Sydney siege one slip from a bloodbath
There's a siege at the hotel
ESPNcricinfo staff
25-Feb-2013
There's a siege at the hotel. A gun is pointed at the baby's head.
No, its not a line from a crime novel, but rather from Peter Lalor's piece in today's Australian. Lalor feels India have ridden roughshod over the ICC and the notion the game must go on. He also taken an interesting look at the Steve Bucknor issue.
Indian cricket is twitching and hasn’t been sleeping. It’s been up all night on the phone, talking across time zones. It needs to be treated with respect and taken seriously.
The Indians are deadly serious on this one.
Cricket needs to examine the Indians’ grievances, but it’s not easy. Trying to work out what the problem is here is akin to a game of Where’s Wally?
Where to begin?
Mathew Varghese is sub-editor (stats) at Cricinfo