No matter how one feels or, how one sees the system, club cricket has taken root in this country. Yes, from time to time, there were very learned cricketers who opined and advised Lanka's cricket authority to shift to province-based cricket but, after alm
' pyjamas', legitimate? Then we are worried about the odds we are facing to stay in the game.
Political interference has spread into every nook and cranny of the game. It is like a huge octopus spreading its crushing tentacles. Gradually, it is becoming the land of the ‘Three bags full’.
Now, the latest is beating the gavel. Yes, for over a century, the game of cricket has grown from two trees that drew its strength from each other. So much so, it became the youngest ever international outfit to stake its claim for the ICC Cricket World Cup. Right now, like gunslingers, we are street fighting from behind lamp- posts and ducking behind the law of the land. To me, it ain't cricket.