It is a relaxed, informal setting, and has an old-world feel to it
like the days when players mingled freely with journalists.
One Pakistan player, called 'The Wall' by his captain
gushed in admiration of 'The Real Wall'
whom he hopes to have a chat with before leaving New Zealand.
None of the current batch from either side yet knows what it is to play
in an India-Pakistan contest, and so will start with a clean slate
even as television sets will be turned on at an ungodly hour in many households.