The Farman Khan show!

2006 Division 1 Champions Pak Gymkhana
Well Done, Guys!!

I had never seen the Pak Gym bowling before and was looking forward to see how good they were. I guess I picked the right day! After Pak Gym struggled to put up a 200 plus total behind a classy captain's knock by Rashid Khan it looked as if Pak Gym was going to struggle in the finals for the second year in a row. But then, someone changed the script and replaced it with the "Farman Khan Show"! Wickets were falling ( and flying) at such speed that it was a struggle for the other bowlers to try and get a souvenir wicket. I think Raheel managed to pick up a couple. From around 30 odd for 8 the last 2 wickets managed to get the Challengers to 70. All I can say is that it was pretty sensational to see a blow out like that. The Challenger batsmen will have to sit down and ask some tough questions to themselves as I'm sure they realize that they just wasted all the hard work their bowlers had done earlier in the day to contain the Pak Gym batting to a very attainable target - mind you, it was a 50 over game . While Farman was just sensational, the rest of the Pak Gym bowling was almost as good - but having said that I was also really surprised to see some of the shot selection that the Challenger batsmen employed to try and get back in - it was almost a relief to see the last wicket fall to signal the end of the misery. Both teams have had a great season, but based on what I saw today, I will say that Pak Gym is one heck of a team and fully deserve to be the champions this year.