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Old 25-11-2004, 10:28 AM in reply to top edged for 4's post "The Spirit of the game"
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It's a point Henry Olonga made last night...The ICC will come down on a player for standing at his crease, sledging another player, smashing his stumps and commenting on an umpire's desicison or a players action. This is against the "Spirit of Cricket", and I agree with much of it.

Yet it will blackmail a board to send a team to a county that activly prevents free speech, bullies and murders it's citizens and practices racism at every level, including racism in it's Cricket Board.

Only when commercial (Media) intrests were threatened (which of course means Money) can they waver from the rule that a tour cannot only be called off through direct political instruction or security reasons, they should add the other secret clause Commercial intrests.

Is it in the spirit of Cricket that a tour can be cancelled for commercial reasons and not Moral?