A lifelong cricket fan from Ealing who has been the Pakistani caterer since 1974 gathered hundreds of fans for a pre-tournament conference.
Dalawar Chaudhry, who has lived in Southall since he was born in 1966, hosted a media conference for the Pakistani Super League Cricket tournament at the West Middlesex Golf Club, Greenford Road, on Monday (December 28).
The tournament, which begins in February and lasts around three weeks, will see five of the finest Pakistani teams go head-to-head in Dubai and Sarjah.
So in a bid to boost the sports popularity in Ealing, home to a large Pakistani population, Mr Chaundhry got in touch with Javed Afridi, the owner of one of the tournaments competitors, PSL Team Peshawar Zalmi, to arrange a media conference the public could attend.
Mr Chaudhry, whose Southall restaurant Chaudhry's TKC gave away 1,500 meals to refugees in Calais in November, said: "He (Afridi) was in London and I said we have a lot of Pakistani support and there should be a press conference in Southall
"I think it was very positive and there was so much support because we wanted to promote interest to this league and this is what we were doing.
"I said they should do it (the media conference) in Southall because the support is fantastic, and some of the people who came were asking some really intelligent questions."
Former England coach and Andy Flower OBE, former Pakistan bowling coach Mohammed Akram and Mr Afridi were in attendance as more than 80 media personnel gathered from British cricket platforms to British-based Pakistani TV channels.
More than 120 non-media fans also turned up with just 24 hours notice, to put their questions to the trio who were said to have been throughly engaged with the audience.
Mr Chaudhry said his role as caterer has been to provide the Pakistani national team with support whenever they come to England to play cricket. by providing food through Chaundhry's TKC.
He said: "With the catering responsibility there are also the baby sitting responsibilities and I have played a big role since 1974.
"They were also asked if the league would ever come to the UK and they said of course."
