Australia v Pakistan 2009/10 / Features

Power to Pakistan

Feb 10, 2010: They have long been among cricket's most compelling teams, and though the current turmoil in the country bodes ill for the game, there is hope yet

Afridi's ball-tampering

'Shahid's desire to win was there for all to see'

Feb 2, 2010: Shahid Afridi was banned for two Twenty20s after being caught on camera biting the ball during the final ODI in Perth. Disbelief and jokes followed

Australia must get its house in order

Feb 2, 2010: Cricket Australia ought to consider banning alcohol at matches. It has gone well beyond a joke

Series defeat bites Pakistan

Feb 1, 2010: A 5-0 loss in Australia and no invites to the IPL has given Afridi and Co much food for thought

Australia v Pakistan, 4th ODI, Perth

Please, WACA, gimme some shade

Jan 30, 2010: A sun-stroked Perth resident enjoys Nathan Hauritz's all-round display and admires the beach-ball hitting skills of another spectator

Pakistan in Australia 2009-10

Pakistan's fielding caught in a time warp

Jan 18, 2010: There is not a cricket-playing country in the world as backward and as resistant to not just modernity but simple, natural progression as Pakistan

The UDRS and Pakistan are failing

Jan 17, 2010: The ICC needs to take full responsibility for the running of the review system, and Pakistan need to own up to their poor out cricket and questionable tactics

Australia v Pakistan, 3rd Test, Hobart, 3rd day

Butt continues to walk a crooked path

Jan 16, 2010: Salman Butt has intrinsically the mind to play a Test innings, but most always finds himself needing to secure his spot

Pakistan and their batting worries

Jan 15, 2010: Over the last couple of years, Pakistan have had several batting debacles which have cost them Tests. A look at the chief culprits, and a comparison with other teams

Australia v Pakistan, 3rd Test, Hobart, 1st day

Ponting pulls his way out of trouble

Jan 14, 2010: On a day when Pakistan offered him a second chance, Ricky Ponting turned to his trusted ally - the pull shot - to take him to safety

Test cricket strikes again

Jan 10, 2010: For all the pulsating, crowd-pleasing action they generate, fluctations in Test matches are beyond one-innings matches that remain limited in more than just the number of overs available

Pakistan puzzle, Dhaka squib

Jan 8, 2010: How did it all go wrong for the visitors in Sydney this week?

Ponting's fall from stratospheric heights

Jan 8, 2010: He has done enough to contend for the Player of the Decade title, but Ricky Ponting's stats have fallen significantly over the last three years

Australia v Pakistan, 2nd Test, Sydney

The inquisition begins for Yousuf

Jan 7, 2010: There were plenty of harsh questions for Pakistan's captain after the Sydney loss

Australia v Pakistan, 2nd Test, Sydney, 4th day

Pakistan played like they did not believe

Jan 6, 2010: Never at any point did Pakistan believe they could win this Test and for that alone they deserved the sorry fate that befell them at the SCG

Australia v Pakistan, 2nd Test, Sydney, 3rd day

Pakistan fight themselves on crucial day

Jan 5, 2010: Pakistan are close, very close, to something very big. But in Australia you are never over the line until you are over the line

Australia v Pakistan, 2nd Test, Sydney, 3rd day

Nineties suit nearly-man Watson

Jan 5, 2010: So close, so commanding, so gripping

Australia v Pakistan, 2nd Test, Sydney, 2nd day

Mentorless attack errs in length

Jan 4, 2010: The Australian bowlers had watched the success of the Pakistanis but did not bother to copy their method

Australia v Pakistan, 2nd Test, Sydney, 1st day

Mohammad Asif: A master strategist

Jan 3, 2010: In each and every spell of Mohammad Asif's there remains a threat, a leg-before appeal, a play and a miss, an edge. He carries the sense every ball that something very clever he has been working on is just about to, or has almost come off

Australia v Pakistan, 2nd Test, Sydney, 1st day

Ricky Ponting pays heavily for overconfidence

Jan 3, 2010: The Australian captain's decision to bat on a testing surface was a result of an overestimation of his team's abilities