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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49466)	11/25/2005 10:25:59 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

Subject: Cric ...ala Faisalabad! It is less a celebration of the cricket ("A game of fluctuating fortunes and glorious uncertainties" as one contributor puts it), and more a once-in-a-lifetime chance for those faceless armies of administrators to emerge like butterflies into the limelight. No fewer than 20 of the 58 available pages are dedicated to those men who make the city tick, including 11 full pages of colour photos. The teams, meanwhile, are afforded a grand total of four. There's a 25-man organising committee. There's a reception sub-committee. A stadium renovation sub-committee. A law & order sub-committee. A technical sub-committee. A ground sub-committee. A medical sub-committee. A finance sub-committee. A liaison sub-committee. A media sub-committee. A brochure sub-committee. And a 25-man co-ordination sub-committee. Which is presumably there to co-ordinate the sub-committees. But it's not all about lists and mugshots. There's a useful section on fielding positions ("an often neglected part of the game"), 15 important questions for an umpire ("What are the necessary qualifications of an umpire?" Answer: "Counters, pencil and paper, MCC laws book, balls, bails and bowler's mark drying material"), a trawl through the places of historical interest in and around Faisalabad, and two blank pages for those all-important autographs. Of the sub-committees, naturally. content-pak.cricinfo.com