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-The Hindu&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;As in Test Cricket, governance skills and fairness are as important in electoral politics as winning.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
How important is it to win? It is pointless to ask this question in the context of competitive sport such as cricket or in electoral politics where one enters the fray in order to win. But is winning the only point of these practices? Must we win at any cost?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Not just about winning&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
If the only purpose of playing cricket is to win, then a quick and easy way is to have a five-over match. A few athletes with muscle power, clueless about the art of bowling, batting and fielding, would give you a win with their slap-dash cricket. However, five-day matches are valued because the very best skills of the two contesting teams are expressed only in games of long duration. A win without a proper contest between two highly skilled teams is deeply unsatisfying. It takes the joy out of the game and brings little respect. In short, an important purpose of playing cricket is achieving excellence and deriving aesthetic pleasure.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Equally important is winning the game fairly. Consider this: The match is delicately poised when Sachin Tendulkar is wrapped on the pads off a ball clearly pitching outside the leg stump. The entire Australian team appeals vociferously, the home crowd in Sydney roars, and the umpire raises the dreaded finger. A great batsman falls victim to a dubious decision and India loses the match. The whole country feels bitter, the ties between the two teams, indeed two entire nations, get strained. This is not hypothetical. Until the late eighties, Test matches were routinely dogged by controversy over home umpiring. Not that umpires were necessarily biased but on occasions, for instance under pressure from the home team and the crowd, they were forced into wrong decisions. Fairness in the game received a big boost when to prevent endless carping, mutual distrust and recrimination, neutral umpires were introduced by the ICC.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
From then on, there has been continuous effort on the part of the cricketing fraternity to check biases and minimise human error. Match-fixing is severely punished. Technology is used to strengthen impartial decisions: snickometer, hotspot, ball tracking, zoom videography, and reviews of umpiring decisions are now commonplace to prevent a cloud of suspicion over the winner. Clearly, we play cricket to win, but (a) a slam-bang approach that does not test the full range of skills makes the win look worthless; and (b) an unfairly achieved win is hollow.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Besides, fairness and excellence are linked. Generating conditions that suit your own team can help you win a few matches at home, but soon enough its weaknesses are exposed. Flat track bullies can score tonnes of runs at home but fail in seaming conditions. A good team must learn to play under different conditions and resist the temptation to nudge the curator to doctor home pitches. A team wins consistently and rises to the top only when its premier batsmen negotiate good quality spin and pace with equal ease and such skills do not develop without &amp;lsquo;fair pitches&amp;rsquo;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Rhetoric and Communication skills not enough&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
In important ways, elections can be legitimately compared to competitive sport. Political parties enter the contest in order to win. But the whole point of choosing political winners is lost if the electorate is unable to properly evaluate or assess the past or future performance of political parties. In short, a major purpose of elections is to test the full range of skills of contesting political leaders &amp;mdash; their ability to efficiently deliver on promises, to build consensus amongst different groups, to be open to criticism and know that criticism is not tantamount to personal insult, to not conflate private interest with the common good, to be sincere and truthful. If (a) elections cease to be an arena where political skills are publicly examined and assessed and are instead used by politicians, by rhetorical flourish and spectacular demagoguery, to hoodwink people into believing that they are the best, then, like wins in slam-bang limited-overs cricket, electoral victories becomes pointless. This is not to say that rhetorical or communication skills are unimportant but if they deflect from substantive issues of welfare, or obstruct the assessment of the full range of political skills, democratic elections lose much of their point.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/can-electoral-politics-learn-from-cricket/article22267668.ece&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Not just about winning&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
Equally important is winning the game fairly. Consider this: The match is delicately poised when Sachin Tendulkar is wrapped on the pads off a ball clearly pitching outside the leg stump. The entire Australian team appeals vociferously, the home crowd in Sydney roars, and the umpire raises the dreaded finger. A great batsman falls victim to a dubious decision and India loses the match. The whole country feels bitter, the ties between the two teams, indeed two entire nations, get strained. This is not hypothetical. Until the late eighties, Test matches were routinely dogged by controversy over home umpiring. Not that umpires were necessarily biased but on occasions, for instance under pressure from the home team and the crowd, they were forced into wrong decisions. Fairness in the game received a big boost when to prevent endless carping, mutual distrust and recrimination, neutral umpires were introduced by the ICC.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
