Staff Report Famous cricket journalist Qamar Ahmed’s much-awaited autobiography – Far more than a game – was launched here the other day. An array of sports stars including former Pakistan Test captain Zaheer Abbas, squash legend Jahangir Khan and other prominent personalities attended the launch which was hosted by Sultan Ali Allana, Chairman HBL at the HBL Tower. Qamar, who has been working as a cricket journalist since 1974, has covered a mammoth 450 Tests and 738 One-day Internationals. A former first-class cricketer who has the honour of captaining Sindh, Qamar is regarded as a doyen of international cricket writers having worked for various international media outlets including BBC, Telegraph, Guardian and the Wisden Almanack. Qamar’s ‘Far more than a game’ is a page-turner as it takes the reader to a fascinating journey through time starting from Qamar’s pre-partition childhood days in India. It follows the evolution of cricket during the last five decades.
