Not many countries can pick 17-year-olds to open the bowling for them, because not many countries have 17-year-olds who can scythe the ball past international opening batsmen and swing it both ways. Even that’s not enough to make Mohammad Aamer a fully-fledged Pakistani cricketer though. There’s more to it than that.
To be a Pakistani cricketer, [...]
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...
In just about 4 hours Pakistan and Sri Lanka will take the field again for the 2nd test match of their series.The 1st test last week set the tone for a fast paced, action packed series between the two; if the initial reports coming in regarding the nature of the pitch are true, then this morning will see yet another exciting test match kick off.After Pakistan’s dramatic collapse on the 4th m...
After the drought in 2008, the year 2009 gone by started with Sri Lanka touring Pakistan. It was also the beginning of Younis Khan’s captaincy stint; this time as full-time captain and not just a fill in for Inzamam ul Haq or Shoaib Malik; this time in the job he had finally accepted and not turned down like in the past. If that was the start, 2009 ended with a different man at the helm of P...
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