From then on, there has been continuous effort on the part of the cricketing fraternity to check biases and minimise human error. Match-fixing is severely punished. Technology is used to strengthen impartial decisions: snickometer, hotspot, ball tracking, zoom videography, and reviews of umpiring decisions are now commonplace to prevent a cloud of suspicion over the winner. Clearly, we play cricket to win, but (a) a slam-bang approach that does not test the full range of skills makes the win look worthless; and (b) an unfairly achieved win is hollow.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Besides, fairness and excellence are linked. Generating conditions that suit your own team can help you win a few matches at home, but soon enough its weaknesses are exposed. Flat track bullies can score tonnes of runs at home but fail in seaming conditions. A good team must learn to play under different conditions and resist the temptation to nudge the curator to doctor home pitches. A team wins consistently and rises to the top only when its premier batsmen negotiate good quality spin and pace with equal ease and such skills do not develop without &amp;lsquo;fair pitches&amp;rsquo;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Rhetoric and Communication skills not enough&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
In important ways, elections can be legitimately compared to competitive sport. Political parties enter the contest in order to win. But the whole point of choosing political winners is lost if the electorate is unable to properly evaluate or assess the past or future performance of political parties. In short, a major purpose of elections is to test the full range of skills of contesting political leaders &amp;mdash; their ability to efficiently deliver on promises, to build consensus amongst different groups, to be open to criticism and know that criticism is not tantamount to personal insult, to not conflate private interest with the common good, to be sincere and truthful. If (a) elections cease to be an arena where political skills are publicly examined and assessed and are instead used by politicians, by rhetorical flourish and spectacular demagoguery, to hoodwink people into believing that they are the best, then, like wins in slam-bang limited-overs cricket, electoral victories becomes pointless. This is not to say that rhetorical or communication skills are unimportant but if they deflect from substantive issues of welfare, or obstruct the assessment of the full range of political skills, democratic elections lose much of their point.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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-The Hindu&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;As in Test Cricket, governance skills and fairness are as important in electoral politics as winning.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
How important is it to win? It is pointless to ask this question in the context of competitive sport such as cricket or in electoral politics where one enters the fray in order to win. But is winning the only point of these practices? Must we win at any cost?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Not just about winning&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
If the only purpose of playing cricket is to win, then a quick and easy way is to have a five-over match. A few athletes with muscle power, clueless about the art of bowling, batting and fielding, would give you a win with their slap-dash cricket. However, five-day matches are valued because the very best skills of the two contesting teams are expressed only in games of long duration. A win without a proper contest between two highly skilled teams is deeply unsatisfying. It takes the joy out of the game and brings little respect. In short, an important purpose of playing cricket is achieving excellence and deriving aesthetic pleasure.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Equally important is winning the game fairly. Consider this: The match is delicately poised when Sachin Tendulkar is wrapped on the pads off a ball clearly pitching outside the leg stump. The entire Australian team appeals vociferously, the home crowd in Sydney roars, and the umpire raises the dreaded finger. A great batsman falls victim to a dubious decision and India loses the match. The whole country feels bitter, the ties between the two teams, indeed two entire nations, get strained. This is not hypothetical. Until the late eighties, Test matches were routinely dogged by controversy over home umpiring. Not that umpires were necessarily biased but on occasions, for instance under pressure from the home team and the crowd, they were forced into wrong decisions. Fairness in the game received a big boost when to prevent endless carping, mutual distrust and recrimination, neutral umpires were introduced by the ICC.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
From then on, there has been continuous effort on the part of the cricketing fraternity to check biases and minimise human error. Match-fixing is severely punished. Technology is used to strengthen impartial decisions: snickometer, hotspot, ball tracking, zoom videography, and reviews of umpiring decisions are now commonplace to prevent a cloud of suspicion over the winner. Clearly, we play cricket to win, but (a) a slam-bang approach that does not test the full range of skills makes the win look worthless; and (b) an unfairly achieved win is hollow.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Besides, fairness and excellence are linked. Generating conditions that suit your own team can help you win a few matches at home, but soon enough its weaknesses are exposed. Flat track bullies can score tonnes of runs at home but fail in seaming conditions. A good team must learn to play under different conditions and resist the temptation to nudge the curator to doctor home pitches. A team wins consistently and rises to the top only when its premier batsmen negotiate good quality spin and pace with equal ease and such skills do not develop without &amp;lsquo;fair pitches&amp;rsquo;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Rhetoric and Communication skills not enough&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
