Pssst: Remembering a hero in the field

By Chloe Saltau
Updated November 1 2014 - 9:08pm, first published 7:32pm
Sammy speaks: Sammy Sumbal, aged 8, son of Fayyaz Sumbal, a Pakistani police officer killed in a suicide bombing in 2013, thanks the crowd after the charity cricket game.  Photo: Supplied
Sammy speaks: Sammy Sumbal, aged 8, son of Fayyaz Sumbal, a Pakistani police officer killed in a suicide bombing in 2013, thanks the crowd after the charity cricket game. Photo: Supplied
Sammy speaks: Sammy Sumbal, aged 8, son of Fayyaz Sumbal, a Pakistani police officer killed in a suicide bombing in 2013, thanks the crowd after the charity cricket game.  Photo: Supplied
Sammy speaks: Sammy Sumbal, aged 8, son of Fayyaz Sumbal, a Pakistani police officer killed in a suicide bombing in 2013, thanks the crowd after the charity cricket game. Photo: Supplied
Former Pakistan quick Shoaib Akhtar with the Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan, Peter Heyward.
 Photo: Supplied
Former Pakistan quick Shoaib Akhtar with the Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan, Peter Heyward. Photo: Supplied
Sammy speaks: Sammy Sumbal, aged 8, son of Fayyaz Sumbal, a Pakistani police officer killed in a suicide bombing in 2013, thanks the crowd after the charity cricket game.  Photo: Supplied
Sammy speaks: Sammy Sumbal, aged 8, son of Fayyaz Sumbal, a Pakistani police officer killed in a suicide bombing in 2013, thanks the crowd after the charity cricket game. Photo: Supplied
Sammy speaks: Sammy Sumbal, aged 8, son of Fayyaz Sumbal, a Pakistani police officer killed in a suicide bombing in 2013, thanks the crowd after the charity cricket game.  Photo: Supplied
Sammy speaks: Sammy Sumbal, aged 8, son of Fayyaz Sumbal, a Pakistani police officer killed in a suicide bombing in 2013, thanks the crowd after the charity cricket game. Photo: Supplied

As the crack of ball on bat echoes around stadiums in the United Arab Emirates, where Pakistan has inflicted all manner of misery on Australia, the Gymkhana Club in Lahore is getting ready to stage a game of cricket that will be every bit as meaningful for the people involved.

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