2.5.17
The Peshawari Cricketers of Al Hamra
Every evening, after the Maghrib sunset prayer (صلاة المغرب), Pakistani migrant workers from Peshawar meet to play cricket on wasteland in Al Hamra, Riyadh.
Flanked by malls and motorways, they bowl gaffer-taped cricket balls along a linoleum crease at wickets made of breeze blocks.
They play play till the light is gone. Saudis look on, bemused.
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