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Should people from a Pakistani background but who were born and bred in England support England or Pakistan when the two teams meet this summer? This is a serious question and hopefully will not be deleted because it may be deemed racist. It isn`t. It is a perfectly reasonable question.

I`ve another one for you.
Should anyone in the UK,apart from the English,take any bleedin interest in cricket at all...... :p

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Should anyone in the UK,apart from the English,take any bleedin interest in cricket at all......

Scotland have a national cricket side too, you know (been in the last two World Cups, and they are also in the National one day cricket league)..

Wales is included as part of the ECB (hence the reason Robert Croft played for England).

So your point was what exactly ....?

And as for the original poster, surely that`s a matter for individuals to worry about - why have you decided to take the decision out of their hands ? Can`t see how it`s relevant, myself...It`s no different from asking should someone born in Manchester who moved to Nottingham support Manchester City (note, not Man Utd ;)) or Nottingham Forest/Notts County.

Nonsensical question that says "not meant to be racist, but is actually, only I`m trying to be subtle about it..."

Ill-informed question, mate, very ill-informed...

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UK webmaster for Area 450 the independent Sampo/Maxent DVD site

Ive another one for you, should people who don`t like cricket click on threads with the word `cricket` in the title?

I should just add, I`m not calling Arthur a racist, I just believe the question to have mild racist overtones ;)

Oh, and by the way, Pakistan aren`t actually coming to England this year (it`s West Indies and New Zealand for two test series and a triangular one-day tournament, and India for a short one day series) !!

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npower Test series v New Zealand

20-24 May 1st Test Lord`s
3-7 June 2nd Test Headingley
10-14 June 3rd Test Trent Bridge


The NatWest Series

June 24 Eng v NZ Old Trafford (day/night)
June 26 NZ v WI Edgbaston
June 27 Eng v WI Trent Bridge
June 29 Eng v NZ Chester-le-Street (day/night)
July 1 Eng v WI Headingley (day/night)
July 3 NZ v WI Cardiff
July 4 Eng v NZ Bristol
July 6 Eng v WI Lord`s
July 8 NZ v WI Southampton
July 10 Final Lord`s
July 10 Reserve day Lord`s


npower Test series v West Indies

July 22-26 1st Test Lord`s
July 29-August 2 2nd Test Edgbaston
August 12-16 3rd Test Old Trafford
August 19-23 4th Test AMP Oval

The NatWest Challenge v India

September 1 1st ODI Trent Bridge
September 3 2nd ODI AMP Oval
September 5 3rd ODI Lord`s

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Clayts, Moderator, DVD Reviewer
UK webmaster for Area 450 the independent Sampo/Maxent DVD site

This item was edited on Friday, 9th April 2004, 12:16

Ok,I`ve another one for you.
Should non-English SKY viewers have to put up with the (clipped accent) terribly-terribly-english minority sport drivel that is cricket clogging up their channels for hours and hours on end. ;)

What`s being non-English got to do with it ? There are many English fans who hate it just as much as the non-English !

I just happen to be one of the minority that loves it :D

What about people who hate football ? Or hate golf (as I do) ? Or wrestling, boxing, horse-racing, greyhound racing, darts, beach volleyball ( 8) ), etc, etc, etc

Sky focusses on the sports that people like to watch : essentially you can`t go wrong with football, rugby, golf, cricket and maybe a bit of motor sport.

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Clayts, Moderator, DVD Reviewer
UK webmaster for Area 450 the independent Sampo/Maxent DVD site

There are 5 Sky Sports channels in total, if you don`t like cricket, don`t watch it (and don`t click on cricket-related threads!)

Just as I suspected.
You cricket boys.
No fun. ;)

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !

We`d rather eat cucumber sandwiches and drink Pimms, old bean ;)

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Clayts, Moderator, DVD Reviewer
UK webmaster for Area 450 the independent Sampo/Maxent DVD site