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Thanks, champ. I will do the same with this as with last week's story, and report in with any feedback. As far as I'm concerned, Malcolm Speed from the ICC is a Mugabe enabler who has brought the Great Game into disrepute likle nothing since Hanse Cronje.

Well to everyone on the forum-
cricket has changed a lot in the past 10yrs or so-the anglo-aussie dominance(political&financial) has been replaced by growing axis of Asian&African countries with India being the hub.This world cup is no exception-the 3 main sponsors-though they are MNCs ,are pouring in the money from their India operations.Steve Waugh,Glenn Mcgrath,
Jonty Rhodes are a few of the foreigners who endorse goods aimed at the Indian market,
Now what does all this mean?
Well,England&Aus may cringe&cribe bout morality-(personally I think Mugabe is a skunk)-they are not going to make the decisions-It will be the ICC -which will be routed through Jaggu Dalmiya in Calcutta.For all those English &Aussie fans who think the world cup will be a damp squib-over a billion people (in India ,Africa,Pakistan) consider u as dispensible -though u are extremely good teams.One cannot expect the"white"cricketers to get away this time as they did in the Packer circus& the Rebel tours to South Africa.