Stani Army

It has been announced that Australia has not cancelled but postponed its tour of Pakistan. What’s the difference I hear you ask? well my guess is as good as yours. In my previous post I raised the issue how the boards and players had done the situation no favours by bringing it out in the open but it did at the very least give us a view of just how the two boards operate.

Cricket should be something totally separated from politics yet in Pakistan this is hardly ever the case and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) can take most of the blame for this. How do you separate the game from politics when the Patron of your board is the current President? This has led to the current situation in which Pakistan cricket continues to be linked with terror and the current security situation all over the world. Now when the PCB’s Chairman Dr Ashraf insists that the postponement of this tour will have no affect on future cricket in Pakistan he is just kidding himself. The Asia Cup takes place at the end of June and I’m sure that the nations involved would seriously ask themselves that if it’s not safe enough for the leading test nation then is it safe enough for us.

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