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Tag: Younus Khan

November 12, 2009 Pakistan

Younus Khan resigns, quits, rests, stands down, walks

< 1 minute readYounus Khan has had another captaincy wobble. It seems half the team think he’s a tool and won’t do what he says. This is a bit annoying for Pakistan supporters, because when Younus has been in charge and the players have made half an effort to follow him, the team

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October 14, 2009 Pakistan

Pakistan cricket’s strength and weakness

< 1 minute readHere’s an interesting question for you. If everyone even remotely involved with Pakistani cricket just chilled out a bit, would the team be better or worse? A member of parliament has utterly flipped out and accused the Pakistan national side of match fixing because they lost a match; Pakistan captain,

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June 19, 2009 Pakistan

Younus Khan thinks Twenty20 is only a fun game

< 1 minute readDoes. He. Bollocks. It’s the last over of the semi final and everything’s at stake. The ball goes out to long-off, Fawad Alam slings it in, hits the stumps and Albie Morkel’s run out. South Africa need 16 off three balls and Pakistan have as good as won. Is Younus

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February 24, 2009 Pakistan / Sri Lanka

Younus Khan hits 300-and-whatever

< 1 minute readYounus Khan is a sublime batsman, but this innings has little to do with that. All this innings has shown us is that Younus has even more concentration and resolve than we thought he had. A triple hundred’s always impressive, but in a match that’s already had two individual double

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