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 …
Tag: Test Cricket
Misbah: Late Bloomer, Timely saviour!
At the turn of the last century, former Pakistan cricketers were clamoring about the absence of a cricket academy in Pakistan, at the time of writing this piece, many former -and current- cricketers are running their – sometimes successful- academies. Almost all of those academies are located in the cricketing hubs of Karachi and Lahore. …
Control, cricket, and domain names…
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 …
July 25, 1996: A Love Story
For some reason the afternoon of July 25, 1996 has stuck with me since. The first day of the first Test between Pakistan & England at Lord’s. I was too young to call myself a “Cricket Purist” at the time. I don’t remember following Test Cricket enthusiastically before that. Sure I have some memories of …


