Among them is Majid Jahangir Khan, a sporting thoroughbred raised in Kipling's ancient city of Lahore, and now the champion of Glamorgan. In October he entered Cambridge University for three years.

Majid’s elder cousin Javed Burki batted for Pakistan with distinction in the 1960s. His younger cousin Imran Khan attained even greater fame as a fast bowling all-rounder and captain ...