"Six years. A small speck in the history of cricket. But ask those who have been deprived of queueing outside the stadiums, of cheering out loud the moment they caught glimpse of their cricketing superheroes, of going manic in the stands as they saw Umar Akmal's shot fly towards them, of all the dancing as their fast bowler sent a stump cartwheeling, of feeling anxious every time Misbah blocked, of the banter with the security guards, of missing the careers of a generation of young cricketers, of being appreciative yet grimacing at an opposition batsman hitting your leading spinner for a six, of running for that ice-cream but missing an Afridi celebration. For all those who complain about the glut of cricket, for a moment think of the plight of a Pakistani fan. Lahore, despite the excessive security, is a city of joy and it gives me great pleasure to say that we are live." Cricinfo's commentator
