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Not many cricketing fans are aware of the bowling record made by Inzamam ul Haq. One of the Pakistan’s greatest all time batsman and hero of the 1992 world cup semi final Inzamam ul Haq has registered his name in bowling …
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There are some records with which no player wants to get associated; same has happened with Mohammad Ebrahim Zainuddin ‘Ebbu’ Ghazali a Pakistani cricketer who represented Pakistan in early days when Pakistan first toured England in 1954. Ebbu Ghazali created …
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Lawrence Rowe of West Indies born in Jamaica had made the headlines when he made his Test debut a historic one in 16 Feb, 1972. He scored 214 runs in first test innings and become the first man to have …
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One of the best batsmen to have grace the game from New Zealand Martin Crowe is the only batsman to get dismissed on 299 in a test innings. It happened in February 4, 1991 when he edges Srilanka’s Arjuna Ranatunga …
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Pakistan reached New Zealand with confident bunch of young guns who haven’t played much cricket since their victory in Champions Trophy 2017 so they were still enjoying the taste of this victory and smell of victory becomes stronger when they …
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Pakistan team already reached New Zealand for their first big test since they have won Champions Trophy 2017 under leadership of Sarfaraz Ahmed who is still enjoying the moments of Champions Trophy win with his boys. Although Pakistan have made …
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After losing couple of lethal weapons from their fast bowling armory in Usman Khan Shinwari and Junaid Khan. Keeping in mind seaming friendly conditions and weather of New Zealand, Pakistan think tank needs to find some good replacements for upcoming …
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Hanif Mohammad was born on 21st December 1934. One of the finest batsmen Pakistan ever produced and the original little master world cricket has witnessed. Hanif Mohammad was the main stay of Pakistan’s batting in early days. He still holds …
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Pakistan pace bowling department face another setback as the news of another young fast bowler hit the media. Fast bowler Junaid Khan who made strong contribution in Pakistan Champions Trophy win earlier this year have been ruled out of competitive …
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Just before the start of the ongoing Ashes 2017-18 campaign I wrote a preview in which I gave 50% chance to both the sides based on the recent performances; but Australia prove all wrong by claiming the ashes urn just …
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In recently proposed ICC FTP for next 4 years Pakistan’s itineraries can easily be marked as PCB’s failure. In last few years launching of PSL is the only good thing done by Pakistan cricket board, other than that on all …
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Another culprit from spot fixing scandal of Pakistan Super League 2017 have taste the dust. This time it was turn of out of favor Nasir Jamshed who was banned for 1 year. Interestingly the player who was initially portrayed as …
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With many statements and media briefings this has become evident that Pakistan’s head coach Mickey Arthur is not a big fan of the view to provide chances to aging fast bowlers who are trying to win their place back in …
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It seems Pakistan latest triumphant captain Sarfaraz Ahmed a wicket keeper batsman is very much inspired by his predecessor‘s like Shoaib Malik and Misbah-ul-Haq. No No No!!! I am not talking about the inspiration in captaincy or leading skills but …
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History of cricket is filled with so many examples when a talented player just could not able to break into the national sides and find it hard to get any representations at international level but there are some players who …
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Just about a month ago most cricketing pundits agreed that England needs to find out answers of too many questions before heading for much awaited Ashes 2017-18 campaign down under. And England’s problem just grew in numbers before the start …
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When there is a national T20 cup 2018 taking place in Rawalpindi many of the top Pakistani international cricketers opted to play in the Bangladesh Premiere League. Strangely PCB have handed them NOC so that they can skip domestic tournament. …
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It was September 2016 when India started its long home season when they played a test series against New Zealand and since then India has only played a single test series outside their home turf which was against Srilanka in …
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Pakistani all rounder Mohammad Hafeez have been barred once again by International Cricket Council for bowling in international cricket after recent test that took place in England on November 01, 2017 and found out that most of Mohammad Hafeez deliveries …
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May be many of the cricket fans would not agree with the title of my blog but that’s how I analyzed Babar Azam’s cricket so far. If you look at his statistics so far in his one day international cricket …
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Pakistan’s Yasir Shah have his name registered in cricket record books when he snaffled Srilankan opener Lahiru Thirimanne wicket by trapping him in front of the wickets in first half of ongoing test between Pakistan and Srilanka in Abu Dhabi, …
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Another young talent who has been in obscurity since last two years has make his way into competitive cricket yesterday while playing for National bank of Pakistan in Pakistan’s premier domestic tournament Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2017 and immediately making a mark …
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Whenever a selection committee arrange a meeting to finalize the squad for any upcoming series almost 12-13 slots are already finalized for which the selection committee members doesn’t need to think much, for remaining 2-3 players they have to brain …
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A cricket loving country like Pakistan which is famous for producing fast bowlers at will. Pakistan’s uninterrupted supply of fast bowling starts with its very first international series when in 1952 duo Fazal Mahmood and Khan Mohammad took the field …
