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Well, there are two Duckworth Lewis methods. There is that formula that nobody likes and then there is that music group which at least some do like. I’ll tell you about both …
The D/L Method
In cricket it is a formula used to help decide rain-interrupted One Day (and now T20) matches. It [...]
Continue Reading →Thursday, 12 November 2009 was the date for the first T20 between Pakistan and New Zealand. Great plans had been made to watch the game live with a group of 30 plus friends at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Sadly, it wasn’t to be for me. Unfortunately due to a last minute crisis at work [...]
Continue Reading →A word of caution: This is a rather lengthy article and unfortunately cannot be divided in two parts. Also, you wouldn’t want to miss any of it either so unless you have a good half hour free right now, pls. find some time and come back here!
Let me also clarify something else first up … for [...]
Continue Reading →Ever since kindergarten, I have been good with only one thing … my maths. I remember my scores going from a 10/10, to 20/20 to a 100/100 all the way through to high school. So a 98/100 in my final tenth grade exam was a huge (self) disappointment. Now I am no John [...]
Continue Reading →Different author, same thoughts …
This is the continuation of the previous post, titled: Houston, we have a problem!
Being from the same age group as Ahmad, I can totally relate to his thoughts. Before I go into an additional analysis, I think it is appropriate to unwrap a little of my own [...]
Continue Reading →If I remember correctly, I must be eight or nine years old (I am guessing this because when I was around ten, we moved to a different house and this is definitely before then) … At that age, guests over your house is always a happy moment; more so if they are your parents’ friends [...]
Continue Reading →Whether it was against India back in the 2003 World Cup (in South Africa), or the only two games we got in the 2007 World Cup (in the Caribbean) … whenever Pakistan is playing at any big stage, my friends, colleagues and neighbours know we are all going to be watching this together at my [...]
Continue Reading →Everybody talks about Pakistan cricket team needing new attitude … the need to change their mindset. We have been listening to this very phrase for way too long now, but what does this really mean?
The buck stops with the captain – he is the one who leads, he is the most influential on the [...]
Continue Reading →The summer of 1999 was somewhat a special one for me. I had just graduated from the University in London; it was the year we all had plans to move on with our professional careers and to top this all up the Cricket World Cup was being held in England that year.
Pakistan from the [...]
Continue Reading →People always ask me these questions: Where is Silly Mid-on? Is that Deep Extra Cover? What is the difference between Fly Slip and Leg Slip … and that Leg Gully?
I bet each time you have the TV on and when you are looking the other way or have just gone to get that Coke [...]
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Well Fielded - Not the term you often hear especially when Team Pakistan takes the field ...
This blog is dedicated to fielding views you won't often hear elsewhere. This is the voice of the fans that encourage intellectual debates by the followers of this beautiful game and is run and managed by the fans themselves. If you consider yourself one, read our welcome note and see how you can join in the discussion.
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Ahmad and Amer are fans of cricket in general and follow Pakistan cricket with great enthusiasm. They write about the unexplainable issues always surrounding Pakistan cricket.
Their cricketing achievements neither include playing Test matches nor even an IPL stint, but are exactly those of all other common fans who passionately follow their team; thus making them perfect for this particular blog where the aim to get us, the fans, heard!
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