Ludhiana Gymkhana is gone now; Waris Road no longer hosts cricket; vanished also is the University Ground, where I would climb over the railing and play with my friends Zulfiquar, Shahid and Shahbaz on the days I wasn’t at Ludhiana. Urban sprawl and the elimination of precious green space has more or less annihilated sporting clubs in big cities like Lahore; it is a key reason for their decline