In important ways, elections can be legitimately compared to competitive sport. Political parties enter the contest in order to win. But the whole point of choosing political winners is lost if the electorate is unable to properly evaluate or assess the past or future performance of political parties. In short, a major purpose of elections is to test the full range of skills of contesting political leaders &amp;mdash; their ability to efficiently deliver on promises, to build consensus amongst different groups, to be open to criticism and know that criticism is not tantamount to personal insult, to not conflate private interest with the common good, to be sincere and truthful. If (a) elections cease to be an arena where political skills are publicly examined and assessed and are instead used by politicians, by rhetorical flourish and spectacular demagoguery, to hoodwink people into believing that they are the best, then, like wins in slam-bang limited-overs cricket, electoral victories becomes pointless. This is not to say that rhetorical or communication skills are unimportant but if they deflect from substantive issues of welfare, or obstruct the assessment of the full range of political skills, democratic elections lose much of their point.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;As in Test Cricket, governance skills and fairness are as important in electoral politics as winning.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
How important is it to win? It is pointless to ask this question in the context of competitive sport such as cricket or in electoral politics where one enters the fray in order to win. But is winning the only point of these practices? Must we win at any cost?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Not just about winning&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
If the only purpose of playing cricket is to win, then a quick and easy way is to have a five-over match. A few athletes with muscle power, clueless about the art of bowling, batting and fielding, would give you a win with their slap-dash cricket. However, five-day matches are valued because the very best skills of the two contesting teams are expressed only in games of long duration. A win without a proper contest between two highly skilled teams is deeply unsatisfying. It takes the joy out of the game and brings little respect. In short, an important purpose of playing cricket is achieving excellence and deriving aesthetic pleasure.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Equally important is winning the game fairly. Consider this: The match is delicately poised when Sachin Tendulkar is wrapped on the pads off a ball clearly pitching outside the leg stump. The entire Australian team appeals vociferously, the home crowd in Sydney roars, and the umpire raises the dreaded finger. A great batsman falls victim to a dubious decision and India loses the match. The whole country feels bitter, the ties between the two teams, indeed two entire nations, get strained. This is not hypothetical. Until the late eighties, Test matches were routinely dogged by controversy over home umpiring. Not that umpires were necessarily biased but on occasions, for instance under pressure from the home team and the crowd, they were forced into wrong decisions. Fairness in the game received a big boost when to prevent endless carping, mutual distrust and recrimination, neutral umpires were introduced by the ICC.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
From then on, there has been continuous effort on the part of the cricketing fraternity to check biases and minimise human error. Match-fixing is severely punished. Technology is used to strengthen impartial decisions: snickometer, hotspot, ball tracking, zoom videography, and reviews of umpiring decisions are now commonplace to prevent a cloud of suspicion over the winner. Clearly, we play cricket to win, but (a) a slam-bang approach that does not test the full range of skills makes the win look worthless; and (b) an unfairly achieved win is hollow.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Besides, fairness and excellence are linked. Generating conditions that suit your own team can help you win a few matches at home, but soon enough its weaknesses are exposed. Flat track bullies can score tonnes of runs at home but fail in seaming conditions. A good team must learn to play under different conditions and resist the temptation to nudge the curator to doctor home pitches. A team wins consistently and rises to the top only when its premier batsmen negotiate good quality spin and pace with equal ease and such skills do not develop without &amp;lsquo;fair pitches&amp;rsquo;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Rhetoric and Communication skills not enough&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
In important ways, elections can be legitimately compared to competitive sport. Political parties enter the contest in order to win. But the whole point of choosing political winners is lost if the electorate is unable to properly evaluate or assess the past or future performance of political parties. In short, a major purpose of elections is to test the full range of skills of contesting political leaders &amp;mdash; their ability to efficiently deliver on promises, to build consensus amongst different groups, to be open to criticism and know that criticism is not tantamount to personal insult, to not conflate private interest with the common good, to be sincere and truthful. If (a) elections cease to be an arena where political skills are publicly examined and assessed and are instead used by politicians, by rhetorical flourish and spectacular demagoguery, to hoodwink people into believing that they are the best, then, like wins in slam-bang limited-overs cricket, electoral victories becomes pointless. This is not to say that rhetorical or communication skills are unimportant but if they deflect from substantive issues of welfare, or obstruct the assessment of the full range of political skills, democratic elections lose much of their point.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/can-electoral-politics-learn-from-cricket/article22267668.ece&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more. &lt;br /&gt;
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-The Hindu&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;As in Test Cricket, governance skills and fairness are as important in electoral politics as winning.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
How important is it to win? It is pointless to ask this question in the context of competitive sport such as cricket or in electoral politics where one enters the fray in order to win. But is winning the only point of these practices? Must we win at any cost?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Not just about winning&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
