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Pakistan v Australia Test 2 [scorecard]Half a year ago I was one of these people who took the mickey out of Salman after he had suffered his personal Run-out-Gate, and Yousuf’s press conference on the issue is still one of my favourit...(more)

The last time Pakistan beat Australia in a test match...Mohammad Aamer was still in his nappies.Umar Akmal and Umar Amin were only 5 years old.Pakistan captain Salman Butt was 10 years old and probably starting his cricket career in model t...(more)


Probably wouldn’t have batted an eye-lid had Shahid Afridi been the name at the centre of this story, but he’s not – Sachin Tendulkar is. Check it out – it’s about a new biography on the great man. Looks like a bloody ...(more)
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The crisis that the Pakistan cricket team has gone through in recent times, that has seen them change the captaincy 5 or even more times, is not new.Such problems have existed for almost 3 decades. Maybe even more but I don’t know muc...(more)

Shahid Afridi has resigned from the captaincy of the Pakistani Test cricket team and retired from this format of the game.
Afridi had been selected to captain the Pakistani side in all the three formats of the game, but only four days into ...(more)
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~~~Tried to follow four FP T20 matches at once, had to go wrong, went wrong.Essex v Middlesex [scorecard]Gloucestershire v Surrey [scorecard]Hampshire v Sussex [scorecard]Somerset v Kent [scorecard]Both Middlesex and...(more)

Pakistan feel more at home in T20 and ODI cricket; they are not a strong test team.They do not have batsmen who can stay at the crease for a long time.Their batting will crumble against Australia’s pace attack.This tour should be trea...(more)

Well, I did warn you a few days ago: The contrast between the two sides’ attitudes couldn’t have been more stark. Umar Akmal with his lime-green lips. Afridi’s star-jump celebrations. The noise of a partisan crowd. They celebrated the...(more)
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Only four days after returning to Test cricket, Pakistan captain, Shahid Afridi, has again announced his retirement with the typically odd yet straightforward statement:
“My temperament is not good enough for Test cricket and we need ...(more)
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Well, Imran Khan appeared on twitter and laid the smackdown on ShiteBhai’s ass:Afridi should take on the captaincy challenge.Force himself to develop a defensive batting technique and bowl his fast leg breaks to containBy running away...(more)

Another time Pakistan and Australia will face each other in England. They will play Two T20 matches and three Test matches. The two T20 matches will be on 5th and 6th of July, 2010.
Today first T20 match between Pakistan and Australia will ...(more)

Asia Cup 2010 - Match 1 - Pakistan in deep shit chasing 240 odd. Captain Afridi comes out, plays his usual boom boom shots but more importantly mixes them with caution and sensible play. He almost wins the match singlehandedly but for cramp...(more)

Pakistan have finally done it.They have finally beaten Australia. Moreover, Afridi the captain has an important victory under his belt.Pakistan needed this win more than anything in this world.After the 12 successive losses to Australia sin...(more)

So who decides if Pakistan needs a strong middle order? On cricinfo, they’ve taken pains to name all the people who were involved in that decision making meeting:The PCB said in a statement that Kamran Akmal would be Butt’s vice...(more)

Pakistan’s marathon tour of England has started on a positive note. Even though the wins have come against depleted county teams, they have provided Afridi’s men with the momentum they required to get into match winning mode bef...(more)
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