Last few days the cricket world was so busy discussing the legitimacy of Gilchrist's hidden ball, so the attention was taken away from the future events in the playing field.
I'm now bit (may be a lot) bored about the debate about the squash ball, because the things has moved far away from the core of the problem (Whether it was legal or not?). A simple issue which could have been solved by a single statement from the cricket committee of the ICC, now has moved to a big controversy with some Sri Lankan fans talking about a replay of the finals, and some Australians accusing us "sore losers" who cry for the loss in the WC final. I'm not surprised about the reaction of Australian fans, because it's their way of reacting to things unfavorable for them. They simply make some racist comment about subcontinental players and fans, and move on. (Ask any of the black skinned player about how it feels like to play infront of a big crowd in Sydney or Perth) They describe everything from the angle of winning and losing. Not from the aspect of what is right and wrong. Something fundamentally wrong I guess.
Finally, since the issue is now discussed at the top level of the game (not at few blog posts here and there), I'm bit relieved that we would see an end to the controversy pretty soon.
More importantly, we have some "real cricket" coming up in couple of weeks, as the dates for Sri Lanka Vs Pakistan series in Abu Dhabi has finally fixed.
The first of the three match series will be played on 18th of May, followed by the second match on 20th May and the last match on 22nd May. The sad news is Sri Lanka will be missing Muttiah Muralitharan, Chaminda Vaas and Kumar Sangakkara who have county commitments in England.
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