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Humour: Deciphering the hidden messages in 10 countries' cricket logos

Looking for clues within?

One of the main reasons we all love cricket is that every country has an amazing logo. For without that logo, who knows why on earth anybody in their right mind would have even a passing interest in the sport? You know, with all the match fixing and DRS rubbish and Stuart Broad, we all just want to rejoice in the quality of our team's logo, for this is what makes the game great. But have you ever truly studied them? I mean, really bothered to give them a critical look? Haven't you? Then this is your lucky day.    

Bangladesh

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It is fitting that a struggling cricket nation like Bangladesh would put the Bengal tiger front and centre on their logo. It makes sense given there are only 440 of them in the whole country and they are soon to be extinct. Is this what the Bangladesh Cricket Board is trying to tell us? That their cricket team will soon be extinct?

I'm not sure what the white scratches next to the tiger's head are meant to represent. Mountains perhaps? Are there even mountains in Bangladesh? Isn't it just one big flood plain? I really like the classy touch of the Bengali phrase at the top. It says, "No, We are Not East Pakistan Anymore."  

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