Younis Khan’s captaincy, Shahid Afridi’s allround effort, Umar Gul’s scorching yorkers, Saeed Ajmal’s canny offspin, Kamran Akmal’s opening onslaught, Mohammad Aamer’s speed and mature head...All of them and their efforts have been praised by everyone who witnessed Pakistan’s performance in the World Twenty20.Pakistani fans, cricket experts, column writers...
Q’s Call: The team that bats first will win. I don’t think either team has the batting to chase down a total, while both have the bowling to defend any kind of score.I was wronged by Pakistan and never before have I been so pleased at being wronged!Ecstatic should be the appropriate word, though what I’m going through right now cannot be described in words.I don’t want to s...
You’d be forgiven for thinking that the ICC World Twenty20 - which starts in Guyana at the end of this month - is a boring old afterthought to the IPL, considering the relative marketing strengths of the two.The ICC might not have the depth of pocket the IPL does, but it does crown a world champion. I see the IPL as the appetizer, rather than the World T20 as dessert.Mmmm... dessert...The IC...
Right. So the T20 World Cup is only a week away, and with this mini-break from the IPL, it only seems appropriate to start posting about it. Rather than do the ’one team a post’ thing which would take ages, I’ll be doing it group-by-group. And staying true to the alphabet, I begin with Group A, which consists of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Australia. This being the only group to hav...
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