Waheed Khan
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/ 23 August 2006

Cricket row acquires racial undertones in Pakistan

Reaction in Pakistan to the ball-tampering row at the fourth Test against England has spiralled from initial dismay to a darkening mood of racial, religious and political undertones. The cartoon in a Pakistani Islamist newspaper on Wednesday has Australian umpire Darrell Hair dressed in a Nato uniform growling: ”I am also waging a war against terrorism.”