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"Indians told to save
wickets in AIDS fight"
The
Star (www.thestar.com.my)
(14/07/05)
NEW DELHI: Cricket-mad India is mixing
cricket and humour to promote safe sex and fight AIDS in a bold pilot
campaign warning people to save their “wickets” from “unwanted googlies” and
protect their “stumps”.
India has more than five million HIV/AIDS cases, about the same as the AIDS
capital, South Africa.
In an advertisement yesterday by the National AIDS Control Organisation (Naco)
in a national daily, three wooden wickets are covered by condoms with a
caption reading: “Save your wicket from unwanted googlies of life.”
“Even in your favourite sport, you never know when you'll lose your stumps.
Life is also unpredictable in the same manner. Why take chances?” the
caption said.
In cricket, wickets are also called stumps. A googly is a cricket ball
bowled as if to break one way but actually breaks in the opposite direction
to trick the batsman. — Reuters
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