When Pakistan’s Former Woman Cricketer Showed Her 'Heels' To A Sports Reporter

Former Pakistani cricketer-turned-commentator Marina Iqbal’s heels became the centre of controversy when sports reporter of Lahore Qadir Khwaja tried to target her during Pakistan’s National T20 Cup.

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New Delhi: Former Pakistani cricketer-turned-commentator Marina Iqbal’s heels became the centre of controversy when sports reporter of Lahore Qadir Khwaja tried to target her during Pakistan’s National T20 Cup. However, Iqbal could easily make him quiet and also added a bit of advice for him. Khwaja had posted pictures of Marina Iqbal from a pre-match chat show where she could be seen wearing heels while sitting on a chair, though in another picture where she is standing on the pitch her feet are not visible leaving Khwaja resort to conjecture. “Is it legal to roam around on the pitch wearing heels. Need opinions,” Khwaja wrote in Urdu on his twitter handle. Marina Iqbal who found that out while she was doing expert commentary on TV during the National T20 Cup, then posted a full picture of herself on the pitch with flats on her feet clearly visible. She wrote on Twitter: “Half knowledge can be dangerous Qadir. It’s flats on pitch and heels in pre match. I am a former Pakistan player, I know the protocols,” said 33-year-old Marina, who has played 36 One-day Internationals and 42 T20 Internationals.

کیا پچ پر ہیل والی جوتی پہن کر ٹہلنا قانونی ہے؟؟؟ رائے چاہیے@sohailimrangeo @anussaeed1 @Shoaib_Jatt @hashmi_shahid @MarinaMI_24 @NT20Cup @TheRealPCB #NationalT20Cup #NT20CUP pic.twitter.com/2dF7Jug5SK

— Qadir Khawaja (@iamqadirkhawaja) October 5, 2020

Khwaja who was left struggling for words then after could only say, “Thanks for the clarification”. National T20 Cup a men's professional Twenty20 cricket league in Pakistan, established in 2005.