Dropping the Associates is madness
In the Sydney Morning Herald , Peter Roebuck rants about the "numbskulls" who resent the inclusion of weaker teams in the World Cup
Dustin Silgardo
25-Feb-2013
In the Sydney Morning Herald, Peter Roebuck rants about the "numbskulls" who resent the inclusion of weaker teams in the World Cup. He points out the huge advancement of cricket in other nations - including Afghanistan's attainment of ODI status and Sierra Leone almost reaching the Under-19 World Cup - and says too many cricket journalists don't know the position of the game globally.
By no means is it impossible that the semi-finals of this enjoyable, albeit absurdly slow-moving, CWC will bring together teams from predominantly Hindu, Muslim, Christian and Buddhist nations. Or it may feature white, brown and black, sometimes these days in a single team. Cricket is not a post-colonial indulgence. It is a glorious melting pot held back by dimwits. Do they know that the game is under way in schools in Morocco? Or that Rwanda is rising?
Dustin Silgardo is a former sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo