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Contributed By Azfar Adil (guest blogger)I am not a Shahid Afridi fan. Quite the opposite. He is everything that I believe is wrong in Pakistani cricket and, by extension, Pakistan at large. He is the personification of our modern style-ove...(more)

With all One Day International obligations for the year 2011 over now, it is a good time to take a look back at the year that was and how the teams and players fared in ODIs during the year.A total of 146 ODIs were played during the year, a...(more)

If there ever was a list of the most colourful characters to play cricket, Shane Warne would be one of the first names on it. Besides the likes of Shoaib Akhtar, Ian Botham, and Imran Khan to name a few.Strangely enough, it is cricketers li...(more)

Those of you who follow me on Facebook would have seen my pic with Wasim Akram from a few nights ago when I bumped into him at Mango Tree in Souk Al Bahar in Dubai.It was a pleasant experience meeting the former captain of Pakistan who was ...(more)

In the run up to the World Cup and in the immediate aftermath of the victory, I was chuffed about India’s bench strength. India seemed to be able to win matches despite some of their best players not playing games. They seemed to be a...(more)

Now India wants another warm-up game before the Boxing day test in Melbourne. This completely confuses me. On the one hand, we crib about too much cricket, then we want one more warm up game because cricketers have not had enough of the "ri...(more)

Its not about India losing. Its not even about the 0-4 scoreline. The sense of betrayal I feel is beyond the hurt of losing. India have lost before and almost never I had to question their commitment or their intelligen...(more)

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So, it’s over. The series, the #1 ranking, and the bubble of unquestionable success that enveloped India after the World Cup win.
It’s just one bad series, India may just continue to win from this point, but this still happene...(more)

Did the missing tooth do him in?
Hey Yusuf,You, me and cricket are doing some strange things together – when I didn’t want you in the team, you were always there. Now when I want you in, you’re out, baby.I could always tell when you...(more)



It took one series, hell, not even one series but three tests, for everyone to do a 180 from "World No.1" to the worst of all time. Sure the manner of the capitulation has disappointed (understatement alert) many, but seriously, how could o...(more)

dravid contrary to perception is one of the most aggressive... most ruthless player one would come across...only his method is different...when players like sehwag will smash you to submission... dravid will kill you step by step to the poi...(more)


Now oversize maces and golden orbs are all very well, but I like my trophies with a bit of age and tradition to them. This folks, may not be a cricket trophy, but where I come from, bringing this baby home is about the equivalent of winning...(more)
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A well as India played in the months prior to the World Cup, ultimately leading to the World Cup win itself, they have badly let themselves down since then. A stirring series in South Africa where India tamed Steyn and Kallis and gave South...(more)

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The business case for India to hold on to their number one ranking expired on April 2nd 2011. From the moment Mahendra Singh Dhoni clubbed the six that gave India the World Cup, the business conditions changed. Being Number One in Test cric...(more)
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