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By Will 3 years ago, at the end of October Leave a comment on this post

Much as Gideon Haigh’s Ashes diary was such a success in the summer for Cricinfo, Andrew Miller is doing the same and it promises to be equally as entertaining, or perhaps more so considering I know and work with him at Cricinfo Towers. It’ll be linked to on the homepage at Cricinfo, midway down under Regulars. His latest entry is here, which includes this gem:

On neither occasion, however, was there the slightest altercation between the concerned parties. It struck me that road rage is a curiously Anglo-Saxon phenomenon, borne of an over-reliance on rules and an unwillingness to accept responsibility for your actions. Here, you embark on a journey on a wing and a prayer, and keep your wits about you, lest others whip them away for you. As my airline pilot might have put it: “In’shallah”.

I’ve yet to go to Pakistan or India - I’m absolutely dying to go - so do keep your eye on his diary over the next few weeks for some..interesting insights among other stuff.

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Comments to “Pakistan tour diary” Zainub wrote:
October 29th, 2005 at 7.25 pm

Andrew Miller is my favorite person at Cricinfo.
I love the concept of tour diaries, and whenever anyone writes them at Cricinfo I make sure I read, if I’m not wrong, the last one was from Peter English, for the Super Series.

A thing or two about after shocks, seems like unless you’re awake, or have just gone to sleep, you don’t feel them, because they’re generally all less then 5.0 magnitude.

They’ve been coming down here in Karachi as well, especially towards the coastal area, where I am. At least 2 of them were documented by the media, for one of those I wasn’t home, but the other I did experience.

It came on October 12th, at 12:28 in the night, just two days after the big one. I was using my laptop, sitting in the exact same position as I am now, replying to a post on the KP factor, right here on the CoU when it struck. It was like some one was shaking the table, the chair, even the floor as I stood up in shock. But it finished in about 4 seconds, the Oct 8 one lasted on for well over a minute.

It was later measured to be 4.0 on the Richter scale, but it felt like a lot more, my family members who were asleep, were all to told wake up and we spent the next two hours out side our house, I didn’t sleep at all until 6 in the morning. All tall apartment building were in our locality were temporarily evacuated and their residents gathered in the grounds outside.

It was the most terrifying feeling ever, perhaps part of the way everyone reacted could simply have been down to the fact that it was just 2 days after the big one, now, after almost 3 weeks and 400 plus after shocks later, people have adjusted. And they have subsequently weakened in intensity, so fewer and fewer people notice them.

Will wrote:
October 29th, 2005 at 7.56 pm

Yes, I imagine it was terrifying. I can’t really imagine. There was a very minor quake in Birmingham, I think it was, a year or two ago. I’m 100+ miles from it, but even we felt it - my wardrobe (there’s not much in it other than empty coathangers, all of which rattled) shook, as did my bed..then my mobile went beserk with mates ringing “did you f***** feel that!?” All very amusing but, living in the UK, we’re very lucky to not be in danger of more serious earthquakes. Thanks for your comment Zainub.

Zainub wrote:
October 29th, 2005 at 9.13 pm

You’re welcome, Will.

Karachi’s not exactly in the bigger threat zone in this country, that’s mostly the northern areas. We’re in zone 3, much of Quetta , parts of NWFP and Azad Kashimir is in 4, most of the rest of the country is in 2.

Khurram Mir wrote:
November 6th, 2005 at 10.47 am

Hello,
I love andrew miller’s writing.his sarcasm and nice , calm and serene writing makes it wonderful to read. Currently he is in Lahore and i would love to meet him.Can i have his email address where i can contact him? I know it looks lame but anyways.. there is no harm in trying to find someone whom you appreciate.

Will wrote:
November 6th, 2005 at 7.19 pm

Zainub and co. in the future, do not post anyone’s email address on here, especially if you haven’t sought consent from the person. If it’s someone you know, or your own address - fine. But not a private address such as Andrew’s.

Khurram Mir wrote:
November 6th, 2005 at 7.23 pm

i agree with Will. I think he has a valid point. I appologize for asking it over here.

Zainub wrote:
November 6th, 2005 at 7.26 pm

Opps, sorry. Should have realised that!

Khurram Mir wrote:
November 6th, 2005 at 7.29 pm

atleast remove the addy now zainub:P

Khurram Mir wrote:
November 6th, 2005 at 7.30 pm

oh it has been..sorry:P

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