The Cricketer (Pakistani magazine)
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The Cricketer was a monthly English-language cricket magazine published in Karachi, Pakistan. It was founded in 1972 by Riaz Ahmed Mansuri.[1] The first issue was published in April 1972.[1] The magazine was initially edited by the noted, then-retired Pakistani cricketer Hanif Mohammad, and later by the statistician and cricket historian Gul Hameed Bhatti.[1]
The magazine closed in April 2008 after 36 years of publication.[2] An Urdu version of The Cricketer Pakistan was also launched in March 1979 and shut down in June 2018.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Osman Samiuddin (22 September 2008). "Ode to a magazine". ESPN Sports website. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
- ^ "Pakistan's oldest cricket magazine shuts operation". Zee News Limited. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
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