An insanely detailed article regarding Coach Woolmer's murder has just been pointed out to me by my brother. Turns out, ESPN sent one its correspondents to the Caribbean to cover the investigation and the story is thorough, insightful and from a unique perspective.
This announcement of Woolmer's murder was official, and it bloody hurts cricket a lot. I just don't want to be associated with a sport in which people take this game so seriously, where effigies are burnt, and where lives are threatened. This was the CNN headline last night. Such an awful, indescribable turn of events...
Sports is meant to transcend boundaries and competition is meant to lift barriers between people. But cricket really needs a reality check. Commercialization and ultra-nationalism in cricket is disgusting. I even hate watching games, other than cricket, where the partisanship in the audience cheapens the entire event.
I didn't comment on this investigation before anything was official, but the worst has just recently been realized. Woolmer was murdered. And I just don't feel like blogging much about it.
First of all, I don't want to speculate on the many motives floating around, because I think its disrespectful to Woolmer. A plea to bloggers: Let the people who are investigating do their job and let us honor Woolmer for who he was. Then we can point fingers...
Plus the headlines on this investigation change every 5 minutes, since Cricinfo is becoming more like Stardust of Bollywood rather than the Time magazine of cricket. It's very disappointing how they are communicating their headlines and as a result, I am less than impressed at their journalism these days.
Secondly, official announcements from the officers leading the investigation are few and far between. So listening to Sarfraz Nawaz or the PCB or anyone else is irrelevant and stupid. These guys don't know jack shit, are just speculating like everyone else and its just adding to the mountain of gossip. So why write or talk about it?
But the murder does put a terribly big damper on my mood. Omar loves cricket a whole lot less these days, and that means my posts will be a lot more sombre than usual.
