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Cricket, crime and Trafigura
published: Sunday | March 25, 2007 <DIV class=KonaBody p4E55="true">
Kevin O'Brien Chang
Sports is the <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">toy</SPAN> section of life, a fun and exciting respite from the cares of daily life. But <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">songs</SPAN> and laughter can only go on so long. You can run, but you can't hide from reality.
The murder of Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer has stunned <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">cricket</SPAN>. It's a tragedy anyway it happened. But for the sake of this country's reputation, let's hope no Jamaican was involved. It goes to show though, that even the greatest game ever invented by man is still only a game.
Now I'm a big cricket fan and am glad the West Indies are hosting the <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">sport's</SPAN> premier event. But we spent far more than we had to. And while our boys are so far going great guns on the pitch, off the field Cricket World Cup 2007 has not been living up to expectations.
Except for West Indies-Pakistan the stands have been mostly empty. The greedy organisers obviously overpriced the tickets and now apparently can't see the sense of say offering school children half price admission. Clearly they prefer all of the unsold nothings to a little of sold somethings. And imagine the stupidity of charging people $1,500
published: Sunday | March 25, 2007 <DIV class=KonaBody p4E55="true">
Kevin O'Brien Chang
Sports is the <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">toy</SPAN> section of life, a fun and exciting respite from the cares of daily life. But <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">songs</SPAN> and laughter can only go on so long. You can run, but you can't hide from reality.
The murder of Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer has stunned <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">cricket</SPAN>. It's a tragedy anyway it happened. But for the sake of this country's reputation, let's hope no Jamaican was involved. It goes to show though, that even the greatest game ever invented by man is still only a game.
Now I'm a big cricket fan and am glad the West Indies are hosting the <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">sport's</SPAN> premier event. But we spent far more than we had to. And while our boys are so far going great guns on the pitch, off the field Cricket World Cup 2007 has not been living up to expectations.
Except for West Indies-Pakistan the stands have been mostly empty. The greedy organisers obviously overpriced the tickets and now apparently can't see the sense of say offering school children half price admission. Clearly they prefer all of the unsold nothings to a little of sold somethings. And imagine the stupidity of charging people $1,500