Chrsitie seems to be afraid of cricket's increasing popularity and after effects .. and money power .. cricket has started to challenge football with its lucrative child T20 .. if football is in olympics and its not affecting individual how can cricket be harmful .... is cricket bigger to football in terms of popularity .. I think Christie thinking the same .. Also, when cricket will go to olympics, it will come to same level of sports in INDIA .. not like as stand alone game with super power ... cricket will also be evaluated in terms of medal .. One more thing I want to add here ,that christie fears that INDIA is biggest giant of cricket in terms of money and fans .. if it is included in olympics cricket will be more popular and he fears of INDIAN FUTURE POWER in Olympic cricket decisions and who knows that would be a start only .. INDIA may start influencing olympic decisions as BCCI do in ICC... and INDIA may come on to POWERFUL stage of world .. r we moving to that ??? Can cricket in olympics make that much influence ..
RE:CRICKET ... CRISTIE .. OPINION ,.. NEED YOUR RESPONSE FRIENDS
by Rizwan Khan on Aug 18, 2008 02:12 AM
Cricket is a boring sport only followed by 8 countries in the world.
Olympics is a global event which has over 200 teams.
Cricket should not be in the olympics as it lacks global appeal.
Watching a 100metre final you only need eyes to know what is happening. Watching football every person in the world knows what is happening.
If cricket was in the olympics who is going to tell the rules to the rest of the world.? LBW, overs, run-rate.? I mean have people got time to learn all this??
RE:CRICKET ... CRISTIE .. OPINION ,.. NEED YOUR RESPONSE FRIENDS
by priyo sengupta on Aug 18, 2008 04:52 AM
rizwan u r absolutely correct...well mr killer dont compare T20 cricket craze in line with football....it shows u dont know anything about football...come to a second division club match(leave FA CUP,UEFA cup,prima liga,serie A or EPL) like barnsley FC or burnly FC u will get to know that to globalize cricket and to take it to the olympics and to challenge football u need at least another 75 years to do so...
RE:CRICKET ... CRISTIE .. OPINION ,.. NEED YOUR RESPONSE FRIENDS
by Atul on Aug 18, 2008 05:18 AM
or May be it needs a little bit of knowledge and training! Did you learn English before you were born? You learned it right? Others will learn cricket too! Don't worry.
RE:RE:CRICKET ... CRISTIE .. OPINION ,.. NEED YOUR RESPONSE FRIENDS
by priyo sengupta on Aug 18, 2008 05:55 AM
honestly cricket is not a game that really requires your stamina or real character cum strength....its a lazy game...some would say standing in field for 5 days is stamina but thats patience and not stamina....even the players get bored of watching the same batsman playing again and again especially test where u score 19 runs out of 60 balls.....the main thing is that in this fast moving world u dont have time to watch a game more than 2 hrs maximum...its just like an entertainment just like a movie..where u enjoy for 2 and a half hours maximum and then get back to ur original life...sadly cricket is like one of the extinct games...
RE:CRICKET ... CRISTIE .. OPINION ,.. NEED YOUR RESPONSE FRIENDS
by Seenu Subbu on Aug 18, 2008 09:41 AM
Have you "played" in any sport, in your lifetime? Other than watching NFL, I mean. You seem to have a lot of bluff, I mean, insight into the boring game of cricket. You have watched others play and of course, you have the right to say you were bored, but as a child have you ever bowled a single ball, thrown a ball into the stumps or hit the ball for a boundary? Better yet, did you ever play soccer or basket ball? Do educate us on how they are different as team sport, compared to cricket.
RE:CRICKET ... CRISTIE .. OPINION ,.. NEED YOUR RESPONSE FRIENDS
by priyo sengupta on Aug 18, 2008 05:47 AM
yeah in a thousand years everyone will learn how t o play this dead game.....
RE:RE:CRICKET ... CRISTIE .. OPINION ,.. NEED YOUR RESPONSE FRIENDS
by raja on Aug 18, 2008 02:12 AM
Are you smoking something? Its "The Olympics" you are talking about
I fully support the idea of inclusion of cricket in olympics. it will be benefecial for other sports. right now only 11- 12 countries play cricket. out these bunch of countries india is very rarely champion. if whole world started playing cricket india will be like 100 position. then indian can start thinking to play something else. cricket have destroyed other sports in india.
RE:CRICKET
by SkShazid on Aug 18, 2008 12:50 AM
yes that is right. olympic medal will become the yardstick for cricket too. currently these few cricketers have caused havoc on all sports. But i oppose Christie statement that cricket sd not be included. If he wd have said to also remove soccer, hockey, basketball then it makes sense. So his statement is part of a hatched conspiracy and lot of slaves here r supporting as Christie is their Lord.
