Pakistani-India Ashes style series?

[Highlander999]

Pretty interesting article. I think it would be very good

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/7076685.stm

 

[Cricketman]

I agree.
I, personally, find it bigger than the Ashes. I think this would add more of a "contest" to it.
5-test series backed up with a 5 ODI and 2 T20's. Good stuff? Hell Yeah!

 

[RoboRocks]

Well India and Pakistan play quite regularly so I don't see the difference that would make?

 

[wicked_dude]

virtual war...thats what media is callin this india-pak series..

 

[Leicester Fox]

I have to disagree that it's bigger than the ashes, it would be a good idea but the ashes has over a hundred years of tradition and for me is certainly the biggest event in test cricket. It would be a good idea though and hopefully might get a bit more an atmosphere in the stadiums which is usually more in the ODI's.

 

[wicked_dude]

yes ashes is 100 years old..

but india n pakistan series is watched by billions........so it will be the biggest event

 

[Samad]

The Ashes is a bigger event due to the fact that as Joe said it has been a tradition. The India-Pakistan contests are a cricketing war. But overall it would be nice to see it happen.

 

[icyman]

I agree with Younus Khan when he says that the series must be played after 2 years like the Ashes.
The fact that these two nations have played more than 4 times in the last 3 years has diluted my interest in the series.
They are playing far too often.

I have to disagree that it's bigger than the ashes, it would be a good idea but the ashes has over a hundred years of tradition and for me is certainly the biggest event in test cricket. It would be a good idea though and hopefully might get a bit more an atmosphere in the stadiums which is usually more in the ODI's.

The main reasons why the India Pakistan series sound or looks bigger:
1.Huge fan following
2.The rivarly ie the wars between the two nations
3.The partition of India.

 

[Will_NA]

Australia only became fully independent from Great Britain in 1942 so the rivalry is more than sporting. Plus, it's over a Century's worth of tradition.

 

[baburao]

Ashes lol.It was always one sided except 2005.
But India-Pak series is way above ashes.Not becoz of the tense cricket and pressure.And its not one sided.And billions of people watch it.

 

[manee]

Australia only became fully independent from Great Britain in 1942

Pakistan became independant from India in 1947:cool:. Unlike Britain who let Australia go because it was draining them economically during the war, the partition of India was a bloody affair and so the rivallry is far greater.

 

[Will_NA]

There are nearly 1.3 billion people in India and Pakistan. Go figure.

Pakistan became independant from India in 1947:cool:. Unlike Britain who let Australia go because it was draining them economically during the war, the partition of India was a bloody affair and so the rivallry is far greater.

I know about the partition. I was just making the point that Australia-England isn't purely a sporting rivalry.

Plus, India and Pakistan were once one and a whole while we owned Australia.

 

[icyman]

What would they call them ?

Rakh ? The Indian version of the Ashes ?
And will they immerse them in the holy Ganges ?

 

[manee]

It can be the Tendulkar-Yousuf Trophy, a trophy for two of the greats of the game in the fashion of the Warne-Murali Trophy (or Border-Gavaskar, Chappell-Hadlee...etc).

 

[Will_NA]

Yousuf over Inzi or Miandad?