THE Prime Minister's husband resigns from the organising committee. The National Senate and State Assembly debate the losing battle.

Mass protests are organised for when the returning 'army' arrives back in their own country. Effigies of the 'army's' general are burned in the streets of the country's capital.

A former 'general' accuses the 'army' of taking bribes. And a member of the Assembly states: "We incurred the wrath of God."

No, this doesn't follow a national war, but a cricket match (LET, March 11). Other national teams have beaten Pakistan in years gone by without this furore. It could not be that the visitors were the Indians, could it?

Pakistani authorities even accused the English team of trying to bribe a groundsman.

So where does that leave an English team?

Has John Major been called upon to resign? Have we to accuse Raymond Illingworth, Michael Atherton and colleagues of accepting bribes?

What a terrible attitude for a nation to take over a game of cricket against a nation with whom they are already deadly and political enemies - but hardly surprising.

H RAWCLIFFE (Mr), Grasmere Avenue, Lammack, Blackburn.

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