Nerve Endings Firing Away

The Pakistani guy over at the local desi store in College Station has a cynical view of the India-Pakistan encounters. He is convinced that they are fixed. He thinks that the matches are an extension of the diplomatic peace process that goes off and on between the two countries.

Sadly I don’t have evidence (ancedotal, if you please) to prove him wrong. The last test series ended with Pakistan taking the test honors while India romped home in the ODI series. The recently concluded series at Abu Dhabi also ended with shared honors. Of course, I don’t believe that the matches are fixed simply because it would be impossoble to pull it off at that scale and level. But the mixed results offer no help at all. What if the India and Pakistani boards have colluded to share honors and thus keep playing each other fully knowing that in such a scenario, everyone wins; financially and otherwise. But that’s what they call a conspiracy theory, right?

PS. I don’t know if Gillespie hitting a double ton against Bangladesh is a comment on his batting ability or Bangladesh’s bowling ability.