Was that cricket?
A staff correspondent's write up, published in the 'sports pages' of a local English daily on 11th. September, about Shahriar Nafees' crude behaviour in India, was 'just not cricket'! He must realise that cricket is fundamentally a gentleman's game, played by well behaved and sober persons, and such ugly demonstration of ill behaviour just can not be allowed on the cricket field, despite any provocation.
It is indeed a sad and serious matter, and reflects adversely on our national character, and that too outside the country. As a dedicated admirer of the game, his rude and crude behaviour just can not be ignored. One person cannot tarnish our image by his rowdy and ugly acts. In all seriousness, I feel he should be banned from playing cricket, to set an example, so that such ill and crude behaviour is nipped in the bud once and for all.
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