Cricket World Cup – Blind – 2006
The 3rd World Cup Blind Cricket Tournament inaugrates in a colourful ceremony at the National Library Auditorium Islamabad on Sunday.
Three matches will be played today (Monday) at different venues in Islamabad. The members and officials of seven teams Pakistan, England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, West Indies, India and Australia participated in the opening ceremony.
Venues for the tournament can be seen from here
The matches will start at 9:00 am and each innings will consist of 40 overs, the lunch break will be taken at 12:30 and the matches will finish at 4:00 pm.
Hmmm … :)
Well sadly rain turned the tables and now WCup is scheduled for 7th Decemeber …
…”inaugrates” in a “colourful ceremony”… for “the 3rd World Cup Blind Cricket Tournament”…
Good idea, yeh lets have the blind play Viva Piñata.
Thats fine, play cricket, be involved in sports… but shownig dance to a team of blind players? THEY ARE BLINDDDDD!!!
Sa’ad apart from what Phil said … This is Pakistan … we care much for the VVIP guests coming in rather the players … Hopefully players enjoyed too … :)
They are not 100% blind… its a degree of blindness that render’s a person’s vision useless for practical work. They still have 2% o 3% vision in broad daylight and are helped by sound. Plus, I think, this opening show was meant more for the sponsors and patrons to the tournament rather than the children themselves.
Lastly, Forza Pakistan! :D Good luck to all the participants :)