Oborne, however, feels that Pakistan founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah, unlike most of his successors, had little interest in cricket, though he probably played it while at school in the Sindh Madrasa in Karachi.

According to the author, cricket writing about Pakistan has sometimes fallen into the wrong hands and has been carried out by people who do not like Pakistan, are suspicious of Pakistanis and have their own preconceptions. 

“English journalists have tended to follow suit, with the result that Pakistan cricketers emerge as caricatures: Javed Miandad as a hooligan; Imran Khan as a princely scion in the tradition of Ranji; A H Kardar as a fanatic. None of these crude images bear much connection with reality.”