Afridi might not be the greatest al-rounder cricket has ever seen but he is the most feared because of his eccentric batting. Afridi’s career might not be as amazing and prolific as Kallis’s and Akram’s was, but definitely the more entertaining than the other two. He announced his arrival with a detonation of runs against …
India – a country of a billion, have never been light when it comes to the greats of the game, generation after generation, they’ve produced heavy weights but they’ve performed mainly in individual capacity. Very rarely we’ve seen a bunch of players, at the peak of their stardom, gelled together so well to comprehend each …
It’s almost always a futile exercise to pursue measures of greatness of sportsmen. Sports, after all, are just games. Sportsmen don’t affect people’s lives the way statesmen do. They can’t take a country from a state of turmoil and thrust them onto a path of excellence, enabling vast swaths of population to put food on …
Internet domain names reveal a lot! More in fact than most people realize. That’s also true to a lesser degree with stock ticker symbols. There’s a reason why companies hire PR firms so that when people look at the company’s URL, they have a sneak peek into the company’s business and culture. Conversely, if you’ve …
It had been a while since Pakistan won an ODI series or tournament. To be exact, Pakistan lost 4 bilateral series, Asia Cup and World Cup during a period of almost year and a half since the start of 2014. However, as soon as Pakistan started winning, the popular debate of Misbah’s competence as a …
If this can’t make Pakistan think tank wake up from their slumber, nothing will. If this can’t make PCB realize that Cricket has changed, nothing will. The era of dead-blocking is long over. Forget the top sides, look at this number 9 ranked Bangladeshi side and look, at the fall of every wicket, how they made …
By acclamation, Asif Mujtaba was one of the very good domestic and international middle-order cricket batsman, Pakistan has produced who played in late 80s and 90s. He averaged 50 runs in First Class Cricket and his ODI average was 26 runs. He used to come very late in the order and have very little …
Recently I bought some cricket gear for our team from AA-Sports.com. We have been using the bats we bought from AA-Sports very extensively and so far we are dazzled with the quality of these bats. They came pre-knocked and ready to go. We paid pennies on the dollar for the price and this is the …
For years, Pakistan’s strength has been bowling. Its been known to attack through the bowling and manage to field good enough batting to ably support it. Its a team who has always been more confident and comfortable defending sub 250 targets rather than chasing down 300+ scores. That hasn’t happened without a method in it. That …