Pat Cummins has improved his already glowing reputation as an extremely competent captain of Australia. In a series where the pitches have been a somnambulist’s dream, Cummins has done what can only be expected of a good captain. Mostly by virtue of declarations, he laid the foundation for victory in the final two games against […]
Australia, deservingly, won the Test series in Pakistan. The Pakistanis prepared tracks to negate Australia’s strength and the strategy remained the same throughout the series whereas, Australia kept on pushing hard and maintained their attacking intent and when a team shuns their defensive mindset, they are bound to reap a rich harvest. Australia register a […]
“196 runs off 425 balls are just numbers that can’t justify the resolve, guts and technical efficiencies Babar displayed for two days amid the hot and humid conditions at Karachi. Numbers cannot judge a Tiger – numbers cannot measure the sacrifice during the battle between bat and ball, numbers become irrelevant in front of a […]
If the Test match at Rawalpindi was a stalemate then the one at Karachi just burst into life. It produced moments to saviour and it started to build into a nail-biter as the day progressed. A thrilling stalemate in Karachi ? It ebbed and flowed in the final session but Pakistan, led by centuries from […]
The good thing was, finally, the Test series between Pakistan and Australia went ahead after 24 years on Pakistani soil and the frustrating matter was the way the highly anticipated Test ended – the dead deck really spoiled all the excitement where the bowlers toiled hard and bat dominated as if cricket is just a […]
“The visit by the Australian Cricket team to Pakistan adumbrates a new era in annals of the relentless flight for glory between two spirited rivals and enables a whole new generation of fans to watch it in person for the very first time ever” When two teams have an indomitable fighting spirit and are bestowed […]
“I do hope that Australia will not cry off from the nation’s first cricketing tour of Pakistan in over two decades. Pakistan, in particular, deserve to host a full-strength Australian team, having had to play almost all of their cricket in the UAE for the past decade” If Mark Twain was alive he might say […]