The Slap Dash XI: Pakistan’s All Time T20I team
Nazimabad. Once considered to be Karachi’s hub for cricket. In the sweltering summers of the late 1970s a new phenomenon…
Continue Reading...A Victory of Faith
Ultimately England limped 227 before Rameez Raja accepted a skier from Richard Illingworth to settle the issue and celebrations started in the streets of Karachi, Lahore and rest of the country. Prayers from the faithful who were fasting were answered in an emphatic fashion. That day iftaar was indeed had an element of joyous celebration in it…..
Continue Reading...70s: The decade that changed cricket
Heraclitus of Ephesus, a Greek philosopher, is quoted as saying “change is the only constant” in life. Cricket ever since its…
Continue Reading...The “Pakar-Dhakar” phenomenon
The Karachi slang phrase of “Pakar-Dhakar” has an altogether different meaning for city’s cricket lovers than its use in colloquial…
Continue Reading...Misbah, Pakistan’s greatest captain
If you are looking for a slice of life that best captures the essence of Misbahul Haq, try and focus…
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