Cooking Balti at Birmingham’s Stoney Lane is not even half the fun as dishing out the Bombay Koyla Karahi on the streets of Karachi’s Hussainabad. Ali studied at Nelson Mandela Primary School, situated adjacent to a huge field lining Stoney Lane that hosts community cricket matches every Sunday. Some teams in fact, are sponsored by the balti restaurants as a way of supporting the game and the youth of Birmingham. Locals at Stoney Lane feel increased security and fear of being approached by bookies have made players apprehensive. Still, the community around Stoney Lane breathes cricket.

Source: Hindustan Times July 04, 2019 18:06 UTC