January 25, 2016
Expressing disappointment at the Pakistan team’s humiliating defeat in the last T20 match against New Zealand, former cricket great Wasim Akram has expressed surprise at the exclusion of the fast bowler Mohammad Irfan from the team.”I am unable to understand why Irfan was ignored,”said Akram. The seven-foot tall Irfan possessed great pace and could have […]
Read MoreMarch 17, 2015
Co-hosts Australia and New Zealand may be the teams to beat, but the striking feature of this World Cup is Asia’s four Test nations defying conventional wisdom to make the quarter-finals. The belief that Asian cricketers struggle on the hard, bouncy wickets Down Under was thrown out of the window as India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan […]
Read MoreJanuary 15, 2015
New Zealand were on a dream unbeaten streak in World Cup 1992 till they came up against Pakistan at Christchurch on March 18, 1992. The Pakistani bowlers, hell-bent on clinching a victory, restricted them to a low score before Rameez Raja scored a spectacular hundred. Abhishek Mukherjee looks at the day that decided the fate […]
Read MoreMay 15, 2013
London: New Zealand’s Trent Boult hopes to succeed where cricket hero Wasim Akram failed by getting his name on the Lord’s honours board during this week’s first Test against England. Left-arm seamer Boult proved a thorn in England’s side with six wickets in the drawn third Test at Auckland in March where the tourists hung […]
Read MoreSeptember 8, 2012
Visakhapatnam: Sep 7, 2012 Amid the hype surrounding Yuvraj Singh’s return after conquering cancer, pacer Laxmipathy Balaji would make a quiet comeback to the Indian cricket team, more than three-and-a-half years after his last international outing. “It’s nice to be back. But at the same time, it’s not that I’m going to make my debut. […]
Read MoreJuly 17, 2011
At the age of 18, Wasim Akram claimed 10 wickets against New Zealand in the second test match that he played in. Before being spotted by Javed Miandad at the Qaddafi Stadium in Lahore, he was just a club player who was not even selected for his college team. Wasim Akram’s first bowled out G.P. […]
Read MoreMarch 14, 2011
Pakistan cricket team as a member of the International Cricket Council is representing the nation yet again in enduring matches of World Cup 2011. With fourteen teams competing in this year’s Cricket World Cup, hopes are still high with an absolute support from every Pakistani for the team to perform well. In every single match, […]
Read MoreMarch 8, 2011
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Read MoreJanuary 23, 2011
A legend to make his mark through time, unwavering skills to be a threat for confronting batsman and crowning Pakistan with the ostentatious victory in 1992 Cricket World Cup, Wasim Akram is undoubtedly a remarkable cricketer of all time. He has provided cricket with a series of events to remember which still remain in the […]
Read MoreJanuary 13, 2011
Wasim and Waqar were mysterious, exotic and the most deadly fast bowlers to have ever lived the cricketing world. The “Two Ws” were a sight for sour eyes, simply magnificent to watch as they crippled the opposition. The cricketing world had seen a few excellent seamers, namely the West Indian pair Courtney Walsh and Curtly […]
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