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Posts Tagged ‘ICC’

Let the Lion Lead the Team

By Rai Azlan • Jan 28th, 2011 • Category: Features

Initially I decided to write about the team announced for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. Name it my laziness or any other thing I never been able to write about it, anyhow many other blogger fellows have done this job already, but there was one thing that was disturbing for me and with every [...]



Zulu’s Strange Journey

By Rai Azlan • Nov 9th, 2010 • Category: Features

Zulqarnain Haider the person who played key role in last game to make Pakistan win and he was the hero of the moment that day. The same Zulqarnain, I gave him name - Zulu, is missing today and as per his fb status, he is doing all this as a result of life threat he [...]



Pakistan Cricket

By Amin Rehman • Jan 4th, 2010 • Category: Features

Cricket and Pakistan have always been together since our independence. The progress has always been topsy turvy like economy of a  country or inexplicable geomatric graphs which i never understood as student. Cricket has always been in my life and the passion started when i was quite young. My father used to play cricket for Railways and I [...]



Younus Khan : An Idiot, through and through

By Sher Ali • Oct 4th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Do you remember that scene in a match some years ago, where a bowler misbowled and the ball went to near mid-off, and Younus Khan bolted from his crease and hit the ball for four. Everyone was in agreement that it was the only way he could hit the ball across the boundary.
The talent draught [...]



Har Gaya Dhoni, Ho Gai Honi

By Sharafat • Sep 30th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Perhaps first time in the history of cricket, the Indian cricket buffs were praying for the success of Pakistan, but as Australia defeated Pakistan in a thriller, Indians were disappointed, and the Indian media has now starting thrashing the players.
The biggest punching bag for the Indian fans is the M.S. Dhoni, the Indian skipper. He [...]



Imran Nazir: The On-Off Dramatist

By Ayaz Ali • Sep 16th, 2009 • Category: Entertainment

He adds another count to the most amazing ‘strikers’ list of Pakistan Cricket.  An excellent smasher of the ball, unanimously known for his on-field stunts and turns in the air, Imran Nazir is a performer that cricket geeks have ever dreamt of. In all probability, he is the only player, along with Shahid Afridi, to [...]



The Legend of the “Fall”

By Ayaz Ali • Sep 3rd, 2009 • Category: Entertainment

Naseem Ashraf’s era has been the worst time for Cricket in Pakistan. It was during his time, when Pakistan Cricket went through most wounds and downs. He, being appointed by a dictator, was nothing different from his appointer. The miserable defeat of 2007 World Cup and the on and off aggressions with players, all go [...]



ICC Champions Trophy 2009

By Shayan Khan • Aug 22nd, 2009 • Category: Entertainment

The ICC Champions Trophy will be held in South Africa from September 22 to October 5. All the matches will be held in two venues, - Wanderers in Johannesburg and Centurion in Pretoria.
“Well the great thing about hosting this event this year in South Africa is that South Africa is trying to improve as a [...]



2011 World Cup of Cricket : Not In Pakistan

By Sumaira Bajwa • Apr 17th, 2009 • Category: Politics

“It is a regrettable decision (but) our number one priority is to create certainty and deliver a safe, secure and successful event,” ICC president David Morgan said in a statement while snatching the world cup 2011 hosting from Pakistan. That has come when the cricket has literally dried up domestically in Pakistan and the future [...]



Deliberate Acquiescence to Israeli Terrorism

By Dr Shireen M Mazari • Jan 16th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Even as we in Pakistan are confronted with multiple developments and issues, the slaughter of innocent Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of a murderous Zionist state has focused our emotions of anger, helplessness and frustration alongside similarly displayed emotions across the civil societies of the world. For the Muslims in particular the attempted genocide [...]