“They will come to Iowa for reasons you can’t even fathom. They’ll turn up on your driveway, not even sure why they’re doing it, they’ll arrive at your door as innocent as children, longing for the past…” The line is delivered by James Earl Jones to Kevin Costner in the 1989 film ‘Field of Dreams’ based loosely around the story of Shoeless Joe Jackson and a corn farmer’s dream of building a baseball venue on his land in the ‘middle of nowhere.’
Pakistan are likely the big losers in all of this. They will lose some bilateral series and gain nothing from the IPL going ahead, despite the BCCI saying with a straight face that Pakistan players are not banned from the IPL!
Very true Neil. On a positive note I live in Dubai and have since before it became flavour of the month having come here in 2001 well before the boom in 2003, and plan on returning to retire in 2024, I watched the stadium being built, so I will relish being able to attend the WC should it happen.
Pakistan are likely the big losers in all of this. They will lose some bilateral series and gain nothing from the IPL going ahead, despite the BCCI saying with a straight face that Pakistan players are not banned from the IPL!
Much like Sol said in 1979 when he announced Sun City and was poo - pooed from Jhb to shitsville!
Very true Neil. On a positive note I live in Dubai and have since before it became flavour of the month having come here in 2001 well before the boom in 2003, and plan on returning to retire in 2024, I watched the stadium being built, so I will relish being able to attend the WC should it happen.