If the only purpose of playing cricket is to win, then a quick and easy way is to have a five-over match. A few athletes with muscle power, clueless about the art of bowling, batting and fielding, would give you a win with their slap-dash cricket. However, five-day matches are valued because the very best skills of the two contesting teams are expressed only in games of long duration. A win without a proper contest between two highly skilled teams is deeply unsatisfying. It takes the joy out of the game and brings little respect. In short, an important purpose of playing cricket is achieving excellence and deriving aesthetic pleasure.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Equally important is winning the game fairly. Consider this: The match is delicately poised when Sachin Tendulkar is wrapped on the pads off a ball clearly pitching outside the leg stump. The entire Australian team appeals vociferously, the home crowd in Sydney roars, and the umpire raises the dreaded finger. A great batsman falls victim to a dubious decision and India loses the match. The whole country feels bitter, the ties between the two teams, indeed two entire nations, get strained. This is not hypothetical. Until the late eighties, Test matches were routinely dogged by controversy over home umpiring. Not that umpires were necessarily biased but on occasions, for instance under pressure from the home team and the crowd, they were forced into wrong decisions. Fairness in the game received a big boost when to prevent endless carping, mutual distrust and recrimination, neutral umpires were introduced by the ICC.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
From then on, there has been continuous effort on the part of the cricketing fraternity to check biases and minimise human error. Match-fixing is severely punished. Technology is used to strengthen impartial decisions: snickometer, hotspot, ball tracking, zoom videography, and reviews of umpiring decisions are now commonplace to prevent a cloud of suspicion over the winner. Clearly, we play cricket to win, but (a) a slam-bang approach that does not test the full range of skills makes the win look worthless; and (b) an unfairly achieved win is hollow.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Besides, fairness and excellence are linked. Generating conditions that suit your own team can help you win a few matches at home, but soon enough its weaknesses are exposed. Flat track bullies can score tonnes of runs at home but fail in seaming conditions. A good team must learn to play under different conditions and resist the temptation to nudge the curator to doctor home pitches. A team wins consistently and rises to the top only when its premier batsmen negotiate good quality spin and pace with equal ease and such skills do not develop without &amp;lsquo;fair pitches&amp;rsquo;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Rhetoric and Communication skills not enough&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
In important ways, elections can be legitimately compared to competitive sport. Political parties enter the contest in order to win. But the whole point of choosing political winners is lost if the electorate is unable to properly evaluate or assess the past or future performance of political parties. In short, a major purpose of elections is to test the full range of skills of contesting political leaders &amp;mdash; their ability to efficiently deliver on promises, to build consensus amongst different groups, to be open to criticism and know that criticism is not tantamount to personal insult, to not conflate private interest with the common good, to be sincere and truthful. If (a) elections cease to be an arena where political skills are publicly examined and assessed and are instead used by politicians, by rhetorical flourish and spectacular demagoguery, to hoodwink people into believing that they are the best, then, like wins in slam-bang limited-overs cricket, electoral victories becomes pointless. This is not to say that rhetorical or communication skills are unimportant but if they deflect from substantive issues of welfare, or obstruct the assessment of the full range of political skills, democratic elections lose much of their point.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Not just about winning&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
Equally important is winning the game fairly. Consider this: The match is delicately poised when Sachin Tendulkar is wrapped on the pads off a ball clearly pitching outside the leg stump. The entire Australian team appeals vociferously, the home crowd in Sydney roars, and the umpire raises the dreaded finger. A great batsman falls victim to a dubious decision and India loses the match. The whole country feels bitter, the ties between the two teams, indeed two entire nations, get strained. This is not hypothetical. Until the late eighties, Test matches were routinely dogged by controversy over home umpiring. Not that umpires were necessarily biased but on occasions, for instance under pressure from the home team and the crowd, they were forced into wrong decisions. Fairness in the game received a big boost when to prevent endless carping, mutual distrust and recrimination, neutral umpires were introduced by the ICC.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
From then on, there has been continuous effort on the part of the cricketing fraternity to check biases and minimise human error. Match-fixing is severely punished. Technology is used to strengthen impartial decisions: snickometer, hotspot, ball tracking, zoom videography, and reviews of umpiring decisions are now commonplace to prevent a cloud of suspicion over the winner. Clearly, we play cricket to win, but (a) a slam-bang approach that does not test the full range of skills makes the win look worthless; and (b) an unfairly achieved win is hollow.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Besides, fairness and excellence are linked. Generating conditions that suit your own team can help you win a few matches at home, but soon enough its weaknesses are exposed. Flat track bullies can score tonnes of runs at home but fail in seaming conditions. A good team must learn to play under different conditions and resist the temptation to nudge the curator to doctor home pitches. A team wins consistently and rises to the top only when its premier batsmen negotiate good quality spin and pace with equal ease and such skills do not develop without &amp;lsquo;fair pitches&amp;rsquo;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Rhetoric and Communication skills not enough&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
