Cricket is BIG in Pakistan
People in Pakistan are crazy about Cricket. Although hockey is Pakistan�s national game but people are more into cricket. It doesn�t matter if someone is a kid, young boy or an old man; he is crazy follower of cricket. The spirits increase a lot when Pakistan is playing against their arch rivals India. People are also very emotional on win and lose of cricket team.
Pakistan has won only one cricket world cup in 1992 and was runner up in 1999 world cup. The Pakistan cricket team is considered one of the best and unpredictable cricket team in the world.
Hockey is also popular but not as much as cricket. It was very popular in 60s and 70s but after the worse performance by the team, people forgot about it and got into cricket.
Pakistan also has a football team but it is always struggling in international level. Pakistan also appears in Tennis, Badminton, Squash, Volleyball, Snooker, Swimming etc.
Ordinary people also play cricket and every public ground is jam packed by young people playing cricket on weekends. Amateurs mostly play cricket with a taped tennis ball which is great alternative of hard ball used in cricket. There are many cricket clubs too where professional cricketers play and try to find their way to national team.
Pakistan always participates in Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games and Asian Games but sadly none of them has cricket that�s why these aren�t very popular in Pakistan.