RE:CRICKET
by slayer slayer on Aug 18, 2008 01:03 AM
yah this is a planned conspiracy of pentagon,fbi,cia and the likes perhaps osama has a hand in it too...what christie is saying is debatable ...supporting what he is saying isnt slave mentality..n byw he christie being a UK citizen doesnt make him an automatic white like u an ignorant thinks if u wuld be aware he is a dark skinned jamaican who were once slaves now resident of UK
RE:CRICKET
by vinay on Aug 18, 2008 01:48 AM
agreed slayer. ckt vl distract the attention and interest from other games, at least of asians. its better v dont hv ckt in olympics. thats y today v appreciate bindra's, akhil's, jitender's, achievements keeping aside ckt for the moment.
RE:CRICKET
by arvind singh on Aug 18, 2008 12:49 AM
Hi, if including Football and Basket ball is not detrimental to other individual sports then how including cricket will ?
our mentality should be inclusive and not like this.
RE:CRICKET
by Killer Soni on Aug 18, 2008 01:28 AM
Chrsitie seems to be afraid of cricket's increasing popularity and after effects .. and money power .. cricket has started to challenge football with its lucrative child T20 .. if football is in olympics and its not affecting individual how can cricket be harmful .... is cricket bigger to football in terms of popularity .. I think Christie thinking the same .. Also, when cricket will go to olympics, it will come to same level of sports in INDIA .. not like as stand alone game with super power ... cricket will also be evaluated in terms of medal .. One more thing I want to add here ,that christie fears that INDIA is biggest giant of cricket in terms of money and fans .. if it is included in olympics cricket will be more popular and he fears of INDIAN FUTURE POWER in Olympic cricket decisions and who knows that would be a start only .. INDIA may start influencing olympic decisions as BCCI do in ICC... and INDIA may come on to POWERFUL stage of world .. r we moving to that ??? Can cricket in olympics make that much influence ..
there are many rubbsih games like beach whollyball are there, then why cant cricket? there are other team games from the begining of olympic.. baseball/softball like game can be there ... then why cant cricket... T20 should be there..... cheers!!
RE:Why not
by SkShazid on Aug 18, 2008 12:09 AM
that is correct and i support your statement. This is a planned conspiracy by a set of countries who never wants asian countries to be on medal lists.
RE:Why not
by tamil on Aug 18, 2008 12:13 AM
shazid.. china japan korea r also asin country... do u know Crcic champions r SA & Aus(national game) they r not asians ... ppl from that country is not concerned .. who v r too
RE:Why not
by SkShazid on Aug 18, 2008 12:22 AM
@tamil u comes almost correct with some correction. SA was never a champion in cricket so kindly correct it. Now Australia is really bothered about it bcoz u r not aware that it is not BCCI rather Adam Gilchrist(Aus) told first to include T20 in Olympics. Got it dear. Now don't be always a second hand person even if Aus have not raised it we sd raise it first.
Talking about what China n Korea will do in past is talking like loser. Nothing is permanent. UK was world power once then came US now China is emerging so why u think like a loser. Read the book THE POWER OF NOW by Ekchart Tolle. It is all about now.
RE:Why not
by SkShazid on Aug 18, 2008 12:26 AM
I understand ur point so what is wrong if we won 1983 world cup and if we win their national game. Yes what we also need to win hockey but it should not be we sd ignore cricket or any sport which is not our game.
RE:Why not
by tamil on Aug 18, 2008 12:11 AM
20 20 :-).. y try 10 10 .. u loose the essence of the game... if v hav 20 20 ppl from base ball team will crack the willow...
RE:RE:Why not
by tamil on Aug 18, 2008 12:12 AM
jus bcos v dont hav competition from countries like china japan or korea v r safe japan play better base ball mind it
All, Sachin please sponsor some part of your money to Indian people because we are not able to participate in Olympics. Kapil is so selfish instead of opening olympics associateion he opened one more cricket. We are not able to participate in running. Running not needed any sponsorship. PLEASE STOP CRICKET. Instead encourage our indian athelets.
RE:Cricket go away
by sunil patil on Aug 18, 2008 12:08 AM
one can encourage... but not by diminishing present strength!! i would say encourage olympics games but not at the cost of cricket..
RE:Cricket go away
by SkShazid on Aug 18, 2008 12:14 AM
saadhvi u r asking kapil n sachin to do something else. It is like asking a cook to sew clothes and askinga tailor to cook food. This is not fair even in cricket sachin need to prove yet by getting a world cup under his tenure. Kapil has atleast got World Cup. So give him credir for that. Kapil joined ICL to protest BCCI autocracy bcoz BCCI is not national team. It is a profit making club and look how they r banning all cricketers across world who links with ICL.
RE:???
by SkShazid on Aug 18, 2008 12:01 AM
those r okay bcoz asian r not champions in those areas. but believe me u will find lot of indians (actual anti-indians or colonial boot lickers) who will support christie. using such people british ruled india and now again they want to deprive indians using such ppl who will rally behind christie as he is their lord.
RE:???
by tamil on Aug 18, 2008 12:05 AM
is India champions in cricket.. jus dont throw words... be happy cricket is not in olympics.. other wise chinese & koreans will rob the little success we have in cricket...
