Street cricket: A man’s domain no more

A girl catches the ball while fielding during a street cricket match on a street in Nazimabad No 4. The street is dominated by girls playing different sports. PHOTO: AYSHA SALEEM/EXPRESS

Karachi: her heart to increase the pace of it is about to bowl the last ball of the over, she runs up and swings her arm and releases the ball. She said she felt a rush of adrenaline because it appeals to, 'Howzat "to rule the youth.
Haniah, a student in the second year, is very fond of cricket. They play cricket street with other girls in a street in Hyderabad Regulation No. 4. It is also part of the cricket team have a college.
On the surface, the street is just like any other street in Karachi, but closer inspection reveals that it is the girls that controls it. Girls of all ages and watching them play different sports on a regular basis.
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"Prior to this street, I used to play inside our house. He said Hannah hope to become part of the national team one day."
Rose said Shamim, a teenager who is playing in the street these girls, watching them playing in the street, are fond of playing whatever sport you can think of. And Shamim considering playing cricket professionally, ever since the women's team defeated the Pakistani cricket Indian team during the match T-20 Cricket World Cup.
"We had a lavish ceremony after the women's team win." She said as long as I can get support from home, I would want to play professionally as well, and flee to regain its place on the small gate.
Unsurprisingly, in the interests of the vast majority of young girls lie in the beating. "Bowling is boring. The one who is eight years old, Mehmil who cheered after every strike no one wants to do it."
The watchful eye
Shamim Kanwal, a mother of three girls who was lurking around watching the children play, and after a quick chat with a neighbor now and then, he noticed that the street is completely safe.
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"Even when we ordered the removal of barriers, and kept it by agreeing to keep it open during the day and closed at night so that the street is open for children to play until late in the night," he claimed.
Street unmatched
Girls playing cricket is not just a regular occurrence in this street, but religiously followed with good tournaments until last late midnights.
When asked if the girls are harassed or catcalled during play, he said Shamim something like this happens, with an expression of bewilderment. "I've been living here for a long time, he has served on the street always with the girls playing different sports. So we [mothers] to sit outside to get some fresh air and catch up with each other."
On the street, as well as being a center of Cricket, Basant his own films and performances match its population whenever it feels like it.
"Girls do not really have a platform such as their own gardens and grounds here," said Abd al-Rifai, a street that does his daddy from a local university population. "Why should we stop them? He said we played with them."

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