Is that a cricket is a Christian Game? by Palitha Ariyarathna :National Buddhist Authority: 2011-04-02
Evangelist are always using anything attractive as for basement to convert peoples to their faith (Chris religions) now cricket is popular in srilanka. cricket and its fans are in danger hence christen are saying cricket players are students from Church-run schools, also they are saying there is more than just pride in the national team thus several national cricket team student from Church-run schools. As we are Buddhists we respect any players with their own belief and when it’s a game, when it’s a playing, when its and a world cup, we should avoid any religious topic on sport behalf of respect the game. Buddha or Jesus or Allah or Hindu gods aren’t advice to play cricket it’s and a game that developed by humane to have a fun or to keep a good health.
National Buddhist authority like to give an early alarming to Buddhists world may evangelicals can use popular players to state on catholic state or there school system.
I have a Catholic education to thank, highest wicket-taker says
Buddhists and popular players have to aware about sport evangelisms and before comment on anything they should think twice.
Evangelical or any other Christian fundamentalist can draw people’s attention on cricket and any sports regards do below issues:
To strengthen and support coaches, officials, and athletes in their Christian faith.
To evangelize coaches, officials, and athletes.
To provide mission trips and opportunities for become a friend with fundamental catholic priest and finally to be convert to Christianity or any other evangelical fundamentalism
To provide sports conference where dynamic coaches and athletes will be featured speakers and leaders and they will be speak out in hidden agenda that they have believe in Christianity as god help them to come out there current position and couldn’t not other faith holder achieve their state.this is and first propaganda for proselytizing activity (religious conversion)
Be aware below article trying to say there is a religious matter for success in game of cricket and show up the Christina players’ prominence over others. Missionary are always bringing up immaterial facts and they trying harm the unity of human by dividing and conquer.
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Sri Lanka draws on Christians for cricket
It’s a game that ‘makes us pause and think about hard work
ucanews.com reporter, Colombo(Asia most trusted independent catholic news source)
Sri Lanka
March 14, 2011
Students in Sri Lanka are of course cheering for the home team that has entered a strong batting lineup for the cricket World Cup, now taking place. But for some students from Church-run schools, there is more than just pride in the national team.
About half of the team are “old boys” from their schools. Kumar Sangakkara, the captain studied at Trinity College while Muttiah Muralidaran, an artist at bowling fast, is an old boy of St. Anthony’s College. There is also Angelo Mathews and Thisara Perera from St. Joseph College and Dilhara Fernando who has De Mazenod College as his alma mater.
According to the students many players on the Sri Lankan national team also represent their schools, each of which has a pedigree for breeding future international cricketers. These players have become for present students an icon, a role model, they said.
“Cricket is a game that makes us pause and think about hard work. Actually, the national team players are our role models by their commitment, discipline and high moral standards,” said Nadarajah Kesavan, a student from St. Anthony’s College in Kandy.
“Our players give off a good aura for kids,” said Denam Perera from Colombo’s St Peter’s College. “To win a cricket match, players should observe discipline, punctuality, dedication, faith, brotherhood, morality, flexibility and compatriotism,” said Perera. This is what our former students show us, he said.
The Cricket’s World Cup finishes on April 2 after a 49-match spectacle over seven weeks. The tournament is being played in three countries, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
So far Sri Lanka have seven points from five games and a 139-run thumping of Zimbabwe on March 10 ensured they reached the quarter-finals. Sri Lanka piled up 332 runs in a big win over Canada but were unable to chase down Pakistan’s 277, before knocking Kenya over for a measly 142 runs.
People from the subcontinent are crazy about cricket and Sri Lanka, the 1996 winners and 2007 runners-up, is no exception. Cricket has given Sri Lanka, Pakistan and India the chance to call themselves world champions as they are consistently among the top five or six countries that play the game. No other sport offers people from those countries that amount of national self-esteem.
“I believe winning the World Cup was the best thing that had happened to our country since its birth,” media reported Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lanka’s 1996 World Cup-winning captain, as saying.
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