In important ways, elections can be legitimately compared to competitive sport. Political parties enter the contest in order to win. But the whole point of choosing political winners is lost if the electorate is unable to properly evaluate or assess the past or future performance of political parties. In short, a major purpose of elections is to test the full range of skills of contesting political leaders &amp;mdash; their ability to efficiently deliver on promises, to build consensus amongst different groups, to be open to criticism and know that criticism is not tantamount to personal insult, to not conflate private interest with the common good, to be sincere and truthful. If (a) elections cease to be an arena where political skills are publicly examined and assessed and are instead used by politicians, by rhetorical flourish and spectacular demagoguery, to hoodwink people into believing that they are the best, then, like wins in slam-bang limited-overs cricket, electoral victories becomes pointless. This is not to say that rhetorical or communication skills are unimportant but if they deflect from substantive issues of welfare, or obstruct the assessment of the full range of political skills, democratic elections lose much of their point.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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                <div align="justify">-The Hindu<br /><br /><em>As in Test Cricket, governance skills and fairness are as important in electoral politics as winning.<br /></em><br />How important is it to win? It is pointless to ask this question in the context of competitive sport such as cricket or in electoral politics where one enters the fray in order to win. But is winning the only point of these practices? Must we win at any cost?<br /><br /><em>Not just about winning<br /></em><br />If the only purpose of playing cricket is to win, then a quick and easy way is to have a five-over match. A few athletes with muscle power, clueless about the art of bowling, batting and fielding, would give you a win with their slap-dash cricket. However, five-day matches are valued because the very best skills of the two contesting teams are expressed only in games of long duration. A win without a proper contest between two highly skilled teams is deeply unsatisfying. It takes the joy out of the game and brings little respect. In short, an important purpose of playing cricket is achieving excellence and deriving aesthetic pleasure.<br /><br />Equally important is winning the game fairly. Consider this: The match is delicately poised when Sachin Tendulkar is wrapped on the pads off a ball clearly pitching outside the leg stump. The entire Australian team appeals vociferously, the home crowd in Sydney roars, and the umpire raises the dreaded finger. A great batsman falls victim to a dubious decision and India loses the match. The whole country feels bitter, the ties between the two teams, indeed two entire nations, get strained. This is not hypothetical. Until the late eighties, Test matches were routinely dogged by controversy over home umpiring. Not that umpires were necessarily biased but on occasions, for instance under pressure from the home team and the crowd, they were forced into wrong decisions. Fairness in the game received a big boost when to prevent endless carping, mutual distrust and recrimination, neutral umpires were introduced by the ICC.<br /><br />From then on, there has been continuous effort on the part of the cricketing fraternity to check biases and minimise human error. Match-fixing is severely punished. Technology is used to strengthen impartial decisions: snickometer, hotspot, ball tracking, zoom videography, and reviews of umpiring decisions are now commonplace to prevent a cloud of suspicion over the winner. Clearly, we play cricket to win, but (a) a slam-bang approach that does not test the full range of skills makes the win look worthless; and (b) an unfairly achieved win is hollow.<br /><br />Besides, fairness and excellence are linked. Generating conditions that suit your own team can help you win a few matches at home, but soon enough its weaknesses are exposed. Flat track bullies can score tonnes of runs at home but fail in seaming conditions. A good team must learn to play under different conditions and resist the temptation to nudge the curator to doctor home pitches. A team wins consistently and rises to the top only when its premier batsmen negotiate good quality spin and pace with equal ease and such skills do not develop without &lsquo;fair pitches&rsquo;.<br /><br /><em>Rhetoric and Communication skills not enough<br /></em><br />In important ways, elections can be legitimately compared to competitive sport. Political parties enter the contest in order to win. But the whole point of choosing political winners is lost if the electorate is unable to properly evaluate or assess the past or future performance of political parties. In short, a major purpose of elections is to test the full range of skills of contesting political leaders &mdash; their ability to efficiently deliver on promises, to build consensus amongst different groups, to be open to criticism and know that criticism is not tantamount to personal insult, to not conflate private interest with the common good, to be sincere and truthful. If (a) elections cease to be an arena where political skills are publicly examined and assessed and are instead used by politicians, by rhetorical flourish and spectacular demagoguery, to hoodwink people into believing that they are the best, then, like wins in slam-bang limited-overs cricket, electoral victories becomes pointless. This is not to say that rhetorical or communication skills are unimportant but if they deflect from substantive issues of welfare, or obstruct the assessment of the full range of political skills, democratic elections lose much of their point.<br /><br />Please <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/can-electoral-politics-learn-from-cricket/article22267668.ece" title="http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/can-electoral-politics-learn-from-cricket/article22267668.ece">click here</a> to read more. <br /></div>               </font>
