Booing at English cricket team

kds1980 · #1 (**permalink**) 15-Jun-2009, 05:22 AM

So the latest news from T 20 WORLD CUP is that India is out of world cup after loosing
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to england

But One thing surprised me that Indian fans booed at English cricket team.Here is what england cricket captain said

Collingwood: "A lot of English supporters, but we got booed at the home of cricket by the Indian fans - which was a bit strange

The present engalnd cricket team has 4 asian players including one sikh.But still It looks like British Indians which include lots of sikhs support India and don't even consider English cricket team as their own.On one hand Indians complain about racism on the other hand they show to countries in which they live that their loyalty is with India no matter how many oppurtunities you provide us.
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My question to members from UK Of SPN is that is there any specific reason for this type of attituide by Indians or other ASians.

Sinister · #2 (**permalink**) 15-Jun-2009, 06:43 AM

cricket sucks
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it's not a sport if you can play it wearing a sweater-vest.

deepsingh87 · #3 (**permalink**) 15-Jun-2009, 07:37 AM

cricket is a very boring game. I find cars going in a circle more appealing.

. plus you need a week off of work to watch a cricket match.

Sinister · #4 (**permalink**) 15-Jun-2009, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by deepsingh87

cricket is a very boring game. I find cars going in a circle more appealing.

. plus you need a week off of work to watch a cricket match.

LOL!

trust me kds, nobody in england wastes their time watching cricket, that's more of an indian phenomenon.

Narayanjot Kaur · #5 (**permalink**) 15-Jun-2009, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by deepsingh87

cricket is a very boring game. I find cars going in a circle more appealing.

. plus you need a week off of work to watch a cricket match.

Mostly because Americans don't understand it and aren't used to it. I can't figure it out either. But in and around town we now have amateur cricket clubs that compete locally and then go off to the county and state championships. Nearly everyone on the teams is from India. And guess what? In addition to playing cricket -- they all seem to have a mission for seva (aka community outreach projects). So Cricket conquers America!

Philadelphia Cricket League

The web site looks like it is powered on v-Bulletin software too! Hmm! Does Aman ji have something to do with this?

You can understand the scope of this in the US by visiting this link!

http://www.cricketcouncilusa.com/

Simply amazing!!!

Huck_Finn · #6 (**permalink**) 15-Jun-2009, 11:00 AM

KDS ji

do you really count Ravi Bopara as Sikh?

kds1980 · #7 (**permalink**) 15-Jun-2009, 13:49 PM

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Originally Posted by deepsingh87

cricket is a very boring game. I find cars going in a circle more appealing.

. plus you need a week off of work to watch a cricket match.

Deep singh

There are 3 formats of cricket Test,One day international and shorter version 20-20.The world cup that is going on is 20-20 world cup.It is just a 3 hour match

kds1980 · #8 (**permalink**) 15-Jun-2009, 13:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Sinister

LOL!

trust me kds, nobody in england wastes their time watching cricket, that's more of an indian phenomenon.

Ha ha

That's why ground's in england are always packed even in test matches.I know That cricket
is not much popular in England now.

BTW this thread is not about cricket .It is about loyalty which Indians and Asians show to
england.Despite repeated calls from Asian origin players like Naseer hussain that Asians now should support english cricket team,They don't support it and this time they just stepped ahead by even booing English cricket team.

BTW Ashes series is coming with AUS and see how much english still love's it O/W Aussies will love to abuse them.

kds1980 · #9 (**permalink**) 15-Jun-2009, 14:33 PM

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Originally Posted by aad0002

Mostly because Americans don't understand it and aren't used to it. I can't figure it out either. But in and around town we now have amateur cricket clubs that compete locally and then go off to the county and state championships. Nearly everyone on the teams is from India. And guess what? In addition to playing cricket -- they all seem to have a mission for seva (aka community outreach projects). So Cricket conquers America!

Philadelphia Cricket League

The web site looks like it is powered on v-Bulletin software too! Hmm! Does Aman ji have something to do with this?

You can understand the scope of this in the US by visiting this link!

:: Cricket Council USA ::

Simply amazing!!!

I think in sports AMerica has its own world.They don't play soccer,Hockey,Cricket and rugby
They just play their own sports like American football,baseball Basketball and that too between states

Kuls1980 · #10 (**permalink**) 15-Jun-2009, 17:24 PM

That is a brilliant question, why don't Indians in England support England?
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The number one reason, Indians in England are not accepted as English. We are officially called British Asians not English. So, that gives us a reason to support who ever we want. In football, if England were playing Scotland? I would support Scotland, because we are British Asians not English.
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Mostly all Indians will agree with me on this.

Guru Fethay