Popular Use
Every youth of Pakistan gets introduced to tape ball cricket very early on. Every town, city, and village has tape ball leagues (especially during the month of Ramadan). Export of this idea from Pakistanis who settled in the west has led to its popularity throughout UK, USA, and Canada. The tape ball has gained popularity in England, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the West Indies, but remains most popular and widely used in Pakistan and Bangladesh, and, to a lesser extent, in India and Sri Lanka. Generations of professional and amateur Pakistani cricket players since the 1980s have been raised playing tape-ball cricket in their neighborhood streets and grounds. Professional cricketers such as Saeed Anwar, Rashid Latif, Asif Mujtaba, Moin Khan and Basit Ali enjoy the medium and play regularly. Extensive enthusiasm for the medium has led to the institutionalization of the tape ball in Pakistani cricket.
Tape balls are extensively decorated in different colors, and different kinds of electrical tapes and fibers are used to maximize their advantages.
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