http://www.cricketviewer.com/south-africa-cricket-team-defend-tour-decision.html Covering Cricket in Pakistan and abroad Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:34:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 http://www.cricketviewer.com/south-africa-cricket-team-defend-tour-decision.html#comment-81416 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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