket

India v Pakistan – denuclearisation beckons?

By Will 5 years ago, at the start of March Add your comment below

I do wonder whether the India and Pakistan series could really cement their friendship, or at the very least be the starting-blocks of the denuclearisation of the two countries; the end of years of conflict. My thoughts stem from this enjoyable blog from Isaac which is worth a read.

What is it about Cricket? Loved in one part of the most densely populated region on earth; hardly noticed at all in another. Here in England, it was the country’s “summer sport” a few decades ago; nowadays, you can count county attendances on one hand (quite literally in some cases…).

In Asia, “…encounters between the two teams bring life to a standstill in both [India/Pakistan] the cricket mad nations…” [India Times]. It brings life to a standstill! I can’t even imagine the almost religious-like passion that a game could have on a country. Cricket is, for me, an unhealthily large part of my life – but I’m in the minority here. Most of my friends either can’t abide it, or only have a vague interest. There seems such a divide in cricket in terms of who watches and plays it – unlike Football, which now really seems to be a global game, for every kid in every country, however rich or poor.

I’m going off on a tangent here, losing my original thought. I just find it amazing that 2 nations, bitterly divided and almost at war with one another, can “come together” (sorry for the sickly media-type language) and that Cricket bulldozes its way past divisions and fighting. You do, though, have to feel for poor old Sachin…I pray, for his sake, he makes a hatful of runs!

Tags: , , |

One Response to “India v Pakistan – denuclearisation beckons?”

  • Nick Mallory wrote:
    March 11th, 2005 at 12.19 pm

    Surely the fact that both countries now have a few nuclear weapons, however crude, is the main factor which diminishes – not increases – the possibility of all out war between them. No border skirmish in Kashmir is going to be allowed to escalate now each side risks losing their capital city to a big one.

    Assuming that both governments are rational actors (an assumption you definately cannot make about the Stalinist goons in North Korea or the crazed theocrats in Iran) nuclear weapons might be the best thing that have happened on the sub continent to boost security.

    With India enjoying an economic boom thanks to their abandonment of some of their crazier protectionist policies and Pakistan having chosen the right side on the war on terror, surely cricket just symbolises the optimistic turn of events in the region in the last few years?

    • Comments

     


    Receive email updates on new comments


    « | Main | »