'Security Politics' of Cricket

First of all I would like to express my condolences to the victims of the Blasts that shook London on July 7th, 2005.

But the thing that struck me when I was following the Cricket Series between England and Australia, was the fact that the series would go ahead with the matches as scheduled in London, with extra security measures. I am surprised by the muted reaction from the Australia team which has earlier expressed "security concerns" as the reason for not playing in Karachi and Mumbai, despite the assurances from the security agencies of Pakistan and India.

As it can be seen from the situation in London, there can never be a 'foolproof security system' in place and there is always the chance of such incidents occuring. So the earlier reaction by the Australian cricket team to not play in Pakistan and India seems to be overridden by other concerns rather than just 'security concerns' of the team. This needs to be condemned in the least as they had played into the hands of the miscreants by not playing in the sub-continent and increased the fear of the people in the region.