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Faras Ghani, 26 years old, born and bred in Karachi, a resident of London and Manchester at times and currently pursuing a journalism career in London.

My interests lie in football, cricket, bird-watching, photography, eating, sleeping, random theories and coming up with crazy ideas.

I can be found on msn (yung_foo0), on facebook, on twitter, on blogspot or by plain email (farasghani[at]yahoo.com)

Yousuf on top of the world

Mohammad Yousuf broke Viv Richards’ thrity-year-old record of the most number of test runs in a calendar year by striking an unbeaten 52 this morning. yousuf

Yousuf has already broken the record of scoring the most number of centuries in a calendar year by scoring 102 in the first innings. He has so far struck 1716 runs in the 11 tests played this year. Viv Richards scored 1710 runs the same number of test matches 30 years ago.

Pakistan started the day on 134 for the loss of two wickets with a total lead of 178. Playing cautiously, with perhaps the record at the back of his mind, Yousuf failed to time the ball properly or find gaps earlier on in the day. However, the ones that did find the middle raced over the quicker-than-usual outfield and into the boundary.

A higher than normal crowd, including school children arriving in packed buses, had come to the stadium to cheer on Mohammad Yousuf in his record-breaking innings. Every delivery and every shot played by Yousuf was cheered loudly by an energetic crowd thus adding to Yousuf’s blatant nervousness of the task he had on hand.

Hafeez, not out on 57 overnight, remained anonymous throughout the morning session because of Yousuf even though he played some exquisite drives, both on and off, on his way to an unbeaten 77.

With Yousuf breaking the record, Pakistan had moved on to 205 without losing any further wickets this morning. The total lead now stands at 249 with five sessions and a deteriorating pitch in front of us.

© Faras Ghani 2006-2008. Published in The Star Nov 30, 2006

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life as a journo

I started writing at the age of 15 - much later than few I know involved in the field of journalism - as a contributor to an e-newsletter. I wasn't very good at it but kept pursuing it, so much so that I was forced to change career paths; landing into print journalism from computer science.

I have written on topics ranging from sports, politics and news to IT, fashion, entertainment and the world of pharmacy.

Landing free concert passes, chance to interview celebs and sports personalities and travelling around the globe on company expense, I am in love with the world of journalism.

Click here to view some of my contribution and payback, to this world.

my travelling experience

Pakistan - Karachi, Thatta, Islamabad, Pindi, Lahore, Peshawar, Gilgit, Murree, Faisalabad, Hyderabad, Multan
England - London, Manchester, Birmingham, Southampton, Portsmouth, Oxford, Salisbury, Coventry, Warwick, Sutton, Winchester, Liverpool, Bradford, Preston, Wigan, Suffolk, Stockport, Bolton, Bath, Brighton, Horsham
Wales - Cardiff
Scotland - Edinburgh, Glasgow
Ireland - Dublin
France - Paris
Spain - Reus, Barcelona
Turkey - Istanbul
USA - New York, Philadelphia, Lancaster, Swarthmore, Chicago, St Louis, Columbia, San Diego, OC, LA, Las Vegas, Washington DC
UAE - Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah

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the interest in photography

An interest in photography developed randomly and grew into a hobby that I started dedicating more than a few minutes to.

Covering cricket matches, fashion
shows, music concerts and randomly walking around with a camera, I have taken, and edited, a few photos that I like.

As before, comments welcome and appreciated.

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publications and employers

England
The Sun, Cricinfo, Asian News, Asian Woman, IWTV, Student Direct, LiverFM, ALL FM, City Life, Sensazn, AMG, Cricket Bloggers

Pakistan
Cricinfo, Dawn, Spider, Images, Dawn Magazine, Books & Authors, Sci-tech world, Star, Newsline, Herald, Xpoze, The News, getIT.pk, The Review, Right Solution

Also, IBM, Financial Times, Superdrug, Woolworth's, Ultima Thule, Exxon Mobil, GSK, Big Picture, Gekko, Frontline Focus, Barclaycard, 3G Hutchsion, JD Sports and many more.

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