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Zaheer Khan upbeat despite India 2-0 down against Australia

India’s strike bowler, Zaheer Khan has said that his team is focussed and confident despite losing the first two Tests against Australia. Team Blue’s tour Down Under kicked off with the Boxing Day Test at Melbourne. The expectations were quite high, but the Men in Blue performed far below to their weight. They suffered an […]

Who is the favourite in Pakistan-England test series?

With England due to play Pakistan from 17th January onwards, most of the cricket crazy fans would be considering England as firm favourites to demolish Pakistan in the Emirates. Having beaten them in both test and ODI series back in July-September 2010, the Three Lions will definitely start as favourites in what is meant to […]

Cricket serves as best way to burn off carbs for office-goers

Cricket serves as best way to burn off carbs for office-goers Majority of the work force in offices is young and energetic. However, the nature of their work keeps them glued to their chair almost throughout the day, depriving them of any physical exercise and therefore making them put on weight. Their energy also begins […]

Why Pakistan owes China for sending their hockey team

In a time when the world wants nothing to do with Pakistan, her neighbour China made a bold statement by sending a few men with hockey sticks to the troubled nation. The nation’s cricket team hosts all of its matches in the Middle East. First it was Sharjah and more recently in Abu Dhabi, yet […]

Rakhi Sawant to coach Pakistan cricket team

According to the reports, the former chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Ijaz Butt has advised his successor Zaka Ashraf to hire a blind person to coach national cricket team. Butt feels that following an extraordinary performance by the Pakistan blind cricket team, a sightless guy will be a perfect option to mentor Men in […]

Worst cricket captains of 2011

Worst cricket captains of 2011 With the year coming to an end, everyone seems to be talking about the best players, skippers, all-rounders, coaches and umpires of 2011. However, no one really likes to talk about the ones who had a miserable year in terms of performance. This is what forced me to write about […]

Should T20 Cricket be played at international level?

With the introduction of twenty-over cricket at international level in 2005, One Day Internationals and Test Cricket have gradually lost their feel amongst the fans. People are in search of continuous entertainment and demand more T20 games than ODI’s and tests. Responding to the fans changing considerations, the International Cricket Council (ICC) have now made […]

Positive and Negatives for Pakistan from Pakistan-Srilanka series- Part II

Second Test: Having achieved a controversial draw from the face of a win, Pakistan went into the second test with left-arm spinner Abdur Rehman in place of fast bowler, Aizaz Cheema. Srilanka, on the other hand, included fast bowler Dhamika Prasad, in place of fellow pacer, Nuwan Pradeep. Pakistan lost the second successive toss and […]

Akshay Kumar impressed with John Abraham’s comic acting

Film actor, Akshay Kumar has hailed John Abraham for his fantastic timing in the comic scenes, and said that his Desi Boyz co-star’s laid-back style of comedy is pretty impressive. Akshay has given a number of hit comedy flicks such as Hera Pheri, Housefull, Singh is Kingg and Welcome, but the ‘Khiladi’ of Bollywood stated that he is still […]

Globalization: A New Form of Colonization – Part One

Globalization: A New Form of Colonization – Part One   Globalization is usually defined as the unrestricted flow of information and capital around the world without the limitations of border, religion, politics and geographic cultures. Most of the times this term is used specifically for economic globalization, when successful companies expand their business in other […]

Positives and Negatives for Pakistan from Pakistan-Srilanka series: Part 1

First Test: Pakistan hosted Srilanka in UAE for a full series comprising of Tests, ODI’s and a T20 international. Due to the current economic and political instability, Pakistan have been forced to host their home series in UAE, having previously played the likes of West Indies, England and South Africa. Following the same pattern, Srilanka […]

The importance of sports in Pakistan

The importance of sports in Pakistan Sports in Pakistan are sadly neglected. People would rather shop, eat outside, or talk for hours over taking the playing field or instead of having any physical exercise. The inherent reluctance in the youth when it comes to participating in sports can be attributed to our flawed upbringing. As […]

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