http://www.cricketviewer.com/south-africa-cricket-team-defend-tour-decision.html Covering Cricket in Pakistan and abroad Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:57:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.cricketviewer.com/south-africa-cricket-team-defend-tour-decision.html/comment-page-1#comment-81416 Macho, Macho Men: Australians Reveal Their Masculine Side « Ducking Beamers: A Cricket Blog Thu, 06 Mar 2008 06:02:23 +0000 http://www.cricketviewer.com/south-africa-cricket-team-defend-tour-decision.html#comment-81416 [...] Let me explain: first, let’s get the usual double standard argument out of the way. Out of all the countries I listed above, why do players have a choice with every one bar England? No, no, we must go to England, cricketers quickly declaim; it’s always such an honor to play at Lord’s; this is the home of cricket, how could we not tour it? A bomb goes off in Colombo, however, and South Africa are quickly away. [...] [...] Let me explain: first, let’s get the usual double standard argument out of the way. Out of all the countries I listed above, why do players have a choice with every one bar England? No, no, we must go to England, cricketers quickly declaim; it’s always such an honor to play at Lord’s; this is the home of cricket, how could we not tour it? A bomb goes off in Colombo, however, and South Africa are quickly away. [...]

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