Recent remarks of 'hands of foreign elements in Lahore attacks' by a former captain of a reputed cricket team prompted me to rethink about the various aspects of Cricket. I think that cricket is like a priceless necklace with just three gems- Batting, Bowling and Fielding. Also, these three aspects are held together by various threads like individual form, team strategy, sportsman spirit, play-fair thinking, competitiveness, zeal to win, unbiased umpiring etc etc. But by thinking that way I may be ignoring another popular dimension of this sport- The Blame Game.
Now lets play the Blame Game. Recent attack on the Sri Lankan team should be blamed on the Sri Lankan team itself- why were they not wearing bullet proof-vests and helmets when they knew that the host nation couldn't provide them adequate security. If Sri Lankan team protests, then we should blame the neighbouring countries for not perfectly securing their borders which prompted the host nation to move most of their security personnel from the match venue to their borders. If the neighboring countries don't respond then lets blame it on all other countries of the world. If they too had been playing Cricket then may be the terrorist would have attacked some other team somwhere else. If that strategy also doesn't work then lets blame it on our God(s)- why didn't he/she make all terrorist 20ft tall so that the security guys would have identified the attackers from a mile and would have quickly gunned them down right at the first sight. And if that also doesn't work then we must blame it on the RAIN. Had it rained that day, then everyone would have stayed in their Hotel Rooms- sipping chai, munching pakodas and watching IND-NZ matches on TV ... the attack would not have happened in the first place !
This new aspect of cricket- the 'blame game' is getting very popular now-a-days. Mostly this is practiced by the team which loses a match or the people who are associated with that losing team. To some extend, such games do divert attention of cricket lovers away from the crux of an issue. However, we need to make sure that we don't encourage such acts of stupidity by publicizing ignorant comments some people make to get media attention. I am sure no one wants to play, read and even hear about details of such blame games so lets not distracted by these statements and enjoy the excitement and entrainment this wonderful sport Cricket offers.
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While probably not tongue-in-cheek, I like your rationale that the lack of rain was the reason the whole situation came about.
ReplyDeleteIndeed, as you point out., it is easier to blame someone else for one's failings, than it is to accept them. The sad thing is that the time spent in finding a person to blame would be better spent actually finding the folks that did it.
Days have gone by but no trace of them has been found. How/why is the Sri Lankan Govt. keeping so quiet about it? Can you imagine the uproar if this had happened to the English or Indian or Australian team?