I am not sure what to make of what Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said. He says the players are clean but might be surrounded by bad people. Shouldn't honesty be judged by how one behaves when tempted? After all, if there are no bad people to tempt then anyone's "honesty" might simply be "lack of opportunity". Just like courage is "the will to act despite presence of fear" and not "the absence of fear".

I am surprised though that he has asked the players to dedicate themselves to Pakistan for the match. I almost expected him to ask them to play for "the glory of Islam"!