The last time Pakistan hosted an ICC event was the World Cup in 1996. Since then, times have seen the sport in the country undergo numerous changes, most of them aren’t to be proud of.

Pakistan will host a first major multi-country cricket tournament in nearly three decades next week and its cricket chief is hopeful that a successful Champions Trophy will bring a flood of other such events.

Though India's refusal to come has disappointed many, the tournament is the first many in the country will watch in their own backyard