Time was when the erstwhile British colonialists introduced cricket in their former colonies and it struck roots in places like India, South Africa and the West Indies Later on, it became popular in Australia ,New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zambia and Zimbabwe too .Of late , Afghanistan too has made its mark in the world of cricket.
With the entry into the cricket world of USA, the entire complexion of cricket playing countries has, however, changed.
The cricket veterans still consider test cricket as the only genuine cricket and they don’t like its shorter versions fifty fifty and twenty 20 .It would be premature to comment whether or not entry of America into cricket game is going to prove beneficial to this game .Time alone will provide an answer to this question.
As for as recent poor performance in New York of our boys is concerned more than one factor can be attributed to it . The Party politics hit a team when its selection is not made on merit. Cricket teams need a skipper like Abdul Hafeez Kardar who was feared and respected by his team members at the same time It is said by cricket observers that the like of Kardar has not been seen by our cricket since his departure .
