Cricket
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Should Pakistan and India Play Cricket?
On renewed talk of cricket ties between India and Pakistan, the author sets out numbered thoughts, starting with extreme Hindutva and jihadi positions that allow no compromise, and asks where…
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Culture
“Then be ready for the fire”
An Outlook India report on a religious spat between Pakistan opener Ahmed Shahzad and Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan, with comment that playing grounds should not become praying grounds.
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7 for 74
A light-hearted note on Ishant Sharma’s 7 for 74 in India’s Test against England, using jokes and an Erdogan quote to praise the short ball.
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Glorious victory!!!
Celebrating Sri Lanka’s last-ball-but-one Test win over England as a fitting farewell to Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara, with praise for Moeen Ali’s maiden century and a joke about James…
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Kashmiri students expelled from Meerut
After Kashmiri students were charged with sedition for cheering Pakistan’s cricket team, ten were expelled from a Meerut university; the poster says young people must be allowed to speak and…
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Culture
Meeting your lost brother (after 42 years)
The poster adds to a columnist’s account of visiting Bangladesh and old Bengali schoolmates that the key contrast is cricket: Pakistan has hosted no international matches since the 2009 attack…
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Culture
This Mughal is a Rajput fan
A report that MS Dhoni arranged a pass for a Pakistani cricket fan, which the poster calls a bright splash against the cloudy sky of South Asia while the two-nation…
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Culture
A million dollar farewell party
A note on the T20 World Cup in Dhaka as the farewell stage for Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene, with a report on the final.
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Who is Mudassar Bukhari?
A note on Pakistani-born Dutch bowler Mudassar Bukhari taking three wickets against England, which the poster says shows how Pakistan loses players abroad.
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Culture
Erdogan cant bowl (can he throw?)
A note on a Guardian cricket commentary reply from Istanbul, where a delayed switch to daylight saving left locals unsure what time it was.
