Pakistan's ODI batting a decade behind the rest
With the successes of Fawad Alam and Sohaib Maqsood, it looked like Pakistan would finally have a modern batting order AFP Enlar…
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The problem with Pakistan's World Cup preparations
Critics argue that Fawad Alam will struggle to clear the longer boundaries in AustraliaAFP Enlarge One topic has obsessed the …
Why Pakistan domestic cricket inspires pessimism
Allrounder Hammad Azam deserves to be a regular in the A squad AFP Enlarge December is usually the time of the year when Pakis…
Pakistan's dot-ball problem
Fawad Alam, a batsman who effectively rotates the strike, is not in the World Cup squadAFP Enlarge England's success in the 19…
What's with all the talk about Pakistan's lack of heart?
Pakistan could do with a player in the mould of Darren Sammy Associated Press Enlarge The most common narrative doing the roun…
Pakistanis should stop crying fixing
Team falters in the World Cup? Blame corruption Getty Images Enlarge When asked by a group of journalists what happens to Paki…
'How's the Test going?'
Finding out the score in cricket isn't just about finding out the score Getty Images Enlarge Acouple of months ago, agreeing w…
Keeping score
Can more pleasure be derived from noting down the minutiae of the game than from playing it? Getty Images Enlarge I've become …
Pondering Camus
It's a strange morality that insists players should walk for thick edges but not thin onesPA Photos Enlarge When you've writte…
Why does cricket not lend itself to the novel?
Often there is so much actual drama in sport that a fictionalised version almost inevitably seems trite Getty Images Enlarge O…
