Sialkot Sports House — showroom, Faisalabad

Sialkot craft, Faisalabad counter — since 1966

In 1966, Sheikh Allah Ditta left the stitching benches of Sialkot and opened a showroom in Faisalabad so the city's clubs would not have to travel for a proper bat. Three generations later the willow still arrives weekly from Sialkot by van, and the counter still weighs every cleft in front of the buyer. When export orders stalled in 2020 and again when the dollar choked the ports, it was Faisalabad's school cricket — hundreds of small domestic orders — that kept the workshop benches running.

The third generation runs the showroom now: Nadeem orders the weekly van from Sialkot and grades every cleft himself. His father still comes at knock-off to oil the pressing roller, and the knocking service he learned as a boy is booked a season ahead.

Sialkot Sports House — showroom, Faisalabad

Susan Road showroom, Faisalabad

Faisalabad, Punjab 38000