A history of blind cricket - in pictures

  • A player from Australia attempts a shot during a match of blind cricket. Photo: George Abraham
    A player from Australia attempts a shot during a match of blind cricket. Photo: George Abraham
  • The South African team won the first World Cup Cricket for the Blind, held in November 1998. Photo: George Abraham
    The South African team won the first World Cup Cricket for the Blind, held in November 1998. Photo: George Abraham
  • Former Indian president KR Narayanan poses alongside the victorious South Africa team. Photo: George Abraham
    Former Indian president KR Narayanan poses alongside the victorious South Africa team. Photo: George Abraham
  • Manvendra Singh Patwal played as a batsman and wicket keeper for the Indian team at the first blind cricket world cup. Photo: Manvendra Singh Patwal
    Manvendra Singh Patwal played as a batsman and wicket keeper for the Indian team at the first blind cricket world cup. Photo: Manvendra Singh Patwal
  • Patwal at an international event with his Indian and Pakistani peers. Photo: Manvendra Singh Patwal
    Patwal at an international event with his Indian and Pakistani peers. Photo: Manvendra Singh Patwal
  • A player from Pakistan waits to hear the swing of the ball during a blind cricket match. Photo: George Abraham
    A player from Pakistan waits to hear the swing of the ball during a blind cricket match. Photo: George Abraham
  • Sri Lanka was part of the original seven countries that committed to sending its team to the first blind cricket world cup. Photo: George Abraham
    Sri Lanka was part of the original seven countries that committed to sending its team to the first blind cricket world cup. Photo: George Abraham
  • The November 1998 press conference on the eve of the inaugural Kanishka World Cup, so named after the hotel that put up the blind players for a subsidised rate. Photo: George Abraham
    The November 1998 press conference on the eve of the inaugural Kanishka World Cup, so named after the hotel that put up the blind players for a subsidised rate. Photo: George Abraham