Cricket In Crisis
***Is Pakistan cricket doomed or will it be able to weather the storm?
Thursday, 19th Feb 2009 | 7:00 pm
Cricket has been Pakistan’s pride and passion. The country has produced players of the caliber of Hanif and Fazal, Imran and Miandad, Wasim and Inzi. It has notched some impressive wins, including a memorable World Cup in 1992 as well as famous Test and ODI victories around the cricketing globe. Yet all that now seems overshadowed by disappointments and controversies - doping scandals, embarrassing defeats, security fears and administrative mismanagement.
Join us for a conversation with cricket analysts Osman Samiuddin and Saad Shafqat to discuss the ongoing crisis and help find a way out of the mess. The discussion will be moderated by Ahmer Naqvi, DawnNews.
About Osman Samiuddin
Osman Samiuddin grew up in Saudi Arabia and completed university education in the UK. He began writing and reporting on cricket in 2002. As Pakistan editor of Cricinfo.com, cricket’s leading international website, he is recognized as the leading Pakistani voice in world cricket media. Osman’s writings have appeared in Wisden, The Wisden Cricketer, The Guardian, and The Wall Street Journal. His book on Pakistan cricket will be published later this year by HarperCollins.
About Saad Shafqat
A neurologist by profession, Saad Shafqat also devotes his energies to cricket writing. His articles have appeared in DAWN, Cricinfo, The Calcutta Times, and The Wisden Cricketer. Saad also co-authored Javed Miandad’s autobiography Cutting Edge, published by Oxford in 2003. His cricket column Reverse Swing appears fortnightly in DAWN Magazine.
Date: Thursday 19th February, 2009
Time: 7:00 pm
Venue: The Second Floor (T2F)