Azhar Ali: A captain in deep waters
After a humdinger of a Test match series that consisted of wild swings in favour of either sides; Pakistan have been brutally crushed under the resilience and sheer willpower of the English team in the...
View ArticleWhat can Pakistan expect to achieve in the Test series against West Indies?
Thirteen days after Dave Richardson presented the ICC Test Championship mace to Misbahul Haq and Pakistan contentedly sat on the top of the ICC ranking table, India dislodged Pakistan from the number...
View ArticleDoes team green have a chance against Australia? Nope
After having been dethroned from the number one spot in the Test ranking by India, Pakistan would be itching to retain what they feel is rightfully theirs. The jubilant Test side, headed by the iconic...
View ArticleWhat happened to Pakistan at the Gabba?
Pakistan’s predictable unpredictability is their biggest threat towards both the opposition and, regrettably, themselves. In the last three Tests, Pakistan have lost nine wickets in the final session,...
View ArticleHas the Australian team forgotten how many times they have been whitewashed...
Recently, Ian Chappell passed a comment, telling the Pakistan cricket team to either improve their game or stay at home. The former Australian captain went on to say that until the struggling side does...
View ArticleWhy was Saanp Seerhi so derogatory towards LUMS?
While the promo of the drama, with its slow-mo moments and forgettable original soundtrack, had all the elements of a passable drama, the first episode proved otherwise. Written by Yasir Shah, under...
View ArticleWho will the next Misbahul Haq be?
After having been thrashed by the mighty Australians on their home turf, Pakistan looks to adjust to life after Misbahul Haq and Younis. Whether the two get a go in the upcoming series remains to be...
View ArticleSplitting the captaincy between Azhar and Sarfaraz is a bad idea!
Yet another tour of Pakistan to the continent of Australia has ended badly. After a good Test series in England, followed by achieving the number one Test ranking, they have been outplayed in the ODIs...
View ArticleLife after Younus Khan and Misbahul Haq – what does it look like?
Growing up in a perpetual shadow of conflict and turmoil, Younus Khan and Misbahul Haq were two beacons of calmness that you could count on to somehow make things better. We are fortunate enough to be...
View ArticleChanging the team captain will not solve Pakistan’s problems; we also need to...
Pakistan entered the International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy as the lowest ranked team in the ODI charts. Even before the tournament began, Pakistan had no hope of winning, or in more...
View ArticleHow will Pakistan fare in the upcoming Test series against Sri Lanka without...
The Pakistan cricket team is set to resume international duty, as Sri Lanka’s tour of the UAE begins on September 28th (which will potentially feature a T20 in Lahore). This will be their first...
View Article#PakvsSL: Pakistan played like Pakistan of the past, but is Sarfraz Ahmed to...
Mediocre. Average. At times brilliant, but mostly lethargic. Dare I say Pakistan cricket at its finest? There was a time not long ago, when two men anchored the entire cricket team to unimaginable...
View Article5 moments of pure magic that prove the Pakistan cricket team is a force to be...
I mean, let’s be real. The Pakistan cricket team has never been the team that played normally, so just limiting Pakistan’s miraculous wins to five times is a bit difficult. These impossible wins are...
View ArticleIs Pakistan ready to play real cricket in Ireland and England?
Having played the shorter format of cricket for quite some time – with the Pakistan Super League (PSL) and West Indies’ tour of Pakistan – the national team and its audience have been craving the long...
View ArticleHow the men in green fared in the memorable #PakvsEng
In the first Test at Lords, Pakistan did to England what Pakistan does best – surprise everyone when they expect it the least. I’ll make a confession, I was hopeful for Pakistan to perform but not...
View Article5 ways Pakistan can turn the tri-series against Zimbabwe and Australia in...
The clouds of concern have cleared, and Pakistan is now ready to take on Zimbabwe and the currently third-ranked (in T20Is) Australia in a couple of days. Due to a financial crisis, the Zimbabwe...
View Article#PakvsZim: When your haters are silent, you know you’ve made it!
Pakistan travelled to Bulawayo as the only ranked ODI team to not to have won an ODI this year, having lost all five they had played against New Zealand. Despite the slump in form, Pakistan were touted...
View ArticleMen in Green vs Mighty Australia: Has Pakistan selected the best team for the...
How do we even assess the embarrassing performance exhibited by Pakistan at the 2018 Asia Cup? If we briefly sum it up, we can definitely detect complacency, lack of mental durability and a...
View Article#PakvsNZ: From an almost-victory to an unfortunate defeat
It was an eventful four days of Test cricket that eventually ended in the worst possible manner. Men in green succumbed to defeat by a meagre margin of four runs while they were on their way to...
View ArticleIf you didn’t believe Shane Warne when he said Yasir Shah is ‘something...
After years of toiling away in the domestic circuit, Yasir Shah finally made his Test debut for Pakistan in late 2014. He impressed immediately by taking wickets against Australia, most notably the...
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