Do you think Pakistan should be banned from cricket for sponsoring terrorism?
467416
I think that there have to be certain punitive measures in place. I definitely dont like the idea o any one shaking the hands on one side and stabbing your back on another side. Nothing against the players, but if some proof exists that Pakistan sponsors terrorism, then it would be justified.
200285
not sure what you mean. Are there terrorists in Pakistan? Yes. Do the govermenet supports them? not officialy.\nIs it in the list of terrorist countries? no\nDo we consider it an ally on the war on terror? yes\nIs Osama hiding there? who knows.
705549
being an indian i am a big australian team fan\nbut even i thought that they must be punished but then i thought that it was their first win in the trophy and it was un-intentional\nthey were very desperate of winning the trophy\nand sharad pawar deserved it cause he has been accused of being involved in telgi scam....................
146638
I doubt it.  Bin Laden's followers are likely the ones responsible for several assassination attempts on Musharaf.  Although I could understand the viewpoint of Musharaf trying to milk it for a while, in terms of all the money we are pouring in there.  But, I think Musharaf would rather be rid of him and his influence on the more radical Muslim elements in Pakistan.  After all, Pakistan's economy has been growing tremendously the past few years with overall Western investment in technology, much the same as India.  If the radical Muslim element were to gain control in Pakistan, all that progress would go down the toilet.
700962
Most likely. They are double dealing and they will get burned for that. Look what happened when Afghanistan not only supported but protected the Taliban. Pakistan needs to stop being friendly to terrorists while pretending to support our war on terror. I dont know why they are allowed to have nuclear weapons.
400647
Pakistan is Cat on the wall..\nIt has a desire to develop its country to hi fi with the help of US \nBut also need to manage those old islam culture and big shots of some groups who operating most Madderassas..\nAnd most maderassas already became a b-school for some terror organisations...\n\nWith this kind of people, its very difficult to grow..\nEither follow US or your own Maderassas..\n\nBut i pity about people of pakistan..\nthey r the people suffering economically with each decision of the dictatorship..\n\nif they can reduce the tension in indian border areas by controlling terror groups.. they can save a lump sum on defence expenses and can use it for development purposes...\n\nbut certainly Pakistan is not a terrorist country..\n\nA country which is not able to pick among choices...
855185
Not only 911, but most of the terroists acts are starting to originate in Pakistan, which is quite unlike its name an unholy place. (Pak=pure,stan=place)\nStop sending terrorists to India and US. If the you get the Indians gander up, you'll end up with a lot of dead Pakkis, if they retaliate in kind.\nLearn from your past defeats, my friend. And don't lie, people are not as gullible as you take them to be. Pakistan is THE LARGEST sponsor of terrorism in the world today.\nLife's Lovely! Love & Live LIfe!
482405
Is not considered but it is. You own people which you treat bad and beat them or even if you want you could kill them. That is terrorism because you are attacking people that do nothing against you.
543996
Ya i agree with you...\n\nI think minnows like Namibia, Uae, etc should be groomed at other smaller and unimportant tournaments...not at the MAHA -EVENT of CRICKET !!!\n\nForget all the new teams playing in the world cup, even Test playing teams...Bangladesh, Zimbabwe...have only got worse...Adding more 'not so good' teams is not a very good idea...\n\nIt does dilute "THE CRICKET WORLD CUP" a little bit...\nAny World Cup must have 'THE' BEST teams....\nSo i agree...
322960
Pakistan have its share of fools(fanatic people) who brain washed by secret agencies to do these kind of terrorism.I believe that this blast is ordered by cia or raw.because to put pressure on our government and society.\nI know islamists that they are simple people.They d'nt teach bomb making in madrasas.so these terrorists are trained by some agencies, (like osama bin laden was trained by cia).The fact is an ordainary man can not get his hand on explosives that means this blast plan was well resoursed and well funded.
756574
Your obviously a Pakistan fan but the truth is that when Australia are on song and playing as a unit, no team in world cricket can hold a candle to them (their record speaks for itself). I'm, of course, talking about proper cricket (ie test) not the hit and giggle form (good for a laugh and filling coffers). No team has been so full of record crushers in the history of cricket (even the "Invincibles" and the "Windies" of the eighties). England caught Oz on a "sticky wicket" (ie injuries - poor form - less than ideal preparation). Note: Pakistan will never be a top performer in test cricket until they learn to play as a unit, as in the Javed days....and until they start producing world class domestic wickets.