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-The Hindu<br />
<br />
<em>As in Test Cricket, governance skills and fairness are as important in electoral politics as winning.<br />
</em><br />
How important is it to win? It is pointless to ask this question in the context of competitive sport such as cricket or in electoral politics where one enters the fray in order to win. But is winning the only point of these practices? Must we win at any cost?<br />
<br />
<em>Not just about winning<br />
</em><br />
If the only purpose of playing cricket is to win, then a quick and easy way is to have a five-over match. A few athletes with muscle power, clueless about the art of bowling, batting and fielding, would give you a win with their slap-dash cricket. However, five-day matches are valued because the very best skills of the two contesting teams are expressed only in games of long duration. A win without a proper contest between two highly skilled teams is deeply unsatisfying. It takes the joy out of the game and brings little respect. In short, an important purpose of playing cricket is achieving excellence and deriving aesthetic pleasure.<br />
<br />
Equally important is winning the game fairly. Consider this: The match is delicately poised when Sachin Tendulkar is wrapped on the pads off a ball clearly pitching outside the leg stump. The entire Australian team appeals vociferously, the home crowd in Sydney roars, and the umpire raises the dreaded finger. A great batsman falls victim to a dubious decision and India loses the match. The whole country feels bitter, the ties between the two teams, indeed two entire nations, get strained. This is not hypothetical. Until the late eighties, Test matches were routinely dogged by controversy over home umpiring. Not that umpires were necessarily biased but on occasions, for instance under pressure from the home team and the crowd, they were forced into wrong decisions. Fairness in the game received a big boost when to prevent endless carping, mutual distrust and recrimination, neutral umpires were introduced by the ICC.<br />
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From then on, there has been continuous effort on the part of the cricketing fraternity to check biases and minimise human error. Match-fixing is severely punished. Technology is used to strengthen impartial decisions: snickometer, hotspot, ball tracking, zoom videography, and reviews of umpiring decisions are now commonplace to prevent a cloud of suspicion over the winner. Clearly, we play cricket to win, but (a) a slam-bang approach that does not test the full range of skills makes the win look worthless; and (b) an unfairly achieved win is hollow.<br />
<br />
Besides, fairness and excellence are linked. Generating conditions that suit your own team can help you win a few matches at home, but soon enough its weaknesses are exposed. Flat track bullies can score tonnes of runs at home but fail in seaming conditions. A good team must learn to play under different conditions and resist the temptation to nudge the curator to doctor home pitches. A team wins consistently and rises to the top only when its premier batsmen negotiate good quality spin and pace with equal ease and such skills do not develop without &lsquo;fair pitches&rsquo;.<br />
<br />
<em>Rhetoric and Communication skills not enough<br />
</em><br />
In important ways, elections can be legitimately compared to competitive sport. Political parties enter the contest in order to win. But the whole point of choosing political winners is lost if the electorate is unable to properly evaluate or assess the past or future performance of political parties. In short, a major purpose of elections is to test the full range of skills of contesting political leaders &mdash; their ability to efficiently deliver on promises, to build consensus amongst different groups, to be open to criticism and know that criticism is not tantamount to personal insult, to not conflate private interest with the common good, to be sincere and truthful. If (a) elections cease to be an arena where political skills are publicly examined and assessed and are instead used by politicians, by rhetorical flourish and spectacular demagoguery, to hoodwink people into believing that they are the best, then, like wins in slam-bang limited-overs cricket, electoral victories becomes pointless. This is not to say that rhetorical or communication skills are unimportant but if they deflect from substantive issues of welfare, or obstruct the assessment of the full range of political skills, democratic elections lose much of their point.<br />
<br />
Please <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/can-electoral-politics-learn-from-cricket/article22267668.ece">click here</a> to read more. <br />
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-The Hindu<br />
<br />
<em>As in Test Cricket, governance skills and fairness are as important in electoral politics as winning.<br />
</em><br />
How important is it to win? It is pointless to ask this question in the context of competitive sport such as cricket or in electoral politics where one enters the fray in order to win. But is winning the only point of these practices? Must we win at any cost?<br />
<br />
<em>Not just about winning<br />
</em><br />
If the only purpose of playing cricket is to win, then a quick and easy way is to have a five-over match. A few athletes with muscle power, clueless about the art of bowling, batting and fielding, would give you a win with their slap-dash cricket. However, five-day matches are valued because the very best skills of the two contesting teams are expressed only in games of long duration. A win without a proper contest between two highly skilled teams is deeply unsatisfying. It takes the joy out of the game and brings little respect. In short, an important purpose of playing cricket is achieving excellence and deriving aesthetic pleasure.<br />
<br />
