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Cricket in the post-Lahore attack era!

Kaleem Omar, writing in Pakistan's The News , presents a satirical take on the state of affairs in Pakistan cricket post-Lahore

Siddhartha Talya
Siddhartha Talya
25-Feb-2013
Kaleem Omar, writing in Pakistan's The News, presents a satirical take on the state of affairs in Pakistan cricket post-Lahore. The scene of action is the country's first international game at home against a visiting Mongolian cricket team.
Lahorites are also over the moon that hundreds of fur-clad Mongolians have travelled all the way from their distant country to watch their team play its first-ever cricket match. The fact that nobody in Mongolia knows anything about the game is another matter. It doesn't bother Lahorites that there are no Michael Holdings or Javed Miandads in the Mongolian team. What has the good people of Lahore dizzy with delight is the enthusiasm being displayed by the Mongolians for the forthcoming match.
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Pakistan Cricket Board officials, however, are worried sick that something might happen to the Mongolian team. That's why they have decided to hold the match in the Lahore Fort, instead of in the Gaddafi Stadium. As a further precautionary measure, the PCB has arranged for the Mongolian team to stay at an undisclosed underground facility. The walls of the secret facility are 10 feet thick and are made of heavily steel-reinforced concrete.

Siddhartha Talya is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo