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The IPL has been a real money spinner paying lavishly to players. It has changed the look and feel of cricket bringing in film celebrities and private franchises to create a commercial success. Cheerleaders dressed in objectionable cloths dancing to the fours and sixes and several cameramen dedicated to focus on them. The phrase “gentleman’s … Continue reading »

When Tendulkar scores a century, India looses. Doesn’t even matter if the opposition is Bangladesh. There are millions of fortune tellers in the world who had all predicted that India would loose this game as soon as Tendulkar hit his 100th century. It is strange that such a great batsman hits his century after numerous … Continue reading »

Yes its going ahead! No its not! Wow, I don’t know what to write. Things are changing so frequently that by the time I finish writing this article, something new might have come up. The president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board, Mustafa Kamal was here in Lahore along with a delegation to check the security … Continue reading »

Sachin Tendulkar has been one of the greatest batsmen of the current era as far as run scoring and records are concerned. But he seem to be dragging on with his career off late. Dravid could have also played on for a year or two or even more since he was giving good performances except … Continue reading »

How pitiful, the Australians and the Englishmen feel its safe to come to Pakistan and coach but when it comes to playing international cricket, the security situation suddenly becomes a problem. Dave Whatmore or Julien Fountain, did not mention a single time if they had any concerns about the security situation in Pakistan or whether … Continue reading »

Here is the live coverage of Rahul Dravid’s press conference. Rahul Dravid: “I hereby announce my retirement from International cricket and domestic as well. It has been 16 years since I started playing. I have many people to thank. My junior coaches at Bangalore have inculcated me a powerful love of the game which has … Continue reading »

Rahul Sharad Dravid 39, seems to have decided to call it a day in Test cricket too. Last year he had retired from one day cricket after the tour of England and it seems that he might continue in the longer format for the moment. But it seems like the pressure of the series loss … Continue reading »

Virender Sehwag registers the highest individual score of 219 in ODIs in the fourth one-day international against West Indies at Indore. Playing his 240th ODI, Sehwag scored 219 off 149 balls at a strike rate of almost 147 before getting out to Pollard in the 47th over. Sehwag is 33-year-old right-handed batsman was dropped on … Continue reading »

                                  Sialkot Stallions won the National T20 Cup Karachi 2011 beating defending champions Rawalpindi Rams by 10 runs in a close a nail biting encounter. Taking the field in front of a jam-packed crowd at the National Stadium Karachi, … Continue reading »

Younis Khan, the former Pakistan Captain and one of the most straight forward cricketers, has said that senior commentators and former players should refrain from unnecessarily criticizing young cricketers. He said that such criticism only shatters their confidence and puts added pressure on them. He said that if any one had a dire desire to criticize someone … Continue reading »

Karachi Dolphins played their first match yesterday in the group stage of the Faysal Bank National T20 Cup Karachi 2011 beating Islamabad Leopards comprehensively. Shahid Afridi the Dolphins’ captain stared with his batting as well as bowling giving the spectators and viewers all around the world a taste of his class. Islamabad leopards won the … Continue reading »

Is the CLT20 Really an International Championship? Cricblogger takes a look at how fair and how international this championship really is. The first criteria of being fair and unbiased for any international championship is to have a clearly defined qualification procedure that gives a fair chance to everyone. We take the UEFA Champions League as an example of … Continue reading »

Below are match results of Faisal Bank National T20 Cup Karachi 2011. For Schedule, Groups, Teams and Squads, click here                                   Sept 25: Match 1: Abbottabad Falcons beat Quetta Bears by 72 runs Abbottabad Falcons 190/2 (20/20 overs) – Yasir … Continue reading »

Shoaib Akhtar Biography receives strong comments from Wasim Akram, Shahrukh, BCCI, PCB, Shoaib Malik, Tauqeer Zia and several others. Wasim Akram has termed it as a cheap publicity move by Shoaib Akhtar. He further said that Shoaib was a “problem” when he was an active player and remains just that even in retirement. Wasim Akram … Continue reading »

Shoaib Akhtar goes for Cheap publicity of his book and accuses several cricketing greats including Wasim Akram, Sachin Tendulkar, Shoaib Malik and calls Shahrukh Khan a cheat. Admits of being a cheat himself. The already much controvercial Rawalpindi Express has titled his book ‘Controvercially Yours’ which he has decided to launch in India. He says … Continue reading »

Pakistan’s domestic cricket has taken a big step forward as International cricket dries out from Pakistan. The cricket crazy people of Pakistan have shown extra ordinary involvement in the local events and all the recent domestic tournaments have seen viewership of likes of international matches. Stadiums have been jam packed and television viewership has also … Continue reading »

Mansoor Ali Khan (M.A.K.) Pataudi passed away on September 22, 2011. Popularly known as Tiger Pataudi, Mansoor Ali Khan (Nawab of Pataudi) was a great cricketer, former captain of the Indian team and an icon figure in India and Pakistan. He was the father of Bollywood actors Saif Ali Khan and Soha Ali Khan and … Continue reading »

As International cricket dried out from Pakistan, local cricket has taken a big step forward as the cricket crazy people of Pakistan have shown extra ordinary involvement in the local events and have flooded the stadiums in all local events irrespective of whether it is played in Faisalabad, Lahore or Karachi. A blessing in disguise, … Continue reading »

India’s miseries finally come to an end, not because they have finally secured a win but because the tour has finally come to an end. India posted a score of over 300 runs for the first time in 14 attempts but even that wasn’t able to secure them a win. Extremely strange as it may … Continue reading »

Rahul Sharad Dravid 38, has decided to call it a day as far as ODI cricket is concerned. Dravid had a great career spanning 15 years since his debut in April 1996. He shall continue to play Test cricket which is somewhat unusual for cricketers are most retire from Test to prolong their ODI career … Continue reading »

Aleem Dar, the ICC elite umpire from Pakistan has won the ICC Umpire of the Year for the third consecutive year thus completing the Hat-trick. Dar, 43 was voted by the 10 Full Member captains and eight-man Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees. Decision statistics and officiating skills over the past 12 months were considered … Continue reading »

The two fellows who were not supposed to be in the side – Imran Farhat and Shoaib Malik both fell cheaply in the first ODI to leave Pakistanis wondering about their political backing and how they get selected every time. Imran Farhat was able to withstand only two deliveries before getting out for a duck … Continue reading »

Tendulkar has off recent cherished opposition’s fielders for their generousities. He has been availing several lifelines in an attempt to somehow reach the milestone of scoring 100th century. Even though sometimes the situation gets embarrasing and humiliating for a player of such calibre because of the number of chances availed to score his runs, it … Continue reading »

Looking at the recent display of poor form by the Indian team during the tour of England, one wonders if the ICC’s ranking system is flawed. India, despite being the World No. 1 ranked team, were no match for the Englishmen. Infact, the kind of display which the Indian put on was not in sync … Continue reading »

Oh No! Not again! PCB desires to relive the cricket controvercies and match fixing scandals once again. Shoaib Malik, the former team captain, has been cleared to play in the upcoming tour of Zimbabwe. The PCB Integrity committee cleared him and the selection committee immediately selected him in the playing squad for next month’s tour. … Continue reading »

Whenever, India makes too much fuss about something, they have it in their face. Sehwag’s return was so hyped, it looked as if his return would change the world. He was tagged the most destructive batsman by the indian commentators, and he gave them a golden pair. Sehwag was surely missed in the first two … Continue reading »

The much awaited and dearly missed Sehwag, whose absense was considered a weekness point in the first two matches and whose comeback was suppose to mean a stronger Indian squad, could not withstand more than one delivery and got out for a golden duck to Stuart Broad in the first inning and to James Anderson in the second inning. … Continue reading »

Is the violence in the streets of London enough for India to raise security concerns and call off the tour? Would it have been enough for a cricketing team to cancel its tour to Pakistan? Well the answer to the first question is an obvious no, but replace the word Pakistan in place of London … Continue reading »

Rahul Dravid’s father while giving an interview to a sports channel felt his son had made the right decision to retire from ODIs and concentrate on Test cricket. He felt it was right for him to say goodbye to the shorter format of the game for he was not always included in the squad. He said that … Continue reading »

Ajanta Mendis breaks Umar Gul’s record of best bowling figures in a T20 match. Mendis claimed 6 wickets for just 16 runs to shatter Aussies dreams of leveling the series. Earlier Umar Gul of Pakistan held the record of taking 5 wickets for 6 runs after bowling just 3 overs against the Kiwis in the … Continue reading »

Wayne Parnell has converted to Islam. South Africa left-arm fast bowler confirmed in a statement that he converted to the Islamic faith in January, 2011. Parnell said that he will “continue to respect the team’s endorsement of alcoholic beverages.” His complete statement is given here: “I converted to Islam in January 2011, after a period of … Continue reading »

With the Pakistan tour of Zimbabwe 30 days away, the PCB selection committee named the squad for all the three formats of the game. Pakistan is scheduled to play one Test, three ODIs and two T20 Internationals in Zimbabwe. The selection committee chairman, Mohsin Hassan Khan, stated in a press conference that they are looking … Continue reading »

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is one of the cricket greats of the current era. He is a living legend who has attained great heights in his career. To say that he is a run scoring machine would not be wrong. He has rewritten the record books as far has batting is concerned. Starting at a young age of … Continue reading »

A look at his Test centuries and you find out that the record is even worse. Some of my readers have insisted that I take a look at the master blaster’s Test centuries record instead of ODIs. This has encouraged me to write this article as a continuation to my previous article about Tendulkar’s Century … Continue reading »

The BIG question is – will Sachin Tendulkar get his 100th century in the current English tour. Tendulkar one of the greatest batsman of the current era, has 51 Test centuries and 48 ODI centuries under his belt. He has been looking for one more century in any format of the game to get to … Continue reading »

The ICC defered the decision on the change in rotational presidency policy. This comes after the PCB objected against the change and the Bangladesh Cricket Board suggested that the change be implemented only after all full members got their term. News has it that a third member also objected on the way the policy change was being … Continue reading »

I was reading an article about the next ICC AGM this month. The article was a well written one contributed by AFP. The last line however reads – “(the meeting) …will closely examine the problem of corruption, after last year’s spot-fixing scandal involving Pakistan.” The article made me think about the way Pakistan Cricket is … Continue reading »