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...
The celebrations of the World T20 win have been going on with such fervour, that the announcement of Pakistan’ test squad for the tour of Sri Lanka, and Mohammad Yousuf’s international return, have almost gone un-noticed.Here are my thoughts on the squad.Openers: Salman Butt, Khurram ManzoorI’m always pleased when the PCB and its selectors display some common sense.Salman Butt...
Yes Pakistan’s bowlers were the best on show at the World Twenty20, but bowling in test matches is a completely different ball game.In almost 128 overs, Pakistan’s bowlers managed to pick up only 7 wickets of a Sri Lankan XI; with all due respect to them they were a second string Sri Lankan batting line up.There was no King Sanga, no Jayawardene, no Dilshan.Umar Gul did not play agains...
Sri Lanka have never beaten Pakistan in a test series at home.In fact the last time Sri Lanka won a test match against Pakistan at home, many of Pakistan’s squad members were in their diapers; while some had not even come into this world.That is an intriguing statistic, considering that Sri Lanka have beaten Australia, South Africa, India, and England at home in a test series in the last dec...
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