Why Tapeball is Decolonized Cricket - Episode 86

About this episode

This episode discusses how Tapeball cricket emerged from Karachi in the 80s and its impact on the colonial history of the sport.

An invention from Karachi in the 80s, Tapeball cricket took the colonial history of the sport and ripped it apart. Biryani article featuring Malang: https://fiftytwo.in/story/rice-fat-meat-streets/ Abid Hussain's Tapeball Longform: https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/929545/tape-ball-tales Tapeball image credit: Ali Akbar Naqvi, originally made for PaceisPaceYaar. Follow us on Youtube !

People in this episode

Host: Ahmer Naqvi

Topics covered

• Tapeball cricket
• decolonization
• Karachi
• colonial history
• sports culture

Keywords

• Tapeball
• cricket
• Karachi
• colonial history
• sports
• decolonization
• Biryani
• Abid Hussain

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Biryani, FiftyTwo, The Cricket Monthly, PaceisPaceYaar

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