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Old 27-06-2004, 06:23 AM in reply to Ernest's post "Rachael"
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I'm a bit surprised at some of these comments. The grounds in England surely tend to fill up for Pakistani tours, don't they? With our multi-ethnic population, I think that will always be the case. I know a couple of guys who are Brits by nationality and Asian by ethnicity who go to see cricket with their Pakistani fathers whenever the Pakistanis are touring - families cheering for both sides. Maybe the following for sub-continental visitors is not quite as widespread as would be the case for SA, WI and Australia, but to say that India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka don't capture the public's imagination is a bit blinkered IMO.