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Cricket should celebrate Pakistan win

Pakistan's ICC Twenty20 World Cup victory is the first step on the slow process of welcoming the country back to the international fold.

The unifying nature of sport is often overstated, but there can be little doubt that Pakistan’s victory in the ICC Twenty20 World Cup will bring a fragmented nation together, at least for a few hours.

Thousands watched the game on giant screens in Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad and Multan, including Mohammad Khalil, the coach driver whose quick thinking saved the Sri Lankan players and officials after the March terror attack at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.

"We desperately needed this victory because there's so much happening around our country," Khalil told the Express News television.

Though no-one expects peace to break out in the troubled nation by virtue of the win, it will help the path of normalisation for Pakistani cricket. Teams were avoiding Pakistan even before the March terror attacks, but their status as world Twenty20 champions will help improve their box office on the international stage.

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