Wounded Tiger: A History of Cricket in PakistanTHE WISDEN BOOK OF THE YEAR and THE CROSS SPORTS BOOK AWARDS CRICKET BOOK OF THE YEAR. 'The most complete, best researched, roses-and-thorns history of cricket in Pakistan' Independent 'As good as it's likely to get' Guardian The nation of Pakistan was born out of the trauma of Partition from India in 1947. Its cricket team evolved in the chaotic aftermath. Initially unrecognised, underfunded and weak, Pakistan's team grew to become a major force in world cricket. Since the early days of the Raj, cricket has been entwined with national identity and Pakistan's successes helped to define its status in the world. Defiant in defence, irresistible in attack, players such as A.H.Kardar, Fazal Mahmood, Wasim Akram and Imran Khan awed their contemporaries and inspired their successors. The story of Pakistan cricket is filled with triumph and tragedy. In recent years, it has been threatened by the same problems affecting Pakistan itself: fallout from the 'war on terror', sectarian violence, corruption, crises in health and education, and a shortage of effective leaders. For twenty years, Pakistan cricket has been stained by the scandalous behaviour of the players involved in match-fixing. After 2009, the fear of violence drove Pakistan's international cricket into exile. But Peter Oborne's narrative is also full of hope. For all its troubles, cricket gives all Pakistanis a chance to excel and express themselves, a sense of identity and a cause for pride in their country. Packed with first-hand recollections, and digging deep into political, social and cultural history, Wounded Tiger is a major study of sport and nationhood. |
Contents
Author Note | iv |
Maps Preface | vii |
THE AGE OF KARDAR 194775 | xiv |
Founding Fathers | xv |
A FamousVictory at Karachi 3 Cricket before Partition | xlvi |
The Ground by the Goomti River | lxxvi |
Triumph at The Oval | lxxxvi |
The Curse of MatchFixing | cccxxviii |
The Growth of Pakistan Cricket | ccclv |
Development of Womens Cricket in Pakistan | ccclxxv |
The Financial Revolution | cccxc |
Last Years ofPeace | cdiii |
Cricket in Exile | cdxiii |
Horror in Lahore | cdxxiii |
MisbahulHaq and the Future | cdxxxii |
India in Pakistan 195455 | ci |
The Lost Decade | clv |
The Shakoor Rana Incident | ccxc |
Cornered Tigers | ccci |
THE AGE OF EXPANSION 19922000 | cccviii |
Cricket in theShadows ofWar 12 Kardars Apotheosis | 11 |
Pakistan ConfrontstheWorld 14 A FalseStart withJaved Miandad | 13 |
Imran and the Revolution in 16 Return of the Khan World Cricket | 15 |
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