“It’s the eye of the tiger …
it’s the thrill of the fight, Rising up to the challenge of our rival”

So I was tasked with the responsibility of writing the post mortem and frankly I don’t have much to say other than ‘We simply took them to the cleaners’ … I cannot remember [...]

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Encouraged by the success of a live discussion thread during the previous Test, here is another blank post to get the discussion going … but before that a couple of facts to cherish the second Test win and some to keep in mind going into the third:

Ajmal rose to no. 2 & Rehman broke into [...]

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“Girte hain shahsawar hi maidaan-e-jung mei”

I am not quite sure which famous poet from the pre partition Indian subcontinent said the above but for our non Urdu/Hindi readers it means “In a battlefield/competition a warrior is likely to fall”. In other words it is referring to a wounded warrior/competitor and then goes onto talk [...]

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Breaking News: Amir Released

On February 1, 2012 By

We can now confirm that only a couple of hours ago fast bowler Muhammad Amir has been released from prison (Portland Young Offenders Institution in Dorset, England), where he was serving a six-month sentence for spot-fixing.

Once considered cricket’s most promising star, 19-year-old Amir was found guilty in the scandal that shook the cricketing world [...]

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Pakistan CricCalendar

On January 30, 2012 By

A dedicated calendar has been added to the blog. This will list all confirmed fixtures for Pakistan and show them in an easy-to-browse monthly view.

Games from the upcoming tours will only be added once the dates have been officially confirmed by the PCB or ICC. Matches for other countries are only listed where they are part [...]

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The Full Monty

On January 28, 2012 By

Post-mortem: 2nd Test – Pakistan v England – Dubai (Wed Jan 25 – Sat Jan 28)

As the fourth day started, Monty (Panesar) helped England ensure that Pakistan’s tail doesn’t wag too much and their target remains well under 250, a number they had floated just yesterday as something they’d be very happy chasing. Sardar [...]

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Following a great suggestion by one of our new visitors Hanni … here it is, a blank post to start the game discussion.

As the game goes along, we both (Amer and I) will update the scores here after every session or day (whenever we can) and drop in questions or highlights of the game [...]

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Dangerous Minds

On January 24, 2012 By

2nd Test – Pakistan v England - Dubai (Wed Jan 25 – Sun Jan 29)

Needless to say that the Pakistani fans are already thinking of a 3-0 whitewash being a real possibility after the win in the first Test. And why not … it’s not so much the win itself but the manner in which [...]

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Welcome to the 2nd three day test match preview between Pakistan & England … Wait, did I say ‘three’?? My apologies, I actually meant five days … Honest!

Now enough of the banter, jokes and cocky-ness … Yes Dubai was a good result but this is real business here and England are going to come-back strong [...]

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A Slap in the Face?

On January 23, 2012 By

1st Test – Pakistan v England - Dubai (Tue Jan 17 – Thu Jan 19)

Matt Prior’s words, not mine … The defeat in under three days in the first Test at the hands of Pakistan was described by the English wicketkeeper as “a good slap in the face” along with the promises of a comeback [...]

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