A World Cup in any sport is always an exciting occurrence for sports fans around the world. It is a chance to see all the best international sides come together, to fight it out to decide which team gets to be crowned as world champions for the next few years.
ngland’s recent decision to cancel their tour of Pakistan was met with consternation in Asian cricketing circles but also rang alarm bells for lovers of the game around the world. The worry was that rather than coming together with the game’s future in the balance, one of its foremost powers, England, were turning their backs on a country and international side already brought to its knees by a multitude of factors beyond their control.