The sport of choice in the UAE is car-park cricket

Gully or street cricket is played by tens of thousands of people on the weekends and has no scoreboards, umpires, or set rules.

The sun's first rays are streaking across the deserted parking lot at 5.30 in the morning. The morning prayer, or fajr, is finished. A few males are observed huddling together and speaking animatedly. Let's begin, someone calls out, "Chalo" (come on). It's time; the signal has been sent....