Showing posts with label Cricket. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cricket. Show all posts
Sunday, 28 September 2025

Why do Pakistanis get so emotional about cricket?

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Embed from Getty Images It's happening again. Today is the Asia Cup Cricket final between arch rivals India and Pakistan. Even though ...
Wednesday, 17 September 2025

Asia Cup cricket handshake controversy

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I've often wondered why Hindutva BJP Indian leaders are such cry babies. In every election, they've used anti-Pakistan and anti-Musl...
Saturday, 7 June 2025

Shoaib's smack

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Published in The Friday Times on September 21-27, 2007  Sir, Why is so much fuss being made over Shoab Akbar's swipe at Asif? After all,...
Tuesday, 13 September 2022

Sri Lanka's well deserved win

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Embed from Getty Images It's happened so many times. Whenever the national team plays a match (especially against India), fans go bers...
Sunday, 19 September 2021

Cancelled NZ cricket tour proves Pakistan's unpopularity

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The only surprising thing about the New Zealand Cricket team suddenly cancelling the tour (just an hour before the first match started) is t...
Wednesday, 20 November 2013

Jamat-e-Islami chief and cricket!

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Winning either way Published in Daily Times on November 20, 2013 Photo credit: Daily Times Sir: I believe the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) ...
Wednesday, 30 March 2011

Cricket mania

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Thank God it’s over. The sheer torture we’ve been subjected to for the past week has been unbearable. For the whole week, it seemed as if ev...

Pakistan vs India in cricket

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Pakistan vs India Published in Daily Times on March 29, 2011 Sir: I just cannot understand why Pakistanis and Indians get so worked up when ...
Thursday, 3 March 2011

Match-fixing in Bangalore

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DOUBTS ON MATCH Published in Khaleej Times on March 3, 2011 It’s going to be very difficult to prove, but the Bangalore fixture between Engl...
Friday, 3 September 2010

Match fixing

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Cricket chaos Published in The Express Tribune on September 1, 2010 Assuming that they are guilty, can you really blame the cricketers for ...
Tuesday, 11 May 2010

Watch out, Pakistan!

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India vs Pakistan Published in Daily Times on May 11, 2010 Sir: We should not be shocked at India’s defeat in the T-20 match against the Aus...
Wednesday, 20 January 2010

Pakistan cricket

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Published in Daily Times on January 19, 2010 Sir: The Pakistan cricket team’s performance in the three recent test matches against Australia...
Thursday, 8 October 2009

Humiliation in South Africa

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Defeat in South Africa Published in The News on October 6, 2009 I've noticed that whenever the Pakistan cricket team wins a match, they ...
Friday, 17 July 2009

Cricketer or politician?

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Published in The News on July 18, 2009 Embed from Getty Images You can't help admiring Shoaib Akhtar. He's reportedly considerin...
Wednesday, 12 September 2007

How to use a cricket bat for relaxation

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Published in The News on September 12, 2007 I really don't understand why so much fuss is being made over Shoaib Akhter's swipe at A...