Pakistani bats
WE recently hosted an Australian professor who was visiting Karachi for a medical research project. Among other things, we offered to take him shopping for carpets and handicraft, but he said his shopping list was rather different.
His son plays cricket for a district team in the state of Victoria, and the father had been asked to bring back a Pakistani bat. We went to a well-known sports shop in Clifton where we received excellent service.
The professor had been instructed by his son to buy the ‘MB Sher’ bat used by Shahid Afridi, which was duly purchased.
He also examined several other bats and finally selected a CA model called ‘Inzi Gold’. It’s not the bat used by Inzamam, but it carries his name and that was apparently good enough.
“All the kids want to bat like Afridi and Inzi,” said our Australian guest, delighted with his purchases. His Pakistani hosts couldn’t help feeling proud.
SAAD SHAFQAT
Karachi
good one.