Journalese 7: All about cricket

A while ago in the sand-beached cricketing extravaganza in the West Indies, both the Indian and the Pakistani cricket teams were shipped back post haste. Two of the more entertaining comments I read somewhere.
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On Pakistan's defeat to Ireland, and subsequent chucking from the World Cup:

"We will ask for his [Ashraf's] resignation in the meeting which is due to take place before March 28," Senator Mohammad Enver Baig, a member of the senate standing committee on culture, sports, youth affairs and tourism told AFP. "You lost miserably to a country like Ireland. There is nothing to compensate and the chairman must resign and go back to the United States.

Which makes sense, because to the average Pakistani the USA is Evil Inc. (arnate/corporated). So what better punishment than to banish him to Jehannum*. The fact that the average Pakistani's application for VISA got turned down, should not in any way weaken his case about USA's evil character. He just wanted to open a corner shop making bombs on the side. It is not that he is into relegious cleansing full time, you know. Only when he is at a loose end. And, right now, the Pakistani cricket team is at the losing end. Spectators, beware.

On Sehwag's less than spectaular performance against Bangladesh:

...lets pray that sehwag dies of a hit from an asteroid...

Asteroids. Boy! The speaker is not leaving anything to chance. Including himself, and most of the human race. Well, at least, then not winning the World cup will be the least of our worries. The ones who survive that is.