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The Unquiet Ones: A History of Pakistan Cricket (English) (Hardcover)
By: Osman Samiuddin
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ISBN: 9789350298015 Publisher: HARPER COLLINS INDIA
Year of publishing: 2015 Format: Hardcover
No of Pages: 526 Language: English
The definitive history of a cricket team the world loves to watch but is at a loss to explain. The story of Pakistan cricket is dramatic, tortured, heroic and tumultuous. From a beginning with nothing...Read more
The definitive history of a cricket team the world loves to watch but is at a loss to explain. The story of Pakistan cricket is dramatic, tortured, heroic and tumultuous. From a beginning with nothing after the Partition of 1947 to the jubilation of its victory against England at the Oval in 1954; from earning its Test status and competing with the best to sealing a golden age by winning the World Cup in 1992; from its magic in Sharjah to an era-defining low in the new millennium: Pakistan's cricketing fortunes have never ceased to thrill. This book is the story of those fortunes and how, in the process, the game transformed from an urban, exclusive sport into a glue uniting millions in a vast, disparate country. Osman Samiuddin captures the jazba of the men who played for Pakistan, celebrates their headiest moments and many upheavals, and brings to life some of their most famous--and infamous--contests, tours and moments. Ambitious, spirited and often heartbreaking, The Unquiet Ones is a comprehensive portrait of not just a Pakistani sport, but a national majboori, a compulsion whose outcome can surprise and shock, and can become the barometer of everyday life in Pakistan, tailing its ups and downs, its moods and character.
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