Bowling maidens over: The love life of cricket superstar Imran Khan

Goldie HawnBowling maiden overs and bowling maidens over seem to have been Imran Khan's philosophy. Indeed, even when he wasn't winning at Lords, he was scoring at Tramps, a London discotheque referred to as his "living room".Emma SergeantPainter Emma Sergeant, his only true love, met him in 1982 and was soon accompanying him everywhere, from hunting trips in Peshawar to cricket tours in Australia.But life in conservative Pakistan frightened her and they drifted apart. Meanwhile, Imran was busy. This time with Lulu Blacker, who still maintains what she calls a platonic relationship with Imran.Lulu Backer and Ana-Luisa WhiteSusannah Constantine - Viscount Linley's former girlfriend - also did the Pakistan tour, and even studied cricket seriously. She was once moved enough to even run onto the pitch with Pakistani supporters, when Imran's team beat England at the Oval in 1992. It was obviously not enough.Susannah ConstantineOther relationships were catching media attention too, the gossip including actresses Stephanie Beacham and Goldie Hawn, ex-model Marie Helvin, Lady Liza Campbell, TV presenter Anastasia Cooke and Lord Rothschild's daughter Hanna.Not every courtship was serious, Imran making it clear that living: in Pakistan was the only route to a permanent relationship. Socialite Ana-Luisa White almost got that far, ready to convert to Islam, though why she took the name of Sita, a Hindu goddess, is a trifle confusing.Jemima GoldsmithThe affair waned when White became pregnant, though she claims her daughter Tirian Jade, born in June 1992, was fathered by Imran. She still keeps a framed picture of him on her mantlepiece.Kristiane Backer, the German-born MTV host, came even closer, only to be unceremoniously dumped for Jemima Goldsmith, the only one willing to go wherever the Khan took her. Twenty-one she may be, but she knows her man well.For she has made it sufficiently plain that none of her husband's former girlfriends will be invited to attend the big party she has planned later in June. Caging the Lion, she knows, is the only way.Published By: AtMigration Published On: Jun 15, 1995 00:00 IST--- ENDS ---

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Bowling maidens over: The love life of cricket superstar Imran Khan

Bowling maidens over: The love life of cricket superstar Imran Khan.

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