Let the girls play
For women, cricketing journey is the other way round. One grass-roots tournament now seeks to fix that
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KARACHI:
In the corner of every city across Pakistan, you will often observe group of people, young and old, mostly men, playing cricket on the streets. In the middle of a residential street, with a wicket set up in the middle, often inconveniencing cars driving by, there will be a batsman, a baller, fielders all enthusiastically enjoying one of the country’s favourite pastime. You will even see some observers, either neighbours or the staff members of the members, maybe even construction labourers taking a break from their work, sitting and enjoying and passing commentary on the ongoing game. This most famous type of cricket in the country is called tape ball.