Stories by Kamran Abbasi
The rookie all-rounder from Mardan offers a glimpse of the raw, fearless spirit that once made Pakistan cricket great.
Updated 13 Sep, 2026 08:21am
Pakistan do unearth talented new cricketers, but the problem is that the development of these cricketers is failing.
Updated 01 Mar, 2026 08:44am
Pakistan seem to have rediscovered spin and the joy of hitting, but the team still have much to learn if they are to challenge stronger nations.
Updated 16 Feb, 2026 08:31am
The country must set out a longer-term strategy that can maximise commercial value of its 200m population, and turn its erratic team into one of the world’s strongest.
Updated 12 Feb, 2026 10:40am
The country must set out a longer-term strategy that can maximise commercial value of its 200m population, and turn its erratic team into one of the world’s strongest.
Updated 12 Feb, 2026 09:45am
India has the world of cricket in its pocket, while Pakistan has a big hole where its money and friends should be.
Updated 03 Feb, 2026 07:51am
Pakistan should participate in the World T20; but it should also support Bangladesh‘s cause, and continue to point out the hypocrisy in the treatment that it receives, versus what India gets.
Updated 27 Jan, 2026 10:21am
T20 cricket is certainly a game of skill, but it is also a game of chance. And Pakistan, the underdogs, the non-rivals, have a chance.
Updated 28 Sep, 2025 07:44am
PAKISTAN kept themselves in the Asia Cup with a nervy win over Sri Lanka. Salman Ali Agha’s team were far from...
Published 24 Sep, 2025 05:23am
Fakhar’s dismissal was the latest example of unwritten laws of cricket that Team India — not the batsman — should receive benefit of the doubt.
Updated 22 Sep, 2025 12:32pm
Pakistan meet India in Super 4 clash of Asia Cup at 7.30pm today.
Updated 21 Sep, 2025 07:53am
The most consistent performers in Pakistan’s innings seemed to be the umpires, given their readiness to deliver verdicts in India’s favour.
Updated 15 Sep, 2025 09:28am
Rizwan’s men batted without urgency, bowled without penetration and fielded below international standards against their arch-rivals.
Updated 24 Feb, 2025 09:42am
Pakistan must win in Dubai both for the sake of Pakistan and for the sake of the integrity of a sport that makes a virtue of its integrity.
Updated 23 Feb, 2025 12:54pm
Shan is no Mike Brearley, but he might prove to be the best man for the job.
Updated 28 Oct, 2024 09:39am
Babar Azam’s Pakistan have become a second-tier team, swimming with the minnows instead of battling with the cricketing elite.
Updated 20 Jun, 2024 10:05am
PAKISTAN’S outside chance of qualification for the next stage of the T20 World Cup remained very much an outside...
Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:57am
What happened in the NY match was hard to understand, except that India fought like tigers and Pakistan lacked conviction and class in their batting.
Updated 10 Jun, 2024 11:38am
Pakistan face early elimination from the 2024 T20 World Cup if they lose to arch-rivals India today.
Updated 09 Jun, 2024 09:26am
YOU win some and you lose some – but you don’t lose these. You don’t lose to the USA, a team of rookies, in an...
Published 08 Jun, 2024 07:06am
