Ever since I started following the game of cricket, the aspect that has fascinated me the most is the sight of a genuinely quick pacer tearing down his run-up to hurl thunderbolts. I still remember the day I entered a cricket stadium for the very first time — early 2000 — to witness the run-up of the legendary Waqar Younis. Although there was Wasim Akram’s craftsmanship to feast upon as well, it was the swift yet smooth approach of the other 'W’ that mesmerised me the most.
The day Zaka Ashraf, the former chief of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), orchestrated the elections to facilitate his chairmanship for four years, the apprehensions started to in creep and the reason was pretty straightforward. First, he handpicked the Board of Governors (BoG) by leaving out the cricket nurseries like Karachi and Lahore, and then 'obviously’ got elected.
From the moment the News of the World (NoTW) published the spot-fixing story, the cricketing world, it seemed, was taken by storm. A large number of Pakistani cricket fanatics went about expressing soft sentiments for the young Mohammad Aamer and each had their own argument.