480215
Nowadays, cricket is becoming a lousy sport. Now people don't think of cricket of a sport, but as if it is a religion which can be named as 'Cricketism' . It is not played like a proper game like football where the manager of a team should choose the players very carefully so that the team wins. But now politics is an important thing going on in cricket. And I think that my country, India, is causing such a problem like the harrassment of former captain Sourav Ganguly. They can keep a pitch which the home team loves so that the away team loses. So the home team wins just like that and get points from ICC which is the International Cricket Council. It is not like football where anything can happen and the pitch of the stadium is just like any other grass pitch of a football game. So the game can't be predictable. Who plays the game better wins. But in cricket, the home team plays in its strength and the away team plays in its weakness. You may also see that though Bangladesh loses to Australia in home, they play better than they play in Australia. But you see in football. Anything can happen. See, Barcelona has defeated AC Milan in an away game but drew in a home game or it can happen as Arsenal has defeated Villareal at Highbury but has drew at Villareal's stadium. Even my Physical Education teacher says that cricket is a lousy game these days. Only 20 countries play cricket. But , games like football and tennis are popular in almost all the countries. Cricket is not a sport in the Olympics. These are the side effects of cricket. So, whenever says to me what is your favourite sport, I say football instead of cricket. And you see, its just a waste of time. Can you believe it, for five days the same match is going to be played. And that is not a delay. How funny.
878048
Umphire needs to remain in icc, he never did wrong first. all by the player inzamam. why should he tampered him? its usual any one get angry if u distrub them. SO my view is the umphire must need to continue
582729
absolutely... many countries (like england) have qualms about touring zimbabwe because of the discrimination, and security situations. their team is selected again based on race. when a country like kenya has reached the world cup semis, we would think they are more deserving. truh is tht zim. maybe the worst cricketing side in the world right now.
1181744
Yeah you are right and they even have the audacity to say things like whoever attacks them or tries to take their nukes out then they will hit India and they say this after four defeats in four wars.India should teach them a lesson and the POK should be recaptured  because it is a part of india and the pakis are illegaly occupying it and using it as a launching pad for terrorist activities against India.Pakistan should not play with India's patience 'cause when it does run out then Pakistan will have no place to hide.
551117
Nope, Pakistan is part of the enemy, they just acting otherwise
429585
Im writing this more as a response to nawab's answere because its pretty clear that paksitan's being spared because of strategic reasons in the subcontinent region. as far nawb's answere is concerned and his reference to pakistan having a "big" stake in the fight against terrorism and that pakis dying and the casualty number being more than 9/11 victims and also the highlight being and which forced me to post this answere that pakistan's "strategy" winning the war agaist U.S.S.R. Im glad that he pointed out the fact that the US supplied money and weapons for the war against soviet union, however american military and the american intelligence is n was not stupid enough to tell pakistan that "ok guys here's the dow n here's the hardware, go and kick ass we know u can do it on ur own while we sit at pentagon n watch the video game". cmon give urself a break and come back to reality for gawd's sake dude, pakistan couldn't even win a war against india and paki military was not even half of what its right now then (not that its any better now) and you think the US IS GONNA THROW ALL THAT MONEY AND military resources on a country like that and depend on its strategies? yeah rt? The war was majorly won because of the afghan terrain and the afghan mujahideen guirellas and also things were not going great at home for the reds and the deterioration of soviet union had started by then. tye strategies were completely provided by the US military ad to an extent the afgahn mujahideen AND NOT BY THE PAKI MILITARY (maybe there were jobless pakis fighting the war just like they are doing right now by joinign different terrorist organisations). The problems that pakistan faces today and why it has to pump in so much of itys own resources in fighting the terrorist is becoz of it s own "policies and stragies" that it followed, which was supporting taliban and other hard core terrorist groups and also turnign a blind eye to their recruitment and other unacceptable activities because pakistan wanted to get abck at india for helping bangladesh break away by cultivating terrorsit camps. entire world knows that in paki mosques  on fridays there are people collecting and donating money openly and freely in the name of islam which is used for terrorist activites. so pakistan is not the victim here its the perpetrator. its the paki guy who was the master mind behind 9/11 and the london bombers were trained in pakistan and also the 7 terrorist caught in london recently were alos trained in apkistan which they admitted. yes there are good people in pakistan but majority of them hate US and the wesatern world(no one knows for sure why the master mind of 9/11 who is a paki palnned it in the fiors place, he had no good reason to do that). they hate the same world were they immigrate to and crawl to all the nook and corners of new york or london or sydney abd then support terrorism from tere. pakistan is a country which is created by spiulling blood and it will get washed away in blood in its own blood. god bless america!!