Betting And Patriotism
Hameed Abdul Karim
Cricket used to be gentleman’s game but now it is a businessman’s game with even players considered businessmen instead of players or gentlemen. Against this backdrop, MP Thilanga Sumathipala’s call or order (The Sunday Leader, March 6, 2011) for all Sri Lankans to support Sri Lanka must be seen as a racist one especially when you consider the rather inflammatory statements he has made in his Sinhala newspaper Lakbima.
