THESE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS

Country of Origin:

Pakistan

Batting:

Right-hand Opening/high-order bat

Bowling:

Left-arm slow/medium leg-break

Favorite Feilding Position:

Close-in, Occasional Wicket-keeper

Where did you Start cricket?:

Canal Bank Lahore

Clubs Played for:

St. Anthony's School Lahore, PAF College Sargodha, FC College Lahore, NED University Karachi, helped start Washington State University Cricket Club, Seattle CC, Lake Oswego CC, Founded Star CC and Portland CC. (also played one match for Beaverton CC)

Achievments in NWCL:

Founder of the Northwest Cricket League, President of NWCL from 1995 to 1998, Helped NWCL to be recognized on a national basis. Captian of PCC from 1995 to 1998, and lead PCC to the NWCL Championship in 1996. Was given the award of "Bowler with the highest Strike Rate" in the 1997 season. I probably also have the distinction of playing for the most clubs in the northwest.

Most Memorable NWCL Matches:

First match with Multnomah CC in the 1997-98 season which we won by ONLY one run, despite a very partial and incompetent umpire from Multnomah CC.

Other Most Memorable Matches:

Watching Pakistan thrash England in the Worldcup finals. Also, watching Amir Sohail and Saeed Anwar go at it against India in the last Worldcup.

Favorite Ground in NWCL:

For batting it was John Deere in the 1996-97 season, when the outfield was so fast, you could get 4s on flicks. It has gone bad now. For spin bowling, Pullman has the best track, but a slow outfield.

Best Batsmen in NWCL:

Akhlaq Khatri from Microsoft

Best Bowlers in NWCL:

Naveed Syed from Indo-Pak, Janto from our club

Hardest Bowlers to Face in NWCL:

Max Ali and Tehmosap Khan from Seattle, Arif Maqbool from WSU

Hardest Batsmen to Bowl to:

Mark Demos from Seattle (the guy will punish any bad ball, and even good balls; destroyer of all bowling analyses)

Other Favorite Batsmen:

Saeed Anwar, Kepler Wessels

Other Favorite Bowlers:

Waqar Yunus, Wasim Akram

Favorite Atheletes (any sport):

Michael Holding & Imran Khan (it was a treat to watch them bowl, poetry in action)

Favorite Actors:

Robin Williams (also the favorite comedian)

Favorite Actoresses:

Connie Booth

Favorite Music:

Pet Shop Boys, Nusrat Fateh Ali, Junoon, Gypsy Kings, Natalie Merchant (for her looks mainly)

Favorite Movies:

Pulp Fiction, Life of Brain, Primal Fear, The Crucible, After the Promise, Aik Bar Phir

Favorite Books:

Damien (Hesse), Catcher in the Rye (Salinger), Love in the time of Cholera (Marquez), Mother Night (Vonnegut)

Favorite Authors:

Rajendir Singh Bedi, Putrus Bukhari, J.P. Dunleavy, Nabokov, Camus

Favorite Poets:

Munir Niazi, Bulle Shah, Bari Nizami, Ibne-Insha

Favorite Places Visited:

Lahore, Karachi, Pullman (because all three are like home to me), Banff (Alberta), Paris, Seattle, and London (in that order)

Favorite Drinks:

Fresh squeezed orange juice and sugar-cane juice

Favorite Food:

Traditional breakfast and Chikkar chole, both from Lakshmi Chowk, Lahore

How we can improve cricket in the Northwest?:

We need to develop cricket at the grass-roots level, by coaching youth (much on the lines of soccer). We also need to tap into the ever growing supply of cricketers in the northwest (fueled by the growth in this area). We definitely need to cooperate with each other to find more grounds to play on. And lastly, we need to make sure that people who are in here for reasons other than cricket, and who wish to bring their country club mentality in here, should stay out of it.

Dislikes:

Mostly things I do not like

Likes:

It is stuff that I like

Personal Quote:

A pat on the back is just 12 inches higher than a kick in the pants, but is twice as more effective.