2 minute read Because the Twenty20 World Cup is Shahid Afridi’s, surely. Against Scotland yesterday, he hit 22 off seven balls, which is actually useful in Twenty20 cricket and then took 4-19, which is useful in any form of cricket. We originally thought that Twenty20 cricket wouldn’t show Afridi in his best light.
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Shoaib Akhtar attains fiftieth headline since he last played a game
< 1 minute read At least the recent news proves that Shoaib can still hold a bat. We were starting to wonder whether he was actually a cricketer at all or just some sort of soap opera character planted to raise the profile of the Pakistani national side. We’ve included a picture of him
Continue readingShahid Afridi puzzles over which glove’s the left and which glove’s the right
< 1 minute read [There used to be an image of Shahid Afridi staring at some gloves here] Just try and cram one on. If you haven’t succeeded within two minutes try the same glove ON THE OTHER HAND.
Continue readingAbdul Razzaq retires
< 1 minute read Wizened, 27-year-old, schizophrenic batsman cum solid, dependable bowler, Abdul Razzaq, has retired from international cricket. There are two ways of looking at this. The first way is to say that he’s had a big barny with the Pakistani cricket board. This might have started because he was talking to the
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