Lose to Pakistan and become rich
My dear Indian friends, It is with great pleasure and no uncertain honour that I present to you this commemorative shawl, a crate of mangoes and our list of counter-offers for the great and humble nation...
Lose to India and win the World Cup
With merely hours to go before that titanic struggle at the Cricket World Cup, my dear Pakistani friends I extend to you a laurel wreath of peace and fellowship that has been lightly dusted with Anthrax...
Manager’s Blog: There’s always a first time for everything
When I took charge of the team for this second stint of mine as Team Pakistan’s manager, our first assignment immediately before the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 was the preparatory tour of New...
On the death of Phillip Hughes, and the place of thrills in sport
Pakistan is a land of bowlers, and we have led the world in having one of the most celebrated traditions of fast bowling. As Pakistanis, we love the thrill of speed, and the ability of a bowler to be just...
Pathways for Pakistan to the ICC World Cup 2015
As 2015 approaches and Pakistan go through their ritualistic disastrous build-ups to a World Cup (WC), a signature of the side since the tournament's 2003 edition, desperate fans try to clutch at straws by...
Fearing Down Under
A whole generation of Pakistanis has been brought up with one truth above all others – the Aussies are to be feared. They are a collection of overpowering automatons brought together to expose the...
Q&A with Mazher Arshad
Q: Peshawar Panthers won the recently concluded Pakistan’s Twenty20 Championship 2014 without any international player in the squad. Has any other team done it before in different Twenty20...
What is the Pakistani way to play cricket?
I recently had a chance to have a conversation with Javed and Babar Niazi, the Pride of Performance winning vocalists who are the sons of the even more legendary singer Tufail Niazi. Tufail Niazi had the...
