Dope tainted fast bowler, Mohammad Asif, will don the Pakistan colors again during the Champions Trophy that will be held in South Africa next month.Asif, who was banned for a year by the IPL’s Drugs Tribunal, will have his ban lifted a day before the Champions Trophy kicks off.That resulted in Pakistan announcing him first in the 30 probables, and now in their 15-man squad for the event.Asi...
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...
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...
In one of my many conversations on facebook, I mentioned that Australia had been outplayed by Pakistan during the home series held in England.One of my Pro-Australian friends differed and said that the statement was true if only I had added "given the amount of test cricket Pakistan had played against quality opposition".Fair enough I thought.My statement was based on the fact that the tour result...
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