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Roy worried about 'bombs'
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Mister Wright
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Take most things Symonds says with a grain of salt. I think it was a tounge-in-cheek comment.
sideshowtim
Banned
Well he has a point doesn't he? Not exactly the safest places to tour at the moment.
Didn't they just declare a State of Emergency there?
Didn't they just declare a State of Emergency there?
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
You can make a pretty compelling argument for just about anywhere being not the safest place to tour. In this country (though you don't hear about it on national news that often - because it's so common) people are shot at every day. It all depends on what you want to believe.
The reality is, some safety concerns are just more, well... overblown than others. The reality is, provided you take the precautions you should, you're every bit as unlikely to be in danger in Pakistan as you ever were.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Certainly didn't seem like the most deadly-serious thing he's ever said to me.
Xuhaib
International Coach
Yep been talking to my family everyday since the emergency started and they say not an iota has changed and everything is peacefull, these sort of incidents are overblown by the international media.
BTW didn't the bombs went off in London suring Ashes 05 never heard the Ozzies complaining about safety at that time.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Did actually - Gillespie said they'd think about going home if any more went-off. 
And they went-off (July 7th) during the NatWest Challenge - I remember it well, as I was driving when I first heard - ejected the tape, heard the radio, presumed it was one of those it-will-happen-one-day things... eventually became clear that it actually had happened this time. And the first game of the series was that very day.
Who knows what might have happened had the failed attacks 3 weeks later succeeded.
And they went-off (July 7th) during the NatWest Challenge - I remember it well, as I was driving when I first heard - ejected the tape, heard the radio, presumed it was one of those it-will-happen-one-day things... eventually became clear that it actually had happened this time. And the first game of the series was that very day.Who knows what might have happened had the failed attacks 3 weeks later succeeded.
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silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
I suppose he should boycott Lord's because of the bombings in London?
The Sean
Cricketer Of The Year
A fairly tongue-in-cheek, if ill-advised, comment IMO.
Still, overblowing a story occurs both ways - I daresay this wouldn't be anywhere near as much of an issue had someone other than Andy "insert semi-controversial quote here" Symonds said it.
A bit of a non-story, really.
Still, overblowing a story occurs both ways - I daresay this wouldn't be anywhere near as much of an issue had someone other than Andy "insert semi-controversial quote here" Symonds said it.
A bit of a non-story, really.