RE:RE:???
by tamil on Aug 18, 2008 12:06 AM
also note cricket is british game not ours... we hav not qualified in our national game.. werein Pak atleast qualified...
RE:???
by SkShazid on Aug 18, 2008 12:16 AM
@tamil ur point is valid and may be chinese can come up better. Now lemme correct that game now doesnot belong to anyone. There is no rule that one country will rule ever n a game. Cricket is now game of asians more and for ur info Britishers never won a cricket world cup.
RE:Tests and ODIs not possible...
by Atul on Aug 18, 2008 10:36 AM
Oye when? at least a year or Champion... some more info, or it was a shot in the dark?
RE:Tests and ODIs not possible...
by Ashay Kharpate on Aug 17, 2008 11:58 PM
dude...cricket was never a part of Olympics...it was Commonwealth Games...
RE:Tests and ODIs not possible...
by ajay gupta on Aug 17, 2008 11:45 PM
BOSS YOU ARE ON WRONG TRACK --- THIS AMERICANS CHINISE AND RUSSIAN ARE 0000 ZERO IN THIS GAME SO GOLD WILL COME TO INDIA -- PAK --- AUS-- OR NEWZEALEND SO THEY ARE RELUCANT TO BRING CRICKET IN OLYMPICS BOSS SAMJE ???????????
RE:Tests and ODIs not possible...
by Ramesh Kumar on Aug 17, 2008 11:54 PM
This is non-sense explanation - that people are reluctant to bring in cricket due to unfamiliarity. If that is the case, how come games like judo and taekwondo are included (not only in current beijing games but earlier as well)? The only big reason which kept cricket out of olympics is that it was a big time sucking game which is impractical for the fast-track schedule that olympics is. T20 can however be considered but only for next olympics as it is pretty new.
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by Atul on Aug 18, 2008 10:39 AM
Thanks for the info man! at least England won some cricket tournament that has more than 3 nations competing... :D... Just Kidding...
Ya as he said waiting for the whole day for the result will hamper the enthu...but now T20 is more famous and it is completed in less than 3 hours which is somewhat near to hockey and tennis...so now the committee should think of adding it
When we include team games like hockey, football, volleyball, throw ball...etc. why not cricket? Some sports persons want the limelight only for themselves!
RE:Sorry Christie,u r wrong!
by tamil on Aug 18, 2008 12:08 AM
if 40 teams play in cricket.. wen wil the olympics wil get over... its not a hour game .. its a day waste game
RE:Sorry Christie,u r wrong!
by dilip vig on Aug 17, 2008 11:53 PM
you want cricket included because you feel india can win a medal??? If cricket is included just like field hockey, India will fail to qaulify one day...so be happy with small victories here and there
RE:RE:Sorry Christie,u r wrong!
by dilip vig on Aug 17, 2008 11:55 PM
so now that i have given such a good reply what inam will you give me...atleast give me a puppy
RE:Sorry Christie,u r wrong!
by SkShazid on Aug 18, 2008 12:03 AM
u have a loser mentality that one day u will fail to qualify. Loser deserves death as inam.
RE:RE:Sorry Christie,u r wrong!
by tamil on Aug 18, 2008 12:09 AM
dilip u r right... chinese & koreans will rob the little success v hav now.. its like hockey
Hey, I am very much hurt to hear this words from such a big sports personaility. why is she saying so?......give a thought....just because all attention will turn to cricket if it will be included in Olympics,,,is tht not unfair to sports? well cricket is game of team work and no sports competition deny to include team games when other games are part of Olympics. this will be unfair to cricket and bad news to cricket fans.
RE:RE:very disappointed
by SkShazid on Aug 17, 2008 11:32 PM
abbe dhakkan bande ka naam chokri jaisa hai iske liye kisiko ghochu mat bol. news dekhliya isliye tu usey he bol raha hai nahin to naturally tu bhi usko she bolta. imandari se khud ko puch ke dekh.
RE:very disappointed
by SkShazid on Aug 18, 2008 12:43 AM
ek aur dhakkan with closed mentality. Ye wo kire hain jo pehle christie ke baap ke baat sunte thein ab christie ke sunenge.
RE:very disappointed
by slayer slayer on Aug 18, 2008 12:57 AM
abe gochu @shazid linford christie ko janne ke liye kalka news dekhne ki zarroorat nahi hai ...koi bhi 'khel utsahi' yani ki 'sports enthusiast' usse familiar hai...n byw he isnt a white british as u think ...he is a dark skinned jamaican resident of UK...get it ??
RE:very disappointed
by SkShazid on Aug 17, 2008 11:29 PM
They don't want the rise of Asian countries. Already they know they can't stop China now it is propaganda here to stop the rising of poor countries like Slanka, Pakistan, India and others. He sd have same said for football and basketball too as they r even richer sports than cricket. Also against hockey. It shows he is puppet and mouthpiece of a collective conspiracy. He sd be stripped of medal for raising and criticising a sport being a sportperson and using the podium of olympics as a political and biased forum.