Equally important is winning the game fairly. Consider this: The match is delicately poised when Sachin Tendulkar is wrapped on the pads off a ball clearly pitching outside the leg stump. The entire Australian team appeals vociferously, the home crowd in Sydney roars, and the umpire raises the dreaded finger. A great batsman falls victim to a dubious decision and India loses the match. The whole country feels bitter, the ties between the two teams, indeed two entire nations, get strained. This is not hypothetical. Until the late eighties, Test matches were routinely dogged by controversy over home umpiring. Not that umpires were necessarily biased but on occasions, for instance under pressure from the home team and the crowd, they were forced into wrong decisions. Fairness in the game received a big boost when to prevent endless carping, mutual distrust and recrimination, neutral umpires were introduced by the ICC.<br />
<br />
From then on, there has been continuous effort on the part of the cricketing fraternity to check biases and minimise human error. Match-fixing is severely punished. Technology is used to strengthen impartial decisions: snickometer, hotspot, ball tracking, zoom videography, and reviews of umpiring decisions are now commonplace to prevent a cloud of suspicion over the winner. Clearly, we play cricket to win, but (a) a slam-bang approach that does not test the full range of skills makes the win look worthless; and (b) an unfairly achieved win is hollow.<br />
<br />
Besides, fairness and excellence are linked. Generating conditions that suit your own team can help you win a few matches at home, but soon enough its weaknesses are exposed. Flat track bullies can score tonnes of runs at home but fail in seaming conditions. A good team must learn to play under different conditions and resist the temptation to nudge the curator to doctor home pitches. A team wins consistently and rises to the top only when its premier batsmen negotiate good quality spin and pace with equal ease and such skills do not develop without &lsquo;fair pitches&rsquo;.<br />
<br />
<em>Rhetoric and Communication skills not enough<br />
</em><br />
In important ways, elections can be legitimately compared to competitive sport. Political parties enter the contest in order to win. But the whole point of choosing political winners is lost if the electorate is unable to properly evaluate or assess the past or future performance of political parties. In short, a major purpose of elections is to test the full range of skills of contesting political leaders &mdash; their ability to efficiently deliver on promises, to build consensus amongst different groups, to be open to criticism and know that criticism is not tantamount to personal insult, to not conflate private interest with the common good, to be sincere and truthful. If (a) elections cease to be an arena where political skills are publicly examined and assessed and are instead used by politicians, by rhetorical flourish and spectacular demagoguery, to hoodwink people into believing that they are the best, then, like wins in slam-bang limited-overs cricket, electoral victories becomes pointless. This is not to say that rhetorical or communication skills are unimportant but if they deflect from substantive issues of welfare, or obstruct the assessment of the full range of political skills, democratic elections lose much of their point.<br />
<br />
Please <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/can-electoral-politics-learn-from-cricket/article22267668.ece">click here</a> to read more. <br />
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-The Hindu

As in Test Cricket, governance skills and fairness are as important in electoral politics as winning.

How important is it to win? It is pointless to ask this question in the context of competitive sport such as cricket or in...'
$disp = '<div align="justify">-The Hindu<br /><br /><em>As in Test Cricket, governance skills and fairness are as important in electoral politics as winning.<br /></em><br />How important is it to win? It is pointless to ask this question in the context of competitive sport such as cricket or in electoral politics where one enters the fray in order to win. But is winning the only point of these practices? Must we win at any cost?<br /><br /><em>Not just about winning<br /></em><br />If the only purpose of playing cricket is to win, then a quick and easy way is to have a five-over match. A few athletes with muscle power, clueless about the art of bowling, batting and fielding, would give you a win with their slap-dash cricket. However, five-day matches are valued because the very best skills of the two contesting teams are expressed only in games of long duration. A win without a proper contest between two highly skilled teams is deeply unsatisfying. It takes the joy out of the game and brings little respect. In short, an important purpose of playing cricket is achieving excellence and deriving aesthetic pleasure.<br /><br />Equally important is winning the game fairly. Consider this: The match is delicately poised when Sachin Tendulkar is wrapped on the pads off a ball clearly pitching outside the leg stump. The entire Australian team appeals vociferously, the home crowd in Sydney roars, and the umpire raises the dreaded finger. A great batsman falls victim to a dubious decision and India loses the match. The whole country feels bitter, the ties between the two teams, indeed two entire nations, get strained. This is not hypothetical. Until the late eighties, Test matches were routinely dogged by controversy over home umpiring. Not that umpires were necessarily biased but on occasions, for instance under pressure from the home team and the crowd, they were forced into wrong decisions. Fairness in the game received a big boost when to prevent endless carping, mutual distrust and recrimination, neutral umpires were introduced by the ICC.<br /><br />From then on, there has been continuous effort on the part of the cricketing fraternity to check biases and minimise human error. Match-fixing is severely punished. Technology is used to strengthen impartial decisions: snickometer, hotspot, ball tracking, zoom videography, and reviews of umpiring decisions are now commonplace to prevent a cloud of suspicion over the winner. Clearly, we play cricket to win, but (a) a slam-bang approach that does not test the full range of skills makes the win look worthless; and (b) an unfairly achieved win is hollow.