Imran enters famous ‘Cricketing Divorcees’ Club

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan is now the latest addition to the illustrious membership roll of the International Cricketing Divorcees’ Club, joining cricketers like Sarfraz Nawaz, Muhammad Azharuddin, Vinod Kambli, Wasim Akram, Sohail Tanvir, Zaheer Abbas, Phil Tufnell, Shane Warne, Shoaib Malik and Glenn McGrath etc.
In Shoaib Malik’s case, it was reported that the all-rounder was already married to a girl named Ayesha Siddiqui which Malik denied initially. It was confirmed later that Malik had married Ayesha and after seeking a divorce, the former captain of Pakistan had married Sania. Indian Tennis star Sania, who was earlier engaged to her childhood friend Sohrab Mirza, called off her engagement to marry Malik.
While Divorce is one of the most common topics of dinnertime conversations in conservative nations like Pakistan, a good number of British cricketers like Darren Gough, Graham Thorpe, Mark Butcher and Dominic Cork have also seen their marriages breaking up while on England duty, and most of them had chosen to re-marry.
Most widely-subscribed Cricketing website “ESPN Cricinfo” states: “In England, marital break-up among cricketers has increased steadily, a trend in step with a wider society that has seen the divorce rate treble in a generation.”