NOTES

INTRODUCTION

1.

Marsden, Magnus, Living Islam: Muslim Religious Experience in Pakistan’s North-West Frontier (Cambridge University Press, 2005); Jalal, Ayesha, ‘The Sole Spokesman: Jinnah, the Muslim League and the Demand for Pakistan’, Cambridge South Asian Studies, Cambridge University Press, reprint edition (28 April 1994); Khan, Naveeda (ed.), Crisis and Beyond (Critical Asian Studies) (Routledge India; 1st edition 2010); Shaikh, Farzana, Making Sense of Pakistan (C. Hurst & Co. Publishers Ltd, 2009); Lieven, Anatol, Pakistan: A Hard Country (Allen Lane, 2011); Secularizing Islamists?: Jama’at-e-Islami and Jama’at-ud-Da’wa in Urban Pakistan (South Asia Across the Disciplines) (University of Chicago Press, 2011).

2.

Hamid, Mohsin, Moth Smoke (Penguin, 2011); Mueenuddin, Daniyal, In Other Rooms, Other Wonders (Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2010); Hanif, Mohammad, A Case of Exploding Mangoes (Vintage, 2009); Shamsie, Kamila, In the City by the Sea (Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, new edition, 2004).

3.

James, Cyril Lionel Robert, Beyond A Boundary (Yellow Jersey, new edition edition, 2005).

4.

Major, John, More Than a Game (London: Harper Collins, 2007), p.7.

CHAPTER 1   CRICKET’S ROLE IN THE BIRTH OF PAKISTAN

1.

It is suggested that polo was derived from the mountain sport of buzhkashi, played by the tribal people living in the high mountain ranges of central Asia. Buzhkashi comprises two teams of horsemen who wrestle on horseback to snatch the prize of a goat or calf carcass. There are practically no rules to the game, but it is still played in the Karakorum ranges in the north of Pakistan.

2.

Gymkhana is the Indian equivalent of a sports and social club.

3.

Jalal, Ayesha, The Sole Spokesman (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985).

4.

Mahatma Gandhi as quoted in Shashi Tharoor & Shaharyar Khan, Shadows Across the Playing Field (New Delhi: Rolli Books, 2009), p.100.

5.

Ibid, p.152.

CHAPTER 2   THE CALL

1.

Muhajirs are Urdu-speaking people from India who crossed over to Pakistan at Partition.

2.

A hilltop village on the Kashmir Line of Control that was occupied by ‘freedom fighters’ supported by the Pakistan army. The incursion led to a violent skirmish between India and Pakistan.

3.

Now named Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

4.

Khan, Shaharyar M., Cricket – A Bridge of Peace (Karachi: Oxford Unversity Press, 2005).

5.

Saeed Anwar, a computer science graduate, was the only graduate of the 1999 Pakistan team that I managed. He was briefly appointed stop-gap captain.

CHAPTER 3   INDIA’S PATH-BREAKING TOUR OF PAKISTAN – MARCH/APRIL 2004

1.

Mr. Jinnah’s speech to the Pakistan Constituent Assembly on 11 August, 1947.

2.

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation.

3.

MQM – Muttahida Quomi Mahaz – is a political party with an electoral base of Muhajirs living in Karachi and urban Sindh.

4.

Until the record was broken by Australia and South Africa in the fifth ODI played in March 2006 at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg. Australia scored 434 for four. South Africa replied with 438 to win by one wicket with one ball to spare.

CHAPTER 4   WOOLMER ENTERS THE FRAY

1.

Described in greater detail in my book Cricket − A Bridge of Peace (Karachi: Oxford Unversity Press, 2005).

CHAPTER 5   URGENT ISSUES FACING THE PAKISTAN CRICKET BOARD

1.

He later became Cabinet Minister for Privatization.

2.

Subhan Ahmed was appointed the PCB’s Chief Operating Officer in December 2010.

3.

The Dutch Banking chain.

CHAPTER 8   THE CONTROVERSIAL FACE OF PAKISTAN CRICKET

1.

Khan, Imran, All Round View (London: Chatto and Windus, 1988), p.195.

2.

Ugra, Sharda, ‘What makes sportsmen go corrupt?’, 14 November 2010. Available at: http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/486782.html. Accessed 28 November 2010.

3.

After the March hearing the Court decided to schedule the next hearing in October 2011.

4.

International Cricket Council (ICC) v. Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir. Determination (Redacted by the ICC Prior to Publication), p.12.

5.

International Cricket Council (ICC) v. Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir. Determination (Redacted by the ICC Prior to Publication), p.80.

CHAPTER 9   THE REASONS FOR PAKISTAN’S CONTROVERSIAL IMAGE

1.

Ugra, Sharda, ‘What makes sportsmen go corrupt?’, 14 November 2010. Available at: http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/486782.html. Accessed 28 November 2010.

2.

Excluding stand-in captains.

3.

Ugra, Sharda, ‘What makes sportsmen go corrupt?’, 14 November 2010. Available at: http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/486782.html. Accessed 28 November 2010.

4.

Rudi, V., ‘Would a code of honour help?’, 14 November 2010. Available at: http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/486861.html. Accessed 28 November 2010.

CHAPTER 10   2006 – THE FATEFUL YEAR

1.

The match was originally awarded to England. This result was amended to an abandonment by the ICC in July 2008, although the change was disputed by the MCC, the custodians of the Laws of Cricket. In January 2009 the ICC voted to reverse their earlier decision and allow the original award of the Test to England to stand.

CHAPTER 11   THE OVAL TEST AND ITS AFTERMATH

1.

The Sunday Times, 21 August 2006.

2.

Daily Mail, 21 August 2006.

3.

Full text on ICC Code of Conduct hearing involving Inzamam-ul Haq (ICC Media Release, London, 28 September 2006).

CHAPTER 12   CONCLUSIONS

1.

These events are described in detail in my book Cricket – A Bridge of Peace (Karachi: Oxford Unversity Press, 2005).