KARACHI: British Deputy High Commissioner Sarah Mooney feels that cricket can play a significant role in bringing people together and understand each other. Mooney, while speaking to Geo News in Karachi during the third Test match between Pakistan and England, said that she is delighted to see England playing in the port city after a long time.

“I was there for the first T20 in the National Stadium. I'm here for this final Test. It's been brilliant to have the English cricket team here. We've had great relationships with the Pakistan Cricket Board and the ECB. It's really worked. It's worked for cricket. It's worked for Pakistan. It's worked for the UK and our bilateral relationship as well,” she added.

Commenting on England's earlier arrival to play T20I matches in Pakistan, the deputy high commissioner said: “When they first came, the floods were very much in people's minds. And I'm really impressed by the way the ECB, the players and the PCB, have worked together to try and help the victims of the floods, as well. I think it's great. It's great for all of us." Mooney said that there have been some outstanding Pakistan players across all the formats. “I was sad to see Rizwan go, I was hoping that he could pull out some of the forms that he's been showing in the T20s. But you know, he's a young man, so next time,” she said. When asked if cricket can be a confidence-building measure to bring people together, the UK diplomat agreed and hoped that the message and love which the visitors from England have received here will spread

Published in The Daily National Courier, December, 20 2022

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