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Prime Minister Imran Khan

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Engle

State Vice-Captain
Has any cricketer attained a higher position post-retirement ?

Where many, myself included, thought he had absolutely no chance of winning the leadership of a country - he continues to confound the critics. :shocking:

Time will tell how well he does, but his place in history is secure. The 1st Test cricketer who represented their country substantially to be elected PM

Thoughts ?
 
fredfertang

fredfertang

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Will he tell the military what to do or will it be the other way round?

If the former he genuinely could make the world a better place, but I suspect there's as much chance of that as there is of Fulham winning the Premier League next season
 
trundler

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fredfertang said:
Will he tell the military what to do or will it be the other way round?

If the former he genuinely could make the world a better place, but I suspect there's as much chance of that as there is of Fulham winning the Premier League next season
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Well the military succeeded in getting him to the forefront over less preferred candidates but I doubt he'll allow them to dumpy run over him. After all, their previous horse (Nawaz) too had a falling out. It remains to be seen.
 
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Bolo

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Imran made some statement about wanting to get cricket going between Pak and India. How realistic is this?
 
trundler

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Currently, not very. Cricket has been used as a diplomatic tool before though. Bilateral relations would have to resumed and the Army stands in the way of that.
 
ankitj

ankitj

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Engle said:
Has any cricketer attained a higher position post-retirement ?

Where many, myself included, thought he had absolutely no chance of winning the leadership of a country - he continues to confound the critics. :shocking:

Time will tell how well he does, but his place in history is secure. The 1st Test cricketer who represented their country substantially to be elected PM

Thoughts ?
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That's putting it very mildly.
 
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Mr Miyagi

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I'm sure there are much better examples overseas, but this guy had an unlucky test career, and a fantastic business career.

Greg Loveridge | New Zealand Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPNcricinfo

He got selected for a test. Got injured when batting on his 21st birthday and never bowled a ball. His FC career wasn't going anywhere, but his cricket skills presumably helped to get him into Cambridge university. And then Sir Bob Jones took him under his wing.

Portfolio | Robt. Jones Holdings Limited

In 2017 at 42 years of age, he was already worth conservatively 90m and buying the next door neighbors houses to extend his dream home. https://www.nbr.co.nz/wealth-order-3

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/mo...-bay-properties-for-extravagant-super-mansion

He's well in line to take over from Bob I imagine and just get even wealthier and eventually a knighthood (Gulfstream salesmen probably make them part of the package of buying your own plane or something).

So he is presumably well on his way to having Phil Edmonds beat: https://www.therichest.com/celebnetworth/athletes/cricketer/phil-edmonds-net-worth/
 
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