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When Mickey Arthur was appointed as Pakistan cricket team’s head coach in May 2016, it was always expected that his strict approach and no compromise disciplined standards can create problems for few of the problematic children of Pakistan cricket. It …
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As Zimbabwean cricket is showing some signs of improvements in their performance in recent past as they narrowly missed a chance to win a test against Srilanka and also gave the same team tough fight in limited over cricket when …
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When it seems that Bangladesh is finding the right balance with a blend of youth and experience in their team especially at home soil where they have had a test victories against teams like Australia and England, one of their …
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The ICC cricket hall of fame was launched by International Cricket Council in 2009 in association with Federation of International Cricketers Association (FICA) to give deserving value to the legends of the game. Initially 55 players were inducted in cricket …
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It seems that now ICC must need to revisit its ranking structure big time. Recent shocking inclusion of India’s slow left arm spinner Axar Patel in ICC top 10 bowlers in one day international matches must have also caught the …
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Headingly victory will be remembered as one the greatest victory in West Indies cricket. Although this team had had some more interesting, dramatic and historic victories to their credit in the past but this victory against England will proved to …
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It seems ages when PSL spot fixing case was unearthed in February 2017. 9 months had passed so far and still counting with nothing much have developed which will close this case. The scandal was made public in February 2017 …
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Sometimes a young player with lots of talent and ability remains unnoticed as his team was not able to draw attention of crowd and critics. Same has been the case so far with young West Indian Batsman Evin Lewis. Explosive …
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Bangladesh appointed former Indian spinner Sunil Joshi as their spin bowling consultant ahead of the upcoming series against Australia. Bangladesh cricket board made this decision right before the series when their first choice for spin bowling consultant position Australia’s Stuart …
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Can you believe that for players who have played T20 cricket all around the globe and have represented more than 13 franchises globally; a T20 career spanned over 10 years for a player who was tipped as the best for …
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If Australia had came to face Bangladesh at their home soil 2-3 years back than no one might have given an inch to Bangladesh & critics did not wasted their time in doing analysis of this current series between the …
Read MoreAs Pakistan cricket board has announced teams for National T20 Cup cricket tournament which is schedule to get started from 25th August, 2016. A new drafting method has been used for team’s selection in National T20 tournament for the first …
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Another heart brake for Proteas was on the table when news of revealed for latest Kolpak signing Duanne Olivier. Olivier was one of the latest fast bowling sensations who have increased his reputation by leaps and bounce in last year …
Read MoreLosing an ODI series to minnows like Zimbabwe, captain relinquishing the captaincy due to poor result, chief selector gets involved in a sex scandal, your best former wining captain put allegations on management and players, this what a team never …
Read MoreWhenever a video or news get on aired regarding flamboyant opening batsman Imran Nazir coming back to action, fans following cricket since 90’s and early 2000 goes back down to the memory lane and start cherishing old videos of effortless …
Read MoreWhen on 29th August 2012, England test captain Andrew Strauss announced retirement from International Cricket no one have thought that the vacuum created by his retirement at opening slot will be that much harder for England to fill out. Since …
Read MoreIt’s becoming a normal situation in recent years that whenever selection committee in Pakistan announced squad for any upcoming series one name popped out and remains in discussion for few days and then fades away till next meeting of selection …
Read MoreAll the speculations on India’s new coach came to an end when BCCI nominates trio of Shastri, Zaheer , Dravid to coach India in their next assignment. Player’s power prevails as Virat Kohli and his men get the coach whom …
Read MoreWhen English all rounder Moen Ali plucked out South African tail ender Kagiso Rabada at Lords cricket ground to complete his first 10 wicket haul in test cricket and won Man of the Match award by outvoting his new captain …
Read MoreWith England’s Joe Root is all set to make his captaincy test debut today at historic ground of Lords against South Africa today. This will be the start of an era for “fab four” of modern day cricket. Fab four …
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New Zealand wicket keeper Luke Ronchi calls it a day as he announced his retirement from international cricket. Luke Ronchi one of the few men’s who represented two countries in International cricket. Before returning to his country of birth New …
Read MoreIt has been proved that cricket has changed a lot in recent past the cliché of going with old guns has backfired. Pakistan were also very old fashioned as far as giving chance to the new faces but this time …
Read MoreNot many achieve what they have dreamed, but Sarfaraz Ahmed has showed the world that you can achieve anything if you work hard with dedication & honesty. As both captains getting their troops ready for what would be the biggest …
Read MoreWhen you ask someone about best timer of cricket ball in current Pakistan line up than most of the replies you get will reveal that Pakistan’s Mohammad Hafeez can be rated as a best timer within the current lot. His …
Read MoreIn England, where Pakistan managed to draw test series & won one off T20I. To show a good fight in longer version of the game is expected because of settled unit & leadership of Misbah ul Haq. Sarfaraz Ahmed first …
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