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Cricket played on Pakistan mountainside goes viral in popular video. Shakir Abbasi who captured this amazing clip hopes the popularity of the clip will help to get some cricket facilities built in the region. This is Pakistan's love for cricket - With no proper ground, 32 teams competed in this local cricket tournament in #NakkarMojwal Abbottabad among the mountains - Glimpses from the final - Speaks volume of the love we have for the game of cricket. A video showing cricketers playing on a makeshift mountainside pitch has proved a big hit online The clip, taken by sports journalist Shakir Abbasi, shows the conclusion of a game in Pakistan, with fielders scrabbling to retrieve the ball on steep surfaces either side of a wicket on an old landslide. According to Mr Abbasi, the game on August 7 was the final of an Eid cricket tournament, played between villages in a relatively remote region of Abbottabad district after people returned to their native areas for the holiday.

As crazy as it gets - This is Pakistan - With no proper ground, 32 teams competed in this local cricket tournament in Abbottabad among the mountains - Glimpses from the final - Speaks volume of the love we have for the game of cricket