Cricket?? Who knew?

[sgallan]

Wow, they take Cricket seriously in Pakistan....

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Pakistan's cricket coach Bob Woolmer was strangled in his hotel room after the team's shocking World Cup loss to Ireland, police said Thursday.

news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070323/ap_on_re_as/cricket_pakistan_15

[ISU2008]

I knew soccer fans were insane, and cricket is pretty hardcore in the middle east. Just glad we don't really have to worry about that crap (to that extent) here.

[swayz]

isu2008 said:

I knew soccer fans were insane, and cricket is pretty hardcore in the middle east. Just glad we don't really have to worry about that crap (to that extent) here.

WE don't have to worry as much anymore here in the US because we got a majority of the pro sports out of L.A.

[OldShamrock]

isu2008 said:

I knew soccer fans were insane, and cricket is pretty hardcore in the middle east. Just glad we don't really have to worry about that crap (to that extent) here.

New Zealand, Ireland, and GB as well. Its very serious stuff. Cricket players have the highest suicide rate by far of any worldwide sport, 30 times greater than any other. An interesting phenomenon that has been the subject of a couple of recently-published books.

www.amazon.co.uk/Silence-Heart-Suicides-Mike-Brearley/dp/184018406X
www.amazon.co.uk/His-Own-Hand-Crickets-Suicides/dp/0091746876

OldShamrock