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On Tue, 4 Mar 2003, Dsouza, Alex wrote: > Dear All > > I appreciate the views expressed by Mr. George Mathew. > > Politicians from either sides have been trying to cash in on the sentiments of the > masses. > > But all said and done, the statment of Pakistani President Gen Musharraf some time > ago that we (India) are not playing with Pakistan because we are afraid of loosing > is certainly in bad taste. > > Our President or Prime Minister for that matter have never made such statements and > therefore this historic win has more significance. > > I hope henceforth Gen Musharraf will never make such statements. > Those remarks were made by Nasir Khaja who was (is?) the manager of the Pakistan cricket team. Incidently, those remarks were made after Pakistan was crushed by Australia in Sharjah, barely making 100 runs in two innings. Perhaps an expression of bravado? Musharraf's comments were made in a slightly different context. He gave an indepth interview to the Hindu, where bilateral relations were discussed. He pointed out the hypocrisy of Indian policies where the hockey and junior cricket teams were playing in each other at the time in India and Pakistan but there was a ban on official test cricket. To that, Musharraf commented, his felt that India was scared. -- Tariq Siddiqui [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************************************* Rockets Lover! Laker Hater !!! ******************************************************************************* _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.goanet.org/mailman/listinfo/goanet