<br /><br />Besides, fairness and excellence are linked. Generating conditions that suit your own team can help you win a few matches at home, but soon enough its weaknesses are exposed. Flat track bullies can score tonnes of runs at home but fail in seaming conditions. A good team must learn to play under different conditions and resist the temptation to nudge the curator to doctor home pitches. A team wins consistently and rises to the top only when its premier batsmen negotiate good quality spin and pace with equal ease and such skills do not develop without &lsquo;fair pitches&rsquo;.<br /><br /><em>Rhetoric and Communication skills not enough<br /></em><br />In important ways, elections can be legitimately compared to competitive sport. Political parties enter the contest in order to win. But the whole point of choosing political winners is lost if the electorate is unable to properly evaluate or assess the past or future performance of political parties. In short, a major purpose of elections is to test the full range of skills of contesting political leaders &mdash; their ability to efficiently deliver on promises, to build consensus amongst different groups, to be open to criticism and know that criticism is not tantamount to personal insult, to not conflate private interest with the common good, to be sincere and truthful. If (a) elections cease to be an arena where political skills are publicly examined and assessed and are instead used by politicians, by rhetorical flourish and spectacular demagoguery, to hoodwink people into believing that they are the best, then, like wins in slam-bang limited-overs cricket, electoral victories becomes pointless. This is not to say that rhetorical or communication skills are unimportant but if they deflect from substantive issues of welfare, or obstruct the assessment of the full range of political skills, democratic elections lose much of their point.<br /><br />Please <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/can-electoral-politics-learn-from-cricket/article22267668.ece" title="http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/can-electoral-politics-learn-from-cricket/article22267668.ece">click here</a> to read more. <br /></div>'
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Can electoral politics learn from cricket? -Rajeev Bhargava

-The Hindu As in Test Cricket, governance skills and fairness are as important in electoral politics as winning. How important is it to win? It is pointless to ask this question in the context of competitive sport such as cricket or in electoral politics where one enters the fray in order to win. But is winning the only point of these practices? Must we win at any cost? Not just about winning If the only purpose of playing cricket is to win, then a quick and easy way is to have a five-over match. A few athletes with muscle power, clueless about the art of bowling, batting and fielding, would give you a win with their slap-dash cricket. However, five-day matches are valued because the very best skills of the two contesting teams are expressed only in games of long duration. A win without a proper contest between two highly skilled teams is deeply unsatisfying. It takes the joy out of the game and brings little respect. In short, an important purpose of playing cricket is achieving excellence and deriving aesthetic pleasure. Equally important is winning the game fairly. Consider this: The match is delicately poised when Sachin Tendulkar is wrapped on the pads off a ball clearly pitching outside the leg stump. The entire Australian team appeals vociferously, the home crowd in Sydney roars, and the umpire raises the dreaded finger. A great batsman falls victim to a dubious decision and India loses the match. The whole country feels bitter, the ties between the two teams, indeed two entire nations, get strained. This is not hypothetical. Until the late eighties, Test matches were routinely dogged by controversy over home umpiring. Not that umpires were necessarily biased but on occasions, for instance under pressure from the home team and the crowd, they were forced into wrong decisions. Fairness in the game received a big boost when to prevent endless carping, mutual distrust and recrimination, neutral umpires were introduced by the ICC. From then on, there has been continuous effort on the part of the cricketing fraternity to check biases and minimise human error. Match-fixing is severely punished. Technology is used to strengthen impartial decisions: snickometer, hotspot, ball tracking, zoom videography, and reviews of umpiring decisions are now commonplace to prevent a cloud of suspicion over the winner. Clearly, we play cricket to win, but (a) a slam-bang approach that does not test the full range of skills makes the win look worthless; and (b) an unfairly achieved win is hollow. Besides, fairness and excellence are linked. Generating conditions that suit your own team can help you win a few matches at home, but soon enough its weaknesses are exposed. Flat track bullies can score tonnes of runs at home but fail in seaming conditions. A good team must learn to play under different conditions and resist the temptation to nudge the curator to doctor home pitches. A team wins consistently and rises to the top only when its premier batsmen negotiate good quality spin and pace with equal ease and such skills do not develop without ‘fair pitches’. Rhetoric and Communication skills not enough In important ways, elections can be legitimately compared to competitive sport. Political parties enter the contest in order to win. But the whole point of choosing political winners is lost if the electorate is unable to properly evaluate or assess the past or future performance of political parties. In short, a major purpose of elections is to test the full range of skills of contesting political leaders — their ability to efficiently deliver on promises, to build consensus amongst different groups, to be open to criticism and know that criticism is not tantamount to personal insult, to not conflate private interest with the common good, to be sincere and truthful. If (a) elections cease to be an arena where political skills are publicly examined and assessed and are instead used by politicians, by rhetorical flourish and spectacular demagoguery, to hoodwink people into believing that they are the best, then, like wins in slam-bang limited-overs cricket, electoral victories becomes pointless. This is not to say that rhetorical or communication skills are unimportant but if they deflect from substantive issues of welfare, or obstruct the assessment of the full range of political skills, democratic elections lose much of their point. Please